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'{{short description|American model}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Carmella DeCesare | image = Carmella DeCesare calibre68.jpg | caption = DeCesare at [[Hot Import Nights]], 2006 | birth_name = Carmella Danielle DeCesare | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|1}} | birth_place = [[Avon Lake, Ohio]], U.S.<ref name=wekinglypigs /> | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Carmella Danielle Garcia | occupation = Model, professional wrestler | years_active = 2003–2008 (model)<br />2004 (wrestler) | spouse = {{marriage|[[Jeff Garcia]]|2007}} | children = 4 | module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate | embed = yes | name = <!-- leave blank --> | issue = April 2003 | preceded = [[Pennelope Jimenez]] | succeeded = [[Laurie Fetter]] | pmoy-year = 2004 | pmoy-preceded = [[Christina Santiago]] | pmoy-succeeded = [[Tiffany Fallon]] | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=wekinglypigs /> }} | module2 = {{Infobox professional wrestler|child=yes | names=Carmella | image= | height={{height|ft=5|in=8}} | resides= | billed=[[Avon Lake, Ohio]] | trainer=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] | debut=October 19, 2004 | retired=November 18, 2004 }} }} '''Carmella Danielle DeCesare Garcia''' (born July 1, 1982)<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=decesare%2C+carmella+danielle&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://files.courthousenews.com/2010/03/15/Garcia.pdf |title=Garcia Lawsuit |access-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514142731/http://files.courthousenews.com/2010/03/15/Garcia.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American [[model (person)|model]] who was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Miss April 2003]] and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is also known for her time in [[WWE]] as a [[Women in WWE|WWE Diva]] search contestant. She was featured in the 2008 ''[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]'' in the players' wives feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/athleteswives/carmella-garcia/08_carmella-garcia_1.html|title=Carmella Garcia|access-date=February 15, 2008|publisher=Sports Illustrated}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/video/athletes-wives.html|title=Players' Wives (video)|access-date=February 15, 2008|publisher=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> ==Early life== Carmella DeCesare was born July 1, 1982. A native of [[Avon Lake, Ohio]], she is of Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry.<ref name=CraveOnline>[http://www.craveonline.com/girl/carmella-decesare "Carmella DeCesare"]. [[CraveOnline]]. Retrieved November 11, 2017.</ref> ==Career== ===Modeling career=== Carmella DeCesare came to Playboy's attention after she applied to a Fox reality show ''Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold'' search. After she was selected as a finalist, she withdrew from the competition due to having second thoughts about the endeavor. When ''Playboy'' publisher [[Hugh Hefner]] learned this, he invited her to his birthday party and convinced her to change her mind. She was subsequently chosen as a Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week, then a Cyber Girl of the Month before becoming Playboy's Miss April in 2003.<ref name=CraveOnline/> DeCesare 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.<ref>{{cite episode | title = What Happens in Vegas | series = Girls Next Door, The | series-link = The Girls Next Door | network = [[E!]] | airdate = August 21, 2005}}</ref> DeCesare modeled in the 2008 [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]].<ref name=CraveOnline/><ref>[https://www.si.com/swimsuit-2008/photos/2008/02/15/carmella-garcia-2008-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-edition-si-com#1 "Swimsuit"]. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. Retrieved November 11, 2017.</ref> == Professional wrestling career == DeCesare made her first [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) appearance as a contestant in the 2004 [[WWE Diva Search]]. Following the Diva Search she feuded with Diva Search winner [[Christy Hemme]] which led to a [[Professional wrestling match types#Pillow Fight|Lingerie Pillow Fight]] match at [[Taboo Tuesday (2004)|Taboo Tuesday]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/cybersunday/2004/results|title = Full Event Results}}</ref> She left the promotion soon after. ==Charity work== DeCesare and her husband, Jeff Garcia, founded the Garcia Pass It On Foundation in order to share resources with people in less fortunate circumstances.<ref>[https://www.looktothestars.org/charity/garcia-pass-it-on-foundation "Garcia Pass It On Foundation"]. Look to the Stars. Retrieved November 11, 2017.</ref><ref>Georgatos, Dennis (May 27, 2007). [http://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/27/newlywed-jeff-garcia-on-change-in-fortunes-i-couldnt-be-happier/ "Newlywed Jeff Garcia on change in fortunes: 'I couldn't be happier' "]. ''[[The Mercury News]]''.