Rebecca DiPietro Biography
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Rebecca DiPietro
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| Rebecca DiPietro | |
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| Ring name(s) | Rebecca DiPietro |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Billed weight | 125.6 lb (57.0 kg) |
| Born | April 14, 1979 Rehoboth, Massachusetts |
| Trained by | Deep South Wrestling |
| Debut | October 17, 2006 |
| Retired | 2007 |
Rebecca DiPietro (born April 14, 1979) is an American model and former WWE Diva best known for her stint as the backstage interviewer for World Wrestling Entertainment's ECW brand.
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Career
Modeling
In 2001, DiPietro appeared in the pages of Playboy. She appeared again in 2003 as "Cyber Girl of the Week" for the first week of June, when WWE Divas Torrie Wilson and Sable were on the cover.1 She also finished second place in Mystique Magazine's Mystical Journeys worldwide model search, beating out over 4,000 other contestants, became a Mystique Siren, and posed nude for the magazine. She has also appeared in the magazine Stuff, as a cover girl and model,2 won the USA title for Miss Hawaiian Tropics International Pageant in 2005, and won the Miss MET-Rx Model Search contest for 2008.3
World Wrestling Entertainment
DiPietro was spotted in a video from the WWE, but she did not make Top Eight until the 2006 WWE Diva Search. On the July 31, 2006 edition of Raw she became the third contestant eliminated.4 Despite being eliminated from the contest, she was hired by WWE four days later.5
After her hiring, she was assigned to developmental territory Deep South Wrestling for training. She made her Deep South debut on September 3, 2006 in a backstage segment with Matt Striker, and from there began appearing in more segments and bikini contests. In mid October 2006, DiPietro began making appearances at ECW brand house shows, and eventually became the brand's television "backstage interviewer" on the October 17 episode of ECW on Sci Fi.5 She also made a pay-per-view appearance at the November 2006 Cyber Sunday event, acting as a "Lumberjill" for the WWE Women's Championship match. On March 22, 2007, however, upon request, DiPietro was released from her World Wrestling Entertainment contract.56
Personal life
Dave Batista confessed to having a relationship with DiPietro while he and his wife were separated.7
References
- ^ "Rebecca DiPietro Cyber Girl". http://www.girlsofpb.com/2003/June/01/. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "Stuff Magazine bio". http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/girl.aspx?id=380. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "2005 Miss Hawaiian Tropic press release". http://www.hawaiiantropic.com/pageant/2005_us_press_release.html. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "Rebecca eliminated". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/rebeccaeliminated. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ a b c "Rebecca DiPietro profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/rebecca-dipietro.html. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Rebecca released". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/news/rebeccareleased. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ Batista and Rebecca DiPietro. Post-wrestling DiPietro was also featured as a "Guliani Girl".
