Maria was born February 25, 1982 and grew up in a small town of Ottawa, Illinois. She went to Ottawa Township High School and graduated in 2000 where she played sports like volleyball, basketball, and softball. She went to Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois. The first time she had been asked to pose for Playboy she was only 19 years old and she refused. She first came on our screens in 2004 as a member of Raws Diva Search..some idiots didnt know how to vote and she wound up not winning...but thank goodness she still wound up in the WWE at first as a backstage interviewer..Her first officical match was a lingerie pillow fight against Christy Hemme where she came up just short...She has had a very successful carreer and the WWE would be stupid not to put gold around her waist..but we all remember 2008 were our favorite Diva posed for Playboy..in what is considered Playboys best issue ever...She has a sister named Janny and a brother named Billy...and one more fact Maria is the best thing to happen to the WWE since well ever