Carmella DeCesare

Infobox Playboy Playmate
name = Carmella DeCesare

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issue = April 2003
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birthplace = Avon Lake, Ohio
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preceded = Pennelope Jimenez
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Carmella Garcia [ [http://www.garciapassiton.com/ Garcia Pass It On Foundation] ] (née 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 Italian and Puerto Rican descent. She was featured in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the players' wives feature. [cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/athleteswives/carmella-garcia/08_carmella-garcia_1.html|title=Carmella Garcia|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Sports Illustrated] [cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/video/athletes-wives.html|title=Players' Wives (video)|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Sports Illustrated]

Early life

DeCesare was born in Avon Lake, Ohio and lives in Manhattan Beach, California. She graduated from Avon Lake High School in 2000 and later worked at a title company in the Cleveland area.

Career

Modeling

She 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. She, however, had second thoughts and withdrew early in the taping of material for the Fox Network special that aired in the summer of 2002. DeCesare then changed her mind about posing for "Playboy" and was quickly named "Cyber Girl of the Week" in October 2002 and "Cyber Girl of the Month" in February 2003, before being selected as "Playboy"s Miss April in 2003.

She appeared in the 2005 "Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion" swimsuit calendar as calendar girl of March. The calendar was the inaugural "Playmates at Play" calendar and it was shot on the grounds of the Playboy Mansion in 2004. It was "Playboy"'s first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmates similar in style with those from "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue". In 2005, DeCesare received breast implants. In an episode of the E! reality-TV series "The Girls Next Door" in August 2005, she said that her implants looked fake because they were new and had not fully settled. [cite episode | title = What Happens in Vegas | series = Girls Next Door, The | serieslink = The Girls Next Door | network = E! | airdate = 2005-08-21]

She modeled in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. [ [http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/supermodel-marisa-miller-adorns-cover-2008-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue_475383_1.html Supermodel Marisa Miller Adorns the Cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue on Newsstands Today!] ]

Television

She competed in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) $250,000 RAW Diva Search and came in second to Christy Hemme. Though she came in second, she developed as a jealous heel, and WWE decided to keep her temporarily. She competed in a match against Hemme at Taboo Tuesday in a losing effort and appeared several times on the WWE's "Raw" show, until she was released by the company shortly thereafter. The song Carmella used as her theme while working with the WWE was "Body Talk" by Elize. She also appeared on the game shows "Family Feud" on May 10 2004, the "Howard Stern Show", and "Street Smarts".

Personal life

Arrest

On September 10 2004, she pled not guilty to assault in a Cleveland, Ohio court after a fight in a bar on August 21 2004 with a woman named Kristen Hine. [cite news |first=James F. |last=McCarthy |title=Nightclub scuffle leads to charge against quarterback's girlfriend |work=The Plain Dealer |date=2004-09-11] 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 Jeff Garcia, her boyfriend and at that time the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, had been involved in an affair with Hine after DeCesare's and Garcia's relationship began. [cite news |title=Playboy Playmate found not guilty of charge she karate-kicked woman |work=Dayton Daily News |date=2005-01-13 |page=B3]

Marriage and current activities

DeCesare married Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia on April 21 2007 at the CordeValle Resort in San Martin, California. They have a daughter, Presley, born April 28, 2008. [ [http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/Default.aspx?SM=ByFamily&BY=2008&BM=4&BD=28&FC=&FCY=US&FS=FL&MLN=gar] ]

In a May 2007 interview with the "Calgary Sun", Garcia intimated that since DeCesare is now his wife she will distance herself from "Playboy". The article also reported that DeCesare was trying to get a job as a Tampa Bay Buccaneers sideline reporter. [cite news |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NFL/2007/05/18/4190703-sun.html |title=Pivot and the playmate |work=Calgary Sun |date=2007-05-18] DeCesare is listed as the vice-president of Garcia's charity, the Garcia Pass It On Foundation. [ [http://www.garciapassiton.com/directors.html Garcia Pass It On Foundation - Board of Directors] ]

Appearances in "Playboy" special editions

*Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 20" August 2004 - cover, pages 1, 3, 28-39.
*Playboy's Playmates in Bed" December 2004 - pages 52-55.
*Playboy's Nude Playmates" March 2005 - pages 26-31.
*Playboy's Playmates in Bed" July 2005 - pages 30-35.

Footnotes

References

*"Carmella DeCesare". "Cleveland Magazine". v. 34, n. 1. January 2005. 71.
*Bill Lubinger. "PTA presidents, grandmas and actresses: Ohio-linked playmates have nothing to hide". "The Plain Dealer". December 1, 2003.

External links

*imdb name|id=1333632
*playmate|2003|4
*myspace|carmelladecesare