Maryse Ouellet (born January 21, 1983) is a French Canadian Glamour model currently working for WWE on the Friday Night SmackDown! brand as Hostess as well as in the developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Ouellet began her career as a beauty pagent contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. After that she made several appearances in various newspapers, magazines and television programs in Canada[citation needed], then became a glamour Model; appearing on the cover and inside pages of Playboy Special Editions Vixens in June/July 2006. She was also on the cover of Playboy's The Girls of Canada 2007 Calendar.
In 2006 she tried out for WWE's Diva Search. She made the final cut, but on the July 24 episode of WWE RAW became the second person eliminated. Despite her elimination she was invited to observe workouts at the Ohio Valley Wrestling training facility on August 4, which she did between the 13th and 17th.
She was officially signed to a WWE developmental contract in August of 2006 and assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling to train. Her first jobs there were to sit in the front row during television tapings, then take part in bikini contests and appear in backstage skits. After a while she began managing fellow French Canadian René Dupree at house shows. Her in ring debut came at a December 16 house show in Greensburg, Kentucky where she teamed with Katie Lea, Kelly Kelly, She Nay Nay, and Victoria to defeat ODB, Milena Roucka, Josie, Beth Phoenix, and Melody. In March of 2007 she became a backstage interviewer for OVW TV.
On the September 22, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Ouellet -- being dubbed as simply Maryse -- was shown on the large screen welcoming the Montreal viewers (in French) to the season premiere of SmackDown! on the new CW Network. After continuing to do this for a couple of weeks, she was sent back to OVW for further training. In January 2007, Maryse returned to Smackdown! in more pre-taped vignettes welcoming viewers back to the show in both English and French, but doing no more than that.
Ouellet has a degree in Business Administration, and holds a black belt in martial arts. She is also involved in the Foundation of Children General Hospital of Montreal, Quebec.
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