Carmella DeCesare

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Carmella DeCesare
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DeCesare at Hot Import Nights, 2006
Born
Carmella Danielle DeCesare

(1982-07-01) July 1, 1982 (age 42)
Other namesCarmella Danielle Garcia
Occupation(s)Model, professional wrestler
Years active2003–2008 (model)
2004 (wrestler)
Spouse
(m. 2007,divorced)
Children4
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
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Ring name(s) Carmella
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Billed from Avon Lake, Ohio
Trained by World Wrestling Entertainment
DebutOctober 19, 2004
RetiredNovember 18, 2004

Carmella Danielle DeCesare Garcia (born July 1, 1982) [1] [2] is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is also known for her time in WWE as a WWE Diva search contestant. She was featured in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the players' wives feature. [3] [4]

Contents

Early life

Carmella DeCesare was born July 1, 1982. A native of Avon Lake, Ohio, she is of Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry. [5]

Career

Modeling career

Carmella DeCesare came to Playboy's attention after she applied to a Fox reality show Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold search. After she was selected as a finalist, she withdrew from the competition due to having second thoughts about the endeavor. When Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner learned this, he invited her to his birthday party and convinced her to change her mind. She was subsequently chosen as a Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week, then a Cyber Girl of the Month before becoming Playboy's Miss April in 2003. [5]

DeCesare 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. [6]

DeCesare modeled in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. [5] [7]

Professional wrestling career

DeCesare made her first World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearance as a contestant in the 2004 WWE Diva Search. Following the Diva Search she feuded with Diva Search winner Christy Hemme which led to a Lingerie Pillow Fight match at Taboo Tuesday. [8] She left the promotion soon after.

Media

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Playboy: Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?SelfTV Special
2003Playboy Cyber GirlsSelf1 Episode
2004 Street Smarts Self1 Episode
2004 Family Feud Self1 Episode
2004Howard SternSelf1 Episode
2004Raw Diva Search Casting SpecialSelfTV Special
2004 WWE Raw Self15 Episodes
2004 WWE Taboo Tuesday Self (as Carmella)TV Special
2005WWE $250,000 Raw Diva SearchSelf - FinalistTV Special
2005-2007 The Girls Next Door Self - Playmate of the Year, 20044 Episodes
2010 Playboy Shooutout Self (Guest Judge as Carmella DeCesare-Garcia)1 Episode
2011Hooters 2011 International Swimsuit PageantSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)TV Special
2014The Real Housewives of San DiegoSelfTV Special

Video

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2004Self - Miss February
2004Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesareSelf
2004Playboy: 50 Years of PlaymatesSelf - Miss April 2003
2004Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2005Self - Miss December

Charity work

DeCesare and her husband, Jeff Garcia, founded the Garcia Pass It On Foundation in order to share resources with people in less fortunate circumstances. [9] [10]

On September 10, 2004, DeCesare pleaded 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. [11] 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 at that time and the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, had been involved in an affair with Hine after DeCesare's and Garcia's relationship began. [12] Garcia commented, "It's embarrassing that I am here today, to be caught up in a situation like this." [13]

Personal life

On April 21, 2007, DeCesare married then-NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia [14] at the CordeValle Resort in San Martin, California. [15] Their daughter was born in 2008. [16] The couple's second child was born in 2009. [17] The couple's third child was born in 2010. [18] In December 2011 their fourth child was born. [19] [20]

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Preceded by
Sara Schwartz
Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week
October 21, 2002
Succeeded by
Katie Hadorn
Preceded by Playboy Cyber Girl of the Month
February 2003
Succeeded by
Heather McQuaid