Rosa Mendes

Milena Leticia Roucka (born October 25, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, valet and model.

She was known for her time in WWE under the ring name Rosa Mendes.

In 2004, she was the first North American to win the "Piel Dorada", a major Latin American modeling contest.

In the summer of 2006, Roucka competed in the WWE Diva Search and reached the final eight.

She won the first round, a dance competition.

After she was eliminated on August 24, WWE then signed her to a developmental contract.

On the November 24, 2008 episode of Raw, Roucka appeared as a planted fan, holding a sign proclaiming her WWE Women's Champion Beth Phoenix's number one fan.

Over the next few weeks, she continued holding signs supporting Phoenix.

On the December 22 Raw, Phoenix's boyfriend/tag partner Santino Marella introduced her as Rosa Mendes.

The next week, she jumped the guardrail and attacked the new number one contender, Melina, who was attacking Phoenix.

The next week, Stephanie McMahon said Mendes had been banned from WWE events after attacking Melina again.

Mendes evaded the ban by disguising herself as a paparazzo in Melina's entrance and attacked her again.

On the January 19, 2009 episode of Raw, Marella announced he had hired Mendes to be his and Phoenix's intern.

Mendes accompanied Phoenix for her Women's title match against Melina on the February 16 episode of Raw, and again in a dark match at No Way Out pay-per-view.

On the March 30 episode of Raw, Mendes made her in-ring debut in an 18-woman tag team match, which her team lost.

At WrestleMania XXV, Mendes competed in a 25-woman battle royal, but was eliminated by Marella, who competed in drag, claiming to be his twin sister "Santina".

Phoenix, with Mendes managing her, had a brief scripted rivalry with both "Santina" and Marella, and challenged "Santina" for the "Miss WrestleMania" title, but was unsuccessful.

On the June 11 episode of Superstars, Mendes got her first televised win when she teamed with Beth Phoenix against The Bella Twins where Phoenix pinned one of the Bellas.

Mendes made her singles debut against Mickie James on the June 15 Raw, in a losing effort.

After a brief hiatus, Mendes and Phoenix returned on the July 27 episode of Raw, teaming with Alicia Fox in a losing effort to Mickie James, Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly.

In August 2009, she began managing Carlito after teaming with him on the August 13 episode of Superstars, to defeat Kofi Kingston and Mickie James in a mixed tag team match, and her association with Beth Phoenix quietly ended.

On the August 31 episode of Raw, Mendes lost a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the WWE Divas Championship when she was eliminated by Beth Phoenix.

On October 12, 2009, Mendes was traded from Raw to the ECW brand.

She debuted on the October 20 episode of ECW, in a backstage segment with ECW general manager, Tiffany, who welcomed her to ECW.

On the November 3 episode of ECW she began distracting Zack Ryder, who was infatuated with her, during his matches.

On the November 25 ECW, Mendes began a personal and managerial relationship with Ryder.

She managed him through various feuds, including one with Tommy Dreamer, culminating on December 29, when he defeated Dreamer to force him from WWE.

On the final episode of ECW on February 16, 2010, Ryder and Mendes interfered in the main event match, and Mendes was speared by Tiffany.

Ryder and Mendes then moved to the Raw brand.

She made her in-ring return on the April 5 Raw, in a Divas Championship number-one-contender battle royal, which Eve Torres won.

On April 27, Mendes was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2010 Supplemental Draft, without Ryder.

She and Ryder reunited on the April 29 Superstars, where she managed him to a win over Primo.

In her debut match for SmackDown, she lost to Kelly Kelly.

On the May 6 episode of Superstars, Mendes faced Beth Phoenix in a non-title match in which Phoenix tore her ACL.

As a result, one week later on SmackDown, Mendes received a WWE Women's Championship match, though she was ejected from the match by Vickie Guerrero and replaced by Michelle McCool and Layla.

She managed former WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico from 2011 to 2013.

She was also a main cast member on the E! reality series Total Divas.

Roucka grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia and is of Czech and Costa Rican descent.

She was a self-described "tomboy" growing up, and was once suspended from school for fighting.

Roucka studied business at the University of British Columbia, but dropped out to pursue a career in modeling.