</ref> ==Legal issues== On September 10, 2004, DeCesare pleaded 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.<ref>{{cite news |first=James F. |last=McCarthy |title=Nightclub scuffle leads to charge against quarterback's girlfriend |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=September 11, 2004}}</ref> 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 at that time and the quarterback for the [[Cleveland Browns]], had been involved in an affair with Hine after DeCesare's and Garcia's relationship began.<ref>{{cite news |title=Playboy Playmate found not guilty of charge she karate-kicked woman |work=[[Dayton Daily News]] |date=January 13, 2005 |page=B3}}</ref> Garcia commented, "It's embarrassing that I am here today, to be caught up in a situation like this."<ref name="fgarciaComment_decesareFight">{{cite book |last1=Kolb |first1=Garret |title=Spoiled Sports: Comical And Disturbing Stories of the 21st Century |date=May 1, 2006 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=0740757040 |page=59 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gc5IXqieC0EC&q=DeCesare%2C&pg=PA59 |access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> ==Personal life== On April 21, 2007, DeCesare married then-[[National Football League|NFL]] quarterback [[Jeff Garcia]]<ref name=pbnov08>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=November 2008|pages=143–144}}</ref> at the CordeValle Resort in [[San Martin, California]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NFL/2007/05/18/4190703-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630160824/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NFL/2007/05/18/4190703-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |title=Pivot and the playmate |work=[[Calgary Sun]] |date=May 18, 2007}}</ref> Their first daughter, Presley, was born on April 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/Default.aspx?SM=ByFamily&BY=2008&BM=4&BD=28&FC=&FCY=US&FS=FL&MLN=gar |title=Our365 WebNursery® - Professional Newborn Photography |access-date=October 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004100822/http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/Default.aspx?SM=ByFamily&BY=2008&BM=4&BD=28&FC=&FCY=US&FS=FL&MLN=gar |archive-date=October 4, 2011 }}</ref> The couple welcomed their second child, a son, Jason in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders/2009/06/16/garcia-returns-after-birth-of-son/|title=Garcia returns after birth of son|access-date=August 2, 2009|publisher=www.ibabuzz.com|date=June 16, 2009|archive-date=July 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725134046/http://www.ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders/2009/06/16/garcia-returns-after-birth-of-son/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple's third child, a son named Jax was born on September 21, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ufl-football.com/news/game-recap-colonials-vs-nighthawks |title=Game Recap: Colonials vs. Nighthawks |access-date=December 16, 2010 |publisher=UFL-football.com |date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928030653/http://www.ufl-football.com/news/game-recap-colonials-vs-nighthawks |archive-date=September 28, 2010 }}</ref> In December 2011, their fourth child, a daughter, Faith was born.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abc7news.com/jeff-garcia-san-francisco-49ers-niners-jose-state-football/10875393/ |title=Former 49ers, SJSU quarterback Jeff Garcia hosts football camp in hometown of Gilroy |first=Dustin |last=Dorsey |date=July 12, 2021 |work=[[KGO-TV]] |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-shooting-the-breeze-a-qa-with-former-nfl-2012jun10-story.html |title=Shooting The Breeze: A Q&A With Former NFL Quarterback Jeff Garcia |first=Brian |last=Hiro |date=June 10, 2012 |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} '''Other sources''' *"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== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=1333632}} {{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=Sara Schwartz}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Playboy]] Cyber Girl of the Week |years=October 21, 2002}} {{s-aft|after=Katie Hadorn}} {{s-bef|before=[[Mary Beth Decker]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Playboy]] Cyber Girl of the Month |years=February 2003}} {{s-aft|after=Heather McQuaid}} {{s-end}} {{PMOYs}}{{Playmates of 2003}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Decesare, Carmella}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People acquitted of assault]] [[Category:People from Avon Lake, Ohio]] [[Category:2000s Playboy Playmates]] [[Category:Playboy Playmates of the Year]] [[Category:Hispanic and Latino American Playboy Playmates]] [[Category:WWE Diva Search contestants]] [[Category:Professional wrestlers from Ohio]] [[Category:American female professional wrestlers]] [[Category:American professional wrestlers of Italian descent]] [[Category:21st-century American women]] [[Category:American people of Italian descent]]'