Candice Michelle
American model, actress and professional wrestler
Candice Michelle Beckman (born September 30, 1978), better known as Candice Michelle, is an American model, actress and retired professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as a producer. She is best known for her tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
After five years of modeling and acting, Beckman was hired by WWE in 2004, after she participated in the WWE Diva Search. At Vengeance in 2007, she defeated Melina to win her first WWE Women's Championship and became the first former Diva Search contestant to win a WWE Championship. She was released from her WWE contract on June 19, 2009. Beckman made a special appearance on the WWE Raw Reunion episode on July 22, 2019, briefly winning the WWE 24/7 Championship, the second woman to have done so.
Beckman also posed in the April 2006 issue of Playboy, appearing on the cover.
Early life
Beckman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Michael Beckman (1951–1980) and his wife, Kathleen (née Iwen; 1951–2002). Beckman is of German and Costa Rican descent.
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