WWE Diva Search

TheWWE Diva Searchwas a competition held by theWorld Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) which ran from 2003 to 2007. The aim of the contest was to find a newWWE Diva,from the 2004 contest onwards the winner of the contest was offered a WWE Contract which was worth$250,000.^[1]

Despite only one winner of the competition each year (excluding 2003) the WWE has signed multiple diva search contestants, includingCandice Michelle,Taryn Terrelland many others.

Contests[change|change source]

Year	Winner	Runner Up	Notes
2003	Jaime Koeppe	Unknown	Jaime Koeppe did not receive a WWE contract like later Diva Searches^[2]
2004	Christy Hemme	Carmella DeCesare	^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]
2005	Ashley Massaro	Leyla Milani	^[6]^[7]
2006	Layla El	Jen England	^[8]
2007	Eve Torres	Brooke Gilbertsen	^[9]^[10]
2016	Alex Crawford	Matt Buckby

2003[change|change source]

In 2003 the first Diva Search was held, however the winner of the first Diva Search Jaime Koeppe did not receive a contract. She did receive a photoshoot for an issue ofWWE Magazine.^[2]

2004[change|change source]

Theme Songs:
- "Walk Idiot Walk"byThe Hives
- "Time and Time Again" byChronic Future
- "Open Your Eyes"byAlter Bridge

Contestants[change|change source]

Christy Hemme- Winner^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Carmella DeCesare- Runner-Up^[4]
Joy Giovanni- 3rd Place^[11]
Amy Weber- 4th Place^[12]
Maria Kanellis- 5th Place^[13]
Tracie Wright - 6th Place
Michelle McCool- 7th Place^[14]
Chandra Costello - 8th Place
Camille Anderson- 9th Place
Julia Costello - 10th Place

Despite Christy Hemme winning, the WWE hired many other Divas also featured within the contest, this included, Michelle McCool,^[14]^[15]Amy Weber,^[12]Candice Michelle,^[16]Maria Kennllis^[13]^[17]and Joy Giovanni.^[11]

2005[change|change source]

Theme Song:
- "Be Yourself"byAudioslave

Contestants[change|change source]

Ashley Massaro- Winner^[6]^[7]
Leyla Milani- Runner-up^[18]
Elisabeth Rouffaer - 3rd Place^[19]
Kristal Marshall- 4th Place^[20]
Summer DeLin - 5th Place
Cameron Haven - 6th Place
Simona Fusco - 7th Place
Leilene "Alexis" Ondrade - 8th place

Like the previous year's Diva Search, Ashley Massaro was not the only Diva WWE hired, this included, Kristal Marshall,^[20]Trenesha Biggers^[21]and Elisabeth Rouffaer.^[19]^[22]

2006[change|change source]

Themes Songs:

Contestants[change|change source]

Layla El- Winner^[8]^[23]
Jen England- Runner-up^[23]
J.T. Tinney - 3rd Place^[23]
Milena Roucka- 4th Place^[23]^[24]
Erica Chevillar - 5th Place^[23]^[25]
Rebecca DiPietro- 6th Place^[23]^[26]
Maryse Ouellet- 7th Place^[23]^[27]^[28]
Amy Zidian- 8th Place^[23]^[29]^[30]

Like the past two years this also featured the WWE hiring many losing Divas, this included, Milena Roucka,^[31]the Garcia Twins,^[32]Rebecca DiPietro,^[33]Amy Zidian^[29]and Maryse Ouellet.^[27]^[34]

2007[change|change source]

Theme Song:
- "Let it Roll"byVelvet Revolver

Contestants[change|change source]

Eve Torres- Winner^[35]
Brooke Gilbertsen - Runner-up^[35]
Lena Yada- 3rd place^[35]
Taryn Terrell- 4th place^[36]
Jessica Hatch - 5th place^[37]
J. Kim - 6th Place^[38]
Lyndy Frieson - 7th Place^[39]
Naomi Kirk - 8th Place^[40]

