Maryse Mizanin

Maryse Mizanin is a Canadian model and actress who also competed as a professional wrestler under the name Maryse. Born in Montreal and raised in Edmundston, New Brunswick, she began as a beauty pageant contestant and won Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2003. She tried out for WWE's Diva Search in 2006, then trained in the Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territories. Assigned to the SmackDown brand in 2008, she won her first WWE Divas Championship that year and added a second in 2010, becoming the first woman to hold the title more than once. She later co-hosted NXT and managed Ted DiBiase before leaving WWE in 2011. After commentating for Family Wrestling Entertainment, she returned to WWE in 2016 as a manager and joined Total Divas. Her screen work includes roles in Santa's Little Helper (2015) and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015), and she appeared on the reality series WAGS.