Eve Torres

Infobox Wrestler

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Eve Marie Torres (born August 21, 1984) is an American dancer, model, actress and WWE Diva. She is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as the backstage interviewer. Torres was the winner of the 2007 Diva Search.

Early life

Torres was born in Denver, Colorado. 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. [ [http://www.omegaphibeta.org/serving/pr/evet.htm Press Releases - Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated - National Website ] ] While in Omega Phi Beta, Torres was awarded for Academic Excellence at the Order of Omega Greek Awards. [ [http://www.omegaphibeta.org/about/chapters/phi.htm Phi Chapter - Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated - National Website ] ] [ [http://www.infinitegreek.com/news/news.asp?news_id=42 Infinite Greek Magazine ] ] She was also the co-captain of the USC Fly Girls and created much of their choreography. [ [http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2005/09/12/Lifestyle/Pretty.Fly.For.A.Dance.Group-981115.shtml Pretty fly for a dance group - Lifestyle ] ] 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 hip hop/ballroom/lyrical/jazz dancer and model. She was a member of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team for the 2006-2007 season.cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/divasearch/contestants/evetorres/5257546/| title=Eve Torres bio |publisher=WWE.com |date=2007-08-20|accessdate=2008-01-13 ] 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.Fact|date=January 2008

World Wrestling Entertainment

2007 Diva Search

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 $250,000 and a one year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. On October 29 2007,in Philadelphia live on "Raw", she was crowned the 2007 WWE Diva Search winner; defeating finalist Brooke Gilbertsen and becoming an official WWE Diva. [ [http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2007/10/eve-torres-the-2007-wwe-diva-search-winner/ Eve Torres: The 2007 WWE Diva Search Winner - The Hollywood Gossip ] ] [ [http://prowrestling.about.com/od/interviews/a/evetorresinterv.htm Eve Torres Interview - Interview With WWE Diva Search Winner Eve Torres ] ] cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/divasearch/exclusives/evediva| title=Eve becomes a WWE Diva |last=Martin |first=Kelly |publisher=WWE.com |date=2007-10-29|accessdate=2008-01-13 ] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/341-11072007-1436969.html|last=Gargiulo|first=Eric|title=WWE 2007 Diva Search winner Eve Torres speaks to Phillyburbs|p-o0i0kjjih7hiher=phillyBurbs|accessdate=2008-01-14|date=2007-07-20]

mackDown!

Promos of Eve coming to "SmackDown!" began airing on January 11 2008. The promo aired for 3 weeks before Eve made her official debut in Reading, PA on the February 1, 2008 edition of SmackDown interviewing former World Heavyweight Champion Batista. [ [http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/results/ WWE: TV Shows > SmackDown > Results > February 08, 2008 ] ] Eve interviewed Edge on the February 8 edition of SmackDown. On the February 29 edition of SmackDown, Eve debuted her theme music. On the March 7, 2008 edition of SmackDown! Eve competed in a Swimsuit Competition, along with Cherry, Maryse, Michelle McCool, and Victoria. In the end, Eve got into a heated battle with Maryse. The following week, she competed in an obstacle course. The next week, she competed in a arm wrestling challenge, losing to Victoria in the first round. She was the third diva eliminated from the "Divas Competition". Later in the night she was the special guest referee for the Cherry and Michelle vs Maryse and Victoria 'Wet and Wild' tag team match. Torres appeared at WrestleMania 24 as a Lumberjill in the BunnyMania Match. On April 15, Torres made her 2nd appearance on ECW in a Divas Dance Off contest which Kelly Kelly won and also included Layla, Maryse and Lena Yada. In late April, Torres made an appearance during a live SmackDown House Show and showed off some newly acquired wrestling moves when she was attacked by Victoria. On June 16 edition of Raw, Eve participated in a tri-branded bikini contest, which was won by Maria. On August 10, Torres teamed up with Jimmy Wang Yang in a mixed tag match against Maryse and Carlito at the 2008 WWE Summerfest. Torres picked up the win over Maryse with a sunset flip pin. On the September 19 edition of Smackdown!, Eve asked general manager Vickie Guerrero for a match, but instead of Vickie granting Eve's wish she just laughed and teased her.

In wrestling

*Entrance themes
**"Pop Energia" - Production theme
**"She Looks Good To Me" - Production theme

Championships and accomplishments

*World Wrestling Entertainment
**WWE Diva Search winner (2007)cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/divasearch/exclusives/evediva| title=Eve becomes a WWE Diva |last=Rote |first=Andrew |publisher=WWE.com |date=2007-10-29|accessdate=2008-01-13 ]

Filmography

*Sunset Tan - Herself (August 2008)
*Sports Center - Herself (November 2007)
*The Best Damn Sports Show Period - Herself (November 2007)
*Show Me The Money - as a Million Dollar Dancer
*Days of our Lives
*The Drop
*The Underground

Personal life

In addition to dancing, she also loves aerobics, running, and kickboxing. 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. Torres was featured in Latina Magazine where they stated that she was going to be hitting the ring this summer. She is trained in Jujitsu.

At one time, she dated NFL star Reggie Bush while at USC. [cite web|url=http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/26157-mto_exclusive_did_yall_know_that_reggie_bushs_old_girlfriend__before_kim_k__is_a_professional_wrestler.html|title=MTO EXCLUSIVE: DID Y'ALL KNOW THAT REGGIE BUSH'S OLD GIRLFRIEND ... BEFORE KIM K ... IS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER????|accessdate=2008-08-27|publisher=MediaTakeOut.com]

Notes

External links

*cite web |url= http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/eve/ |title= Eve Torres WWE Profile|work=WWE |accessdate=2007-11-28
*tvtome person|id=602707|name=Eve Torres
* [http://evetorres.net/ Official Fansite/Website]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/e/eve-torres.html Online World Of Wrestling Profile]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2991156/ Eve's IMDB Profile]
* [http://www.myspace.com/__evemarie__ Eve Torres] on MySpace