WWE like in the previous years WWE hired runner-ups, this included,Taryn Terrell,^[41]Lena Yada^[42]andAngela Fong.^[43]

References[change|change source]

↑^1.0^1.1^1.2"Christy Hemme of Los Angeles Crowned the Newest WWE Diva Live on Monday Night RAW; Hemme Wins $250,000 One-Year Contract with WWE".Business Wire. 2004-09-21.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^2.0^2.1"Jaime Koeppe's Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-30.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^3.0^3.1Tim Baines (2005-03-05)."Christy Hemme: A naked conversation".The Ottawa Sun. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-04-19.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^4.0^4.1^4.2"Christy Hemme Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^5.0^5.1"The Search For A New RAW Diva Has Begun".WWE Corporate. 2005-04-18. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-12-12.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^6.0^6.1"Ashley Massaro of New York Wins WWE RAW Diva Search, Secures $250,000 One-Year Contract with WWE".WWE Corporate. 2009-08-15. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-08-13.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^7.0^7.1"Ashley Massaro Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^8.0^8.1"Layla El's Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑EveTorres.com (2007-10-29)."The 2007 Diva Search Winner is Eve Torres".EveTorres.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-01-21.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Martin, Andrew (2007-10-29)."Eve becomes a WWE Diva".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^11.0^11.1"Joy Giovanni Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-27.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^12.0^12.1"Amy Weber Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-05-17.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^13.0^13.1"Maria Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^14.0^14.1"Michelle McCool Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-08-14.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Michelle McCool's WWE Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Candice Michelle released".World Wrestling Entertainment.2009-06-19.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Maria's WWE Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Leyla Deal or No Deal Models Profile".NBC.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^19.0^19.1"Elisabeth Rouffaer Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-03-22.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^20.0^20.1"Kristal Marshall Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-29.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Rhaka Khan's Online World of Wrestling".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-08.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"2005 RAW Diva Search's Elisabeth signs WWE contract".World Wrestling Entertainment.2005-09-26.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^23.0^23.1^23.2^23.3^23.4^23.5^23.6^23.7"WWE 2006 Diva Search Official Site".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Kara A. Medalis (2006-08-14)."Milena says goodbye".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Kara Medalis (2006-08-07)."Erica says goodbye".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Ed Williams III (2006-07-31)."Rebecca says she will be back".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^27.0^27.1"Maryse Ouellet Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Ed Williams III (2006-07-24)."Maryse goes home".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^29.0^29.1"Amy Zidian Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-07.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Ed Williams III (2006-07-17)."A tearful end for Amy".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Milena Roucka's Gerweck Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Archived fromthe originalon 2009-02-10.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Bella Twins Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Rebecca released".World Wrestling Entertainment.2007-03-22.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Maryse Ouellet's WWE.com Profile".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-02-16.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑^35.0^35.1^35.2"Official 2007 Diva Search site".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Andrew Rote (October 16, 2007)."Farewell Taryn".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Andrew Rote (October 9, 2007)."Farewell Jessica".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Andrew Rote (October 2, 2007)."Farewell J. Kim".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Kara A. Medalis (September 25, 2007)."Weekly roundup: Obstacle Course".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑Kara A. Medalis (September 18, 2007)."Weekly roundup: Limbo".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Taryn Terrell's Official WWE.com Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Kenny Dykstra, Elijah Burke and Lena Yada released".World Wrestling Entertainment.2008-11-10.Retrieved2009-09-15.
↑"Angela Fong's Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-16.

