She is not Semenya and she is not a lesbian. She is Melisa Nyawade; that we can reveal of the shaggy, smiling and kissing girl who seems to have the time of her life in the leaked girl-on-girl nude photos of singer Avril.
The 23-year old fashion designer and model is said to be devastated with the now infamous exposure so much so she has not dared go home. No one would especially if your are from a very Christian family as Melisa and your father is a pastor to boot.
Though the father has not heard of the scandal yet (thank God for small mercies), we are informed she has not been home since Wednesday.
Melisa, a University of Nairobi graduate, with a fashion line, Lisachi Fashion Junkie, has not gone the 'that-is-photoshop-at-its-evil-worst' way. She admits to her friends it is her in the photo but adds that she had this belief that the pictures were in few trusted hands, well, until that naked Wednesday.
We are informed that the pictures were taken last year during an "arty" photoshoot with some of Melisa's and Avril's friends from the UoN.
"I don't know what kind of photoshoot they were doing but they thought whoever took them and gave them the copies had deleted them," a source told us. "She couldn't believe it when she received a call informing her of the leak. She still hopes it is a bad dream."
We are told she was the designer behind Avril's beautiful blue dress for the Chaguo La Teeniez awards and she has a fashion company. She has since deactivated her Facebook and Twitter accounts where she describes herself as "Designer, Creative director and last but not least, Model.