Carmella DeCesare

Carmella Danielle DeCesare (born July 1, 1982) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

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July 1 - 1982 - Playboy - Playmate - 2004 - Puerto Rican - Italian

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DeCesare was born in Avon Lake, Ohio and grew up in Westlake, Ohio. She graduated from Magnificot High School, an all-girl Catholic school in 2000. She works at a title company in the Cleveland area. The brunette responded to Playboy's "Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?" search when it came to Cleveland and was selected as a finalist for the competition. However, she had second thoughts and withdrew early in the taping of material for the Fox Network special that aired in the summer of 2002. DeCesare reconsidered once more and was selected as Playboy 's Miss April 2003.

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Avon Lake, Ohio - Westlake, Ohio - 2000 - Cleveland - Brunette - Fox Network - 2002 - Playboy - April - 2003

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She competed in the WWE $250,000 RAW Diva Search and came second to Christy Hemme. Though she came in second, she developed as a heel and WWE decided to keep her temporarily. She competed in a match against Christy at Taboo Tuesday and appeared several times on the WWE's RAW series. She also appeared on the game shows Family Feud on May 10, 2004, the Howard Stern Show, and Street Smarts.

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WWE - $250,000 RAW Diva Search - Christy Hemme - Heel - Taboo Tuesday - RAW - Game shows - Family Feud - May 10 - 2004 - Howard Stern - Street Smarts

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On September 10, 2004, she pled not guilty to assault in a Cleveland, Ohio court after a scuffle in a bar on August 21, 2004 between DeCesare and Kristen Hine, the ex-girlfriend of Detroit Lions quarterback Jeff Garcia, who is dating DeCesare. She was acquitted of the assault charge on January 12, 2005 but found guilty of violating a restraining order. She was sentenced to do twenty-four hours of community service, given one year probation, and fined $150. During the trial, DeCesare testified that Garcia had been involved in an affair with Hine.

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September 10 - 2004 - Cleveland, Ohio - August 21 - Detroit Lions - Quarterback - Jeff Garcia - January 12 - 2005 - Community service - Probation - Affair

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In 2005, pictures circulated through the internet that appeared to show that DeCesare had received large breast implants. DeCesare confirmed this in an episode of the E! reality-TV series The Girls Next Door in August 2005 where she told fellow Playmate Destiny Davis her implants looked fake as they were new and had not fully settled.

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Breast implants - E! - The Girls Next Door - Destiny Davis

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