Other websites[change|change source]

[Contract-1] 1.0^1.1^1.2"Christy Hemme of Los Angeles Crowned the Newest WWE Diva Live on Monday Night RAW; Hemme Wins $250,000 One-Year Contract with WWE".Business Wire. 2004-09-21.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[koeppe-2] 2.0^2.1"Jaime Koeppe's Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-30.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[ChristySlam-3] 3.0^3.1Tim Baines (2005-03-05)."Christy Hemme: A naked conversation".The Ottawa Sun. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-04-19.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[ChristyOWOW-4] 4.0^4.1^4.2"Christy Hemme Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[DivaSearch05-5] 5.0^5.1"The Search For A New RAW Diva Has Begun".WWE Corporate. 2005-04-18. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-12-12.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[DivaSearch05Corporate-6] 6.0^6.1"Ashley Massaro of New York Wins WWE RAW Diva Search, Secures $250,000 One-Year Contract with WWE".WWE Corporate. 2009-08-15. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-08-13.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[AshleyOWOW-7] 7.0^7.1"Ashley Massaro Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[LaylaOWOW-8] 8.0^8.1"Layla El's Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[9] EveTorres.com (2007-10-29)."The 2007 Diva Search Winner is Eve Torres".EveTorres.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-01-21.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[10] Martin, Andrew (2007-10-29)."Eve becomes a WWE Diva".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[GiovanniOWOW-11] 11.0^11.1"Joy Giovanni Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-27.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[WeberOWOW-12] 12.0^12.1"Amy Weber Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-05-17.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[MariaOWOW-13] 13.0^13.1"Maria Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[MichelleOWOW-14] 14.0^14.1"Michelle McCool Online World of Wrestling Profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-08-14.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[MichelleWWE-15] "Michelle McCool's WWE Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[CandiceReleased-16] "Candice Michelle released".World Wrestling Entertainment.2009-06-19.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[MariaWWE-17] "Maria's WWE Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[LeylaDeal-18] "Leyla Deal or No Deal Models Profile".NBC.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[RouffaerOWOW-19] 19.0^19.1"Elisabeth Rouffaer Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-03-22.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[KristalOWOW-20] 20.0^20.1"Kristal Marshall Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-29.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[21] "Rhaka Khan's Online World of Wrestling".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-08.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[22] "2005 RAW Diva Search's Elisabeth signs WWE contract".World Wrestling Entertainment.2005-09-26.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[2006DivaSearchSite-23] 23.0^23.1^23.2^23.3^23.4^23.5^23.6^23.7"WWE 2006 Diva Search Official Site".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[24] Kara A. Medalis (2006-08-14)."Milena says goodbye".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[25] Kara Medalis (2006-08-07)."Erica says goodbye".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[26] Ed Williams III (2006-07-31)."Rebecca says she will be back".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[MaryseOWOW-27] 27.0^27.1"Maryse Ouellet Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[28] Ed Williams III (2006-07-24)."Maryse goes home".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[AmyZidianOWOW-29] 29.0^29.1"Amy Zidian Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-09-07.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[30] Ed Williams III (2006-07-17)."A tearful end for Amy".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[31] "Milena Roucka's Gerweck Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Archived fromthe originalon 2009-02-10.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[GarciaOWOW-32] "Bella Twins Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[33] "Rebecca released".World Wrestling Entertainment.2007-03-22.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[MaryseWWE-34] "Maryse Ouellet's WWE.com Profile".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-02-16.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[2007DivaSearch-35] 35.0^35.1^35.2"Official 2007 Diva Search site".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[36] Andrew Rote (October 16, 2007)."Farewell Taryn".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[37] Andrew Rote (October 9, 2007)."Farewell Jessica".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[38] Andrew Rote (October 2, 2007)."Farewell J. Kim".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[39] Kara A. Medalis (September 25, 2007)."Weekly roundup: Obstacle Course".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[40] Kara A. Medalis (September 18, 2007)."Weekly roundup: Limbo".WWE.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[41] "Taryn Terrell's Official WWE.com Profile".World Wrestling Entertainment.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[42] "Kenny Dykstra, Elijah Burke and Lena Yada released".World Wrestling Entertainment.2008-11-10.Retrieved2009-09-15.

[43] "Angela Fong's Online World of Wrestling profile".Online World of Wrestling.Retrieved2009-09-16.

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