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Candice Michelle
Ring name(s) Candice Michelle
Billed height 5 ft. 7 in. (170 cm.)[1]
Billed weight 120 lb. (55 kg.)[1]
Born September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30) (age 28)[2]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin [2]
Resides Los Angeles, California[3]
Billed from Milwaukee, Wisconsin[4]
Trained by Dave Finlay
Arn Anderson[4]
Grant McKee
Debut November 15, 2004[1]
Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich[1] (born September 30, 1978), better known
as Candice Michelle or just Candice, is an American professional wrestler,
actress, and model, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment
wrestling on its RAW brand, where she is the current WWE Women's
Champion.[5]
Career
Early life
Beckman grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[6] At 16 she won a modeling
competition at her local skating rink.[6] She later moved to Los Angeles,
California to become a professional model and actress.[7] She studied
Theater Arts at Santa Monica College and had on camera acting and Meisner
technique training at The Piero Dusa Acting Studio.[8] It was during this
time that Beckman adopted the surname Michelle.[2] She appeared in numerous
bodybuilding and car magazines such as FLEX and Lowrider Magazine, as well
as being named Cyber Girl of the Week in the June 2002 issue of
Playboy.[2][9][10] Michelle also worked as a foot fetish model, under the
pseudonym Mackenzie Montgomery.[11][12][13] Michelle made appearances on
television programs such as Party of Five and 7th Heaven, as well as
appearing in such films as Tomcats and A Man Apart.[14] She also starred in
a softcore role for the HBO series Hotel Erotica.[12]
World Wrestling Entertainment
2004-2005
In July 2004, Michelle auditioned to be a contestant for World Wrestling
Entertainment's RAW Diva Search.[15] Despite not being chosen to be in the
final ten, she was hired by the company under the gimmick of a makeup
artist.[16][1] She competed on RAW in several Diva contests, including
lingerie fashion shows and limbo contests, until the end of the
year.[17][18]
On June 30, 2005 Candice was traded to SmackDown! where she became involved
in a feud between Torrie Wilson and Melina.[1][19] On July 24, Candice made
her pay-per-view debut at The Great American Bash where she served as the
Special Guest Referee for the Bra and Panties match between Wilson and
Melina.[20] She was then moved to RAW in a trade along with Wilson.[21] They
turned heel by taunting 2005 Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro and joined
forces with fellow RAW Diva Victoria.[22] The three-Diva stable became known
as Ladies in Pink (later Vince's Devils, a play on the Charlie's Angels
television series and films).[23] They continued feuding with Massaro until
Trish Stratus returned from injury to help Massaro retaliate against Vince's
Devils.[24] In November, Candice signed on to pose for the April 2006 issue
of Playboy.[25]
Also during this time, Candice began a gimmick where she walked down to the
ring carrying a wand and acting like a princess. She also got her first shot
at the WWE Women's Championship in a Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal Match
at Taboo Tuesday, before being eliminated by Ashley Massaro.[26]
2006
In January, Candice appeared at New Year's Revolution in the first ever Bra
and Panties Gauntlet match, but was eliminated by Maria.[27] After winning a
number one contender's Diva battle royal on RAW, Candice would get her first
singles WWE Women's Championship match, but lost to then-champion Trish
Stratus on February 27.[28][29] After the match, Candice slapped Wilson,
blaming her for the loss.[29]
Candice Michelle's Playboy magazine cover
Candice Michelle's Playboy magazine cover
Vince's Devils later broke up when Wilson turned face after Candice and
Victoria turned on her during Candice's Playboy cover unveiling.[30] This
feud led to a match at WrestleMania 22 in which both Playboy cover girls
would compete in a Playboy Pillow Fight.[31] Wilson won the match, but the
feud continued sporadically in backstage segments where Candice was Vince
McMahon's "sex slave".[2]
On the July 17 edition of RAW, Candice was the Special Guest Referee during
a tag team match of Stratus and Wilson against Victoria and Mickie James.
