Maryse Ouellet

Maryse Mizanin ( Ouellet; born January 21, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress, and glamour model.

She is currently signed to WWE, appearing on the Raw brand alongside her husband The Miz, under the ring name Maryse.

After spending years modeling, including winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2003, Mizanin participated in the WWE Diva Search competition and was hired by WWE in 2006.

Ouellet began her modeling career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004.

In mid-2006, Ouellet tried out for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Diva Search.

She made the final cut and was one of the top eight contestants, but was the second person eliminated on July 24.

Despite her elimination, she was invited to observe workouts and the training facility at WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), along with Brooke Adams.

Ouellet later said that she was "very, very excited", as it was her "dream to become a WWE Diva".

She made her in-ring debut at an OVW live event in December 2006.

On the September 22, 2006, episode of SmackDown!, Ouellet, known as simply Maryse, was shown on the TitanTron welcoming the Montreal viewers in French to the season premiere of SmackDown! on the CW Network.

She was also on the cover of Playboy ' s 2007 Girls of Canada calendar.

Ouellet was officially signed to a WWE developmental contract on August 24, 2007, and was assigned to OVW for training.

In March 2007, she began wrestling in dark matches prior to the OVW television tapings.

In mid-2007, Ouellet began managing Sylvain Grenier.

When Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) opened in mid-2007, Ouellet was transferred to the new developmental facility, and on September 25, she made her FCW debut as the valet of Ryan O'Reilly along with Lacey Von Erich.

Ouellet then started competing in singles and tag team competition, before managing Dibiase">Ted Dibiase, Jr. in December 2007, and was at ringside when he captured the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship.

Maryse made her first official televised appearance on the May 21, 2007, episode of Raw to present American rapper Timbaland's new music video for the single "Throw It on Me", in which she had appeared.

She spent time in developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling, before being assigned to the SmackDown brand in 2008.

That year, Maryse won her first WWE Divas Championship.

By the time she began appearing regularly on SmackDown at the beginning of 2008, she had adopted a snobby attitude and become a villainous character.

On the March 7, 2008, episode of SmackDown, Maryse competed in a swimsuit contest against Victoria, Michelle McCool, Cherry, and Eve Torres, which ended in a brawl between Maryse and Torres.

The following week, she was the first eliminated from another swimsuit competition.

On March 28, Maryse competed in a "Wet and Wild" match, teaming with Victoria against Cherry and McCool in a losing effort.

On a "SmackDown after the bell" video on WWE's website, the tag team Deuce 'n Domino dumped Cherry, who had been their manager, and replaced her with Maryse.

Maryse then insulted Cherry, only for Cherry to slap her.

On the May 16 episode of SmackDown, Maryse made her in-ring debut in a loss to Cherry, though she defeated Cherry in a rematch the following week.

On the June 6 episode of SmackDown!, SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero announced the creation of the WWE Divas Championship, and that same night the Divas competed in a Golden Dreams match to qualify for the championship match at The Great American Bash, which was won by Natalya.

On the July 4, 2008, episode of SmackDown!, she competed again in another Golden Dreams match to face Natalya for the championship, however she failed to win.

For several weeks, Maryse competed in six-person tag team matches with Victoria and Natalya against Cherry, Michelle McCool and Maria.

She suffered a minor broken nose after receiving a bulldog from Maria in August 2008.

Maryse began a rivalry with Michelle McCool in September 2008, challenging her for the WWE Divas Championship at Unforgiven, and in a rematch the following week on SmackDown, but failed to win on both occasions.

In 2009, she was drafted to the WWE Raw brand, and won the Divas Championship for the second time in 2010, making her the first woman to hold it more than once.

In 2010, she co-hosted NXT and managed Dibiase">Ted Dibiase, prior to her release from the company in 2011.

In 2016, she returned to the company and became the manager of her husband The Miz.

That year, she joined the cast of the reality show Total Divas.

In 2018, WWE announced a spin-off show titled Miz & Mrs., which stars Mizanin.

She and her husband also serve as executive producers.

Ouellet was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Edmundston, New Brunswick.

In high school, Ouellet was the only girl in her class, and ran the school's fashion show.

She also began developing a range of makeup products.