A former beauty queen who earned her college degree at Northern Illinois University, the beautiful Maria first caught the attention of the WWE Universe when she nearly won the 2004 Diva Search. Although she didn't come out on سب, سب سے اوپر in the competition, the Illinois native still made her way to Raw as a backstage interviewer who wasn't afraid to ask any question, from the hard-hitting to the quirkily obvious. And it didn't hurt that looked great doing it.

From there, Maria's role quickly expanded سے طرف کی leaps and bounds. At first, she was tentative to step into the ring, but she began to learn the ropes and develop into an exciting and skilled performer. A lifelong gearhead, the beauty also began to lend her auto expertise to our شائقین in her very own WWE Magazine column.

MARIA IS THE GREATEST FIGHTER IN OUR ENTIRE GENERATION AND WWE IS SOO RETATRDED THAT THEY FIRED HER SHE WAS THE دل AND SOUL OF WWE WITHOUT HER WWE IS NOTHING SHE IS MOSTLY THE REASON I WATCH WRESTLING THNX ALL TO HER BECAUSE SHE IS ALSO REALLY NICE TO PEOPLE SHE IS UPER NICE TRUST ME SHE WON A SLAMMY MARIA KENELLIS IS VERY SUCCESFUL SHE HAS WON LOTS OF REWARDS SHE IS MY ROLEMODEL I WISH TO BE JUST LIKE HER SHE IS FREAKING AWESOME! TEAM MARIA TEAM MARIA MARIA IS AWESOME I MEAN I KNOW PEOPLE THINK SHE CANT FIGHT BUT SHE IS JUST ACTING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WWE TOLD HER TO IN FACT SHE IS A REALLY AWESOME FIGHTER IF SHE DOESNT ACT I MEAN WWE TOOK HER FOR GRANTED ITS NOT FAIR TO HER SHE DESERVES WAY BETTER THAN SHE IS GETTING MARIA IA AWESOME SHE SHOULD GO TO TNA