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Revision as of 01:11, 30 January 2008

Eve Torres
Born (1984-05-05) May 5, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Sacramento, California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Eve Torres
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Billed weight131 lb (59 kg)
Trained byOhio Valley Wrestling
DebutOctober 22 2007

Eve Marie Torres (born May 5 1984) is an American dancer and model currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand, as well as training in its developmental facility Ohio Valley Wrestling. Torres was the winner of the 2007 Diva Search.

Early life

Eve was born in Sacramento, California but mostly grew up in Denver, Colorado. Growing up, she was very athletic and was a competitive gymnast for nine years.

Torres attended the University of Southern California on a full tuition scholarship. During college, she was one of the founding members of the Omega Phi Beta sorority chapter on her campus and held the vice-president position for several years.[2] While in Omega Phi Beta, Eve was awarded for Academic Excellence at the Order of Omega Greek Awards.[3][4] She was also the co-captain of the USC Fly Girls and created much of their choreography.[5] She graduated in 2006 with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Career

Dance, modeling and acting

She quickly began her career as a professional dancer and model.[1] She was a member of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team for the 2006-2007 season.[6] She also appeared on "Show Me The Money" as a Million Dollar Dancer. Aside from dancing, Torres has done some acting and has appeared on shows including "Days of our Lives", "The Drop", and "The Underground". Torres is known for her strong passion for charity work and has contributed to charities including Victim’s Rights Awareness, Rock the Vote/Voto Latino 2004, The Children’s Hospital, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.[citation needed]

World Wrestling Entertainment

Torres entered WWE's Diva Search during the Summer of 2007. She was chosen to be one of the eight finalists to compete at the chance for $100,000 and a one year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. On October 29 2007, live on Raw, she was crowned the 2007 WWE Diva Search winner; defeating finalist Brooke Gilbersten and becoming an official WWE Diva.[7][8][9] On December 20 2007, it was announced she had received her wrestling license in the state of Kentucky and as of January 4 2008, had started training in Ohio Valley Wrestling.[10]

SmackDown!

Promos of Eve coming to SmackDown! began airing on January 11 2008.

In wrestling

  • Theme music
    • Her first theme was "Let it Roll" by Velvet Revolver (during the 2007 Diva Search)

Championships and accomplishments

Media

In addition to dancing, she also loves aerobics, running, and kickboxing.[6] She has also demonstrated the ability to solve a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube puzzle in less than five minutes, as seen when she appeared on The Best Damn Sports Show Period in November 2007.

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Eve Torres (model profile)". MochaCity Models. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  2. ^ http://www.omegaphibeta.org/serving/pr/evet.htm
  3. ^ http://www.omegaphibeta.org/about/chapters/phi.htm
  4. ^ http://www.infinitegreek.com/news/news.asp?news_id=42
  5. ^ http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2005/09/12/Lifestyle/Pretty.Fly.For.A.Dance.Group-981115.shtml
  6. ^ a b "Eve Torres bio". WWE.com. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  7. ^ http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2007/10/eve-torres-the-2007-wwe-diva-search-winner/
  8. ^ http://prowrestling.about.com/od/interviews/a/evetorresinterv.htm
  9. ^ a b Martin, Kelly (2007-10-29). "Eve becomes a WWE Diva". WWE.com. Retrieved 2008-01-13. Cite error: The named reference "divasearchexclusives" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ Gargiulo, Eric (2007-07-20). "WWE 2007 Diva Search winner Eve Torres speaks to Phillyburbs". phillyBurbs. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
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