Carmella DeCesare
| Carmella DeCesare | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Carmella Danielle DeCesare July 1, 1982 Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Carmella Danielle Garcia |
| Occupation | model, professional wrestler |
| Spouse(s) | Jeff Garcia (m. 2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| April 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Pennelope Jimenez |
| Succeeded by | Laurie Fetter |
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Christina Santiago |
| Succeeded by | Tiffany Fallon |
| Personal details | |
| Measurements |
Bust: 34B in (86B cm)[1] Waist: 24 in (61 cm) Hips: 27 in (69 cm) |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Carmella |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 118 lb (54 kg) |
| Billed from | Avon Lake, Ohio |
| Trained by | WWE |
| Debut | November 18, 2004 |
Carmella Danielle Garcia [2] (née DeCesare ; born July 1, 1982)[1] is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent. She is also known for her time in WWE as a WWE Diva Search participant and professional wrestler. She was featured in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the players' wives feature.[3][4]
Modeling career
She responded to Playboy's "Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?" search when it came to Cleveland and was selected as a finalist for the competition. She had second thoughts and withdrew early in the taping of material for the Fox Network special that aired in the summer of 2002. DeCesare then changed her mind about posing for Playboy and was quickly named Cyber Girl of the Week in October 2002 and Cyber Girl of the Month in February 2003, before being selected as Playboy's Miss April in 2003.
She appeared in the 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar as calendar girl of March. The calendar was the inaugural Playmates at Play calendar and it was shot on the grounds of the Playboy Mansion in 2004. It was Playboy's first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmates similar in style with those from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 2005, DeCesare received breast implants. In an episode of the E! reality-TV series The Girls Next Door in August 2005, she said that her implants looked fake because they were new and had not fully settled.[5]
She modeled in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[6]
Professional wrestling career
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004)
DeCesare made her first World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearance as a contestant in the 2004 WWE Diva Search. She had a lot of enemies from the other finalists, such as Maria Kanellis, who flipped off DeCesare after she got eliminated from the contest. Contestants of the 2004 Diva Search claimed that she was the only one in the competition who wasn't there for the right reasons. DeCesare was the runner-up in the Diva Search, with Christy Hemme being crowned the winner.
Although Christy Hemme won, WWE hired a few of the finalists, such as Amy Weber, Candice Michelle, Joy Giovanni, Maria Kanellis, and Michelle McCool. DeCesare also remained with the company despite not winning the contest and entered into a feud with Christy Hemme, which had DeCesare portrayed as a jealous villainess. This eventually set up a Lingerie Pillow Fight match at Taboo Tuesday, which DeCesare lost.[7] She was released a few weeks later.
Personal life
Arrest
On September 10, 2004, she pled not guilty to assault in a Cleveland, Ohio court after a fight in a bar on August 21, 2004 with a woman named Kristen Hine.[8] She was acquitted of the assault charge on January 12, 2005 but found guilty of violating a restraining order. She was sentenced to do twenty-four hours of community service, given one year probation, and fined $150. During the trial, DeCesare testified that Jeff Garcia, her boyfriend and at that time the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, had been involved in an affair with Hine after DeCesare's and Garcia's relationship began.[9] Garcia commented on the situation "It’s embarrassing that I am here today, to be caught up in a situation like this."[10]
Marriage and current activities
On April 21, 2007, DeCesare married then-NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia[11] at the CordeValle Resort in San Martin, California. They have a daughter named Presley who was born on April 28, 2008.[12] The couple welcomed their second child, a son, in June 2009.[13] The couple's third child, a son named Jax was born on September 21, 2010.[14] In December 2011, they welcomed their last child, a daughter.
In a May 2007 interview with the Calgary Sun, Garcia hinted that since DeCesare is now his wife she will distance herself from Playboy.[15] She is listed as the vice-president of Garcia's charity, the Garcia Pass It On Foundation.[16]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Playmate data". Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ Garcia Pass It On Foundation
- ↑ "Carmella Garcia". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "Players' Wives (video)". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ↑ "What Happens in Vegas". Girls Next Door, The. 2005-08-21. E!.
- ↑ Supermodel Marisa Miller Adorns the Cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue on Newsstands Today!
- ↑ http://www.wwe.com/shows/cybersunday/2004/results
- ↑ McCarthy, James F. (2004-09-11). "Nightclub scuffle leads to charge against quarterback's girlfriend". The Plain Dealer.
- ↑ "Playboy Playmate found not guilty of charge she karate-kicked woman". Dayton Daily News. 2005-01-13. p. B3.
- ↑ http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6815294/
- ↑ "Playmate News". Playboy (Playboy) 55: 143–144. November 2008.
- ↑
- ↑ "Garcia returns after birth of son". www.ibabuzz.com. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Game Recap: Colonials vs. Nighthawks". UFL-football.com. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ↑ "Pivot and the playmate". Calgary Sun. 2007-05-18.
- ↑ Garcia Pass It On Foundation - Board of Directors
Footnotes
- "Carmella DeCesare". Cleveland Magazine. v. 34, n. 1. January 2005. 71.
- Bill Lubinger. "PTA presidents, grandmas and actresses: Ohio-linked playmates have nothing to hide". The Plain Dealer. December 1, 2003.
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| Preceded by Sara Schwartz |
Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week October 21, 2002 |
Succeeded by Katie Hadorn |
| Preceded by Mary Beth Decker |
Playboy Cyber Girl of the Month February 2003 |
Succeeded by Heather McQuaid |
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