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Maryse Ouellet
Born	Montreal, Quebec
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Maryse Ouellet Maryse
Billed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Billed weight	125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)
Trained by	Ohio Valley Wrestling, Florida Championship Wrestling
Debut	July 10, 2006

Maryse Ouellet [2] is a Canadian glamour model and professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand as well as training in its developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling.

Career

Glamour Modeling

Ouellet began her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. After that she made several appearances in various newspapers, magazines and television programs in Canada, then became a Glamour model; appearing on the cover and inside pages of Playboy Special Editions Vixens in June/July 2006. She was also on the cover of Playboy's The Girls of Canada 2007 Calendar. She also appeared on the special edition of Playboy called "Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads".

World Wrestling Entertainment

Diva Search

In the summer of 2006, Maryse tried out for World Wrestling Entertainment's Diva Search. She made the final cut and was one of the top eight featured on WWE but on the July 24 episode of WWE RAW she became the second person to be eliminated from the search. Despite her elimination, she was invited to observe workouts and the training facility between August 13-17, 2006 at WWE's developmental facility, Ohio Valley Wrestling. Although she understood that there was no guarantee that this will lead to full time employment with WWE, she was grateful to have been given another opportunity to live out her dream. Stating in a WWE.com "I can just cry, [is] my feeling right now," Ouellet said. "I’m very excited. It was very, very good news."

Ohio Valley Wrestling / Florida Championship Wrestling

Maryse Ouellet was officially signed to a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental contract on August 24, 2006 and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training. Her first jobs there were to sit in the front row during television tapings, take part in bikini contests and appear in backstage segments. After a while she began managing fellow French Canadian René Dupree at house shows. Her in ring debut came at a December 16, 2006 house show in Greensburg, Kentucky where she teamed with Katie Lea, Kelly Kelly, She Nay Nay, and Victoria Crawford to defeat ODB, Milena Roucka, Josie, Beth Phoenix, and Melody. In March 2007 she became a part-time backstage interviewer for OVW TV as well wrestling in dark matches prior to the OVW Tapings. In the spring of 2007, Maryse participated in the 2007 "Miss OVW" competition which was won by ODB, later in the summer she participated in the 2007 "OVW Divalympics"; around that time she started managing Sylvain Grenier both in OVW and at the Raw/Smackdown/ECW House Shows. When FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling) opened in the summer of 2007, Maryse was transferred to the developmental facility for training. After only managing Sylvain Grenier for weeks the idea for them to redebut on Smackdown were scrapped.

On September 25, 2007, Maryse made her FCW debut as the valet of Ryan O' Reiley along with Lacey Von Erich. After Ryan left the WWE on October 10, 2007, Maryse then started competing in singles and tag team competitions. On December 18, Maryse was in the corner of Ted DiBiase Jr. when he captured the FCW Heavyweight Title.

Friday Night SmackDown!

On the September 22, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Ouellet being dubbed as simply Maryse, was shown on the titantron welcoming the Montreal viewers (in French) to the season premiere of SmackDown! on the new CW Network. In January 2007, Maryse returned to Smackdown! in more pre-taped vignettes welcoming viewers back to the show in both English and French. Maryse made her first actual TV appearance with her entrance theme on the May 21, 2007 edition of WWE RAW to present Timbaland's new video "Throw It on Me". Since then, her welcome back segments have disappeared from SmackDown! again.

In October 2007, Maryse participated in the WWE European Tour with the SmackDown! brand where she teamed with Michelle McCool in defeating Victoria & Katie Lea in a series of tag team matches.

She reappeared on SmackDown! on February 22, 2008 in a backstage conversation with Teddy Long. On March 7, 2008 edition of SmackDown! Maryse competed in a Swimsuit Contest, against Victoria, Michelle McCool, Cherry, and Eve Torres. In the end, Maryse and Eve got into a heated battle. On March 14, 2008 edition of SmackDown! Maryse was the first eliminated from the Swimsuit Competition. On March 28, 2008 edition of SmackDown! Maryse competed in a "Wet & Wild" match where she teamed with Victoria against Cherry and Michelle McCool in a losing effort. On a SmackDown After the Bell Video on WWE.com Duece and Donimo Dumped Cherry and replaced her with Maryse, Maryse then insulted Cherry, only for Cherry to slap her.

In wrestling

• Wrestlers Managed
  • Sylvain Grenier
  • Deuce 'N Domino

• Theme music
  • "Gimme More" by Brittany Spears (OVW)
  • "All Summer Long" - WWE Production Theme
  • "Lounge Lizard"- WWE Production Theme

Other media

In April 2007, Maryse, along with Ashley, Kelly Kelly, Brooke, Torrie Wilson, and Layla El, filmed Timbaland's new music video "Throw It On Me" featuring The Hives.

She appeared in the 2007 WWE Divas Magazine (Divas in Los Angeles) under the section of "Divas in training" along with The Garcia Twins, Beth Phoenix and Milena Roucka.

External links

• WWE Profile
• Official website
• FHM interview
• Official Myspace Page