Mickie James entered the match without being tagged in so Candice threw her
out of the ring. Afterwards, Victoria tried to clothesline Candice but she
ducked out of the way, allowing Stratus to hit the Stratusfaction for the
victory. This incident resulted in Candice turning face.[32]
After Unforgiven, Candice began a short feud with Lita, winning a match
against her the next night on RAW.[33] She ended up losing her second match
against Lita the next week, after interference from Edge, in the first round
of the WWE Women's Championship tournament.[34] She later competed in the
first ever Extreme Strip Poker segment on ECW on October 10, representing
RAW.[35]
On the November 27 edition of RAW, during the Diva battle royal, Candice
suffered a (legit) broken nose when Victoria kicked her in the face.[36] She
had surgery on November 30 to repair her deviated septum.[37]
2007
Candice returned at New Year's Revolution on January 7, 2007 when she went
to the ring with Maria to fight off Melina as she tried to interfere in the
WWE Women's Championship match between then-champion Mickie James and
Victoria.[38] Candice made her in-ring return on January 22 when she and
Mickie James defeated Victoria and Melina in a tag team match with Candice
scoring the pinfall.[39]
Candice then resumed her feud with Melina when she claimed in her blogs that
all Playboy cover models were not capable of fighting her in the ring.[40]
Candice took offense to this and challenged Melina to a Bra and Panties
Match, which she lost.[41] Weeks later, Candice began picking up wins in tag
matches that pitted her with Mickie James against Victoria and Melina. She
also picked up several wins against the latter two in singles matches that
accumulated into the first ever Pudding Match at One Night Stand, which
Candice also won, defeating Melina. [42][43][44] At Vengeance, Candice
challenged and successfully defeated Melina to capture her first WWE Women's
Championship, and becoming the first ever WWE Diva Search contestant to win
the women's title. [45]
In wrestling
* Finishing moves
o Spinning Heel Kick[45]
* Signature moves
o Candylicious (Hanging figure four necklock)[46]
o Sugar Rush (Forward Russian Leg Sweep)
o Go Daddy dance followed by an elbow drop
o Headscissors takedown
o Kicking combinations
* Theme music
o Candice uses a WWE-produced track, titled "What Love Is".
o Her theme music was promoted as being "Holla", performed by Desiree
Jackson on the track listing of WWE Wreckless Intent, however the track was
allocated to Kelly Kelly and now Extreme Exposé.[47]
Championships and accomplishments
* Playboy
o April 2006 - cover girl
* World Wrestling Entertainment
o WWE Women's Championship (1 time, current)
Personal life
Candice is of German and Costa Rican descent.[3]
She married Dr. Ken Gee Ehrlich, a West Los Angeles chiropractor, on May 7,
2005.[48]
She is a Green Bay Packers fan.[3]
Go Daddy
Candice gained national attention in 2005 when she appeared in a commercial
for internet domain provider Go Daddy, which aired during Super Bowl
XXXIX.[49] She played a character named "Nikki Cappelli" who had trouble
with her blouse as she testified before a panel holding broadcast censorship
hearings.[3][50] The commercial was a parody of the 2004 "wardrobe
malfunction" in which Janet Jackson's right breast was exposed.[49] She then
became widely known as Miss GoDaddy.com and the Go Daddy Girl.[46][51]
The following year, she was featured in several more Go Daddy commercials.
During the 2006 NFC playoffs, she was featured cleaning windows.[52] She
later appeared in a commercial during Super Bowl XL, where she seduced an
ABC executive to acquire an advertising slot for Go Daddy.[46] She appeared
in another commercial for Super Bowl XLI in 2007, where she danced in a room
being doused with champagne.[53] Candice appeared on American Chopper to
promote the commercial as well as Go Daddy's custom made chopper.[54][55]
Notes
1. ^ a b c d e f OWoW Profile. onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved on
2007-07-01.
2. ^ a b c d e Home > Women > Model of the Week > Candice Michelle.
AskMen.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
3. ^ a b c d The Official Website of Candice Michelle - Biography (text
version). candicemichelle.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
4. ^ a b Home > Superstars > Raw > Candice > Bio. WWE.com. Retrieved on
2007-07-01.
5. ^ WWE: Inside WWE > Title History > Women's > 20070624 - Candice. WWE.com.
Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
6. ^ a b Candice Michelle Profiled in Pennsylvania Newspaper - The Wrestling
Post. The Wrestling Post. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
7. ^ Home > Entertainment > Celebrity Interviews > Candice Michelle.
AskMen.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
8. ^ Candice's previous works (transcribed from official website). Retrieved
on 2007-07-01.
9. ^ Lowrider Model - Candice Michelle - Nov 2002 - Lowrider Magazine.
lowridermagazine.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
10. ^ Keith Wilcutt (02/10/2005). Playboy Re-Releases Candice Michelle's
Nude Photos & More. WrestleZone. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
11. ^ Candice Michelle biography, filmography, photos, image gallery, links
at iCelebZ.com. iCelebZ.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. “Also before she got
her big break in the WWE she was a foot fetish/bondage model for FM Concepts
Inc under the name of Mackenzie Montgomery.”
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