Eve Torres

At 40 years old, Eve Torres has this physical status:

Eve Torres Gracie (born Eve Marie Torres on August 21, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, model, martial arts mentor, and former professional wrestler.

She is best known for her time with WWE, where she is the current WWE Divas Champion. Torres began her modeling and dancer careers.

She competed for The Southern California Summer Pro League and then went on to compete for the Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team, which was also a member of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team from 2006-2007.

Show Me The Money, Sunset Tan, and Deal or No Deal were among her television appearances. She won the 2007 Diva Search, winning a contract with WWE.

Torres debuted on WWE television in 2008 as a backstage interviewer and then became a full-time wrestler in 2009.

In April 2010, she won the WWE Divas Championship.

She returned to win the championship two more times on two separate occasions, becoming the first person to win it three times.

Torres spent her time away from competitive wrestling in 2013 to teach the Gracie Women Empowered self-defense program at the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Torrance, California, and went on to perform in Skiptrace and Supergirl.

Early life

Torres was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and he grew up in Denver, Colorado. Her father is Nicaraguan, and her mother is of German and Swedish descent. Phil, a younger brother who works as an Explorer and biologist, is her sister.

Torres received a full tuition scholarship at the University of Southern California (USC). She was one of the founding members of the Omega Phi Beta sorority chapter on her campus and served as vice president for many years. Torres was nominated for Academic Achievement at the Order of Omega Greek Awards while in Omega Phi Beta. In May 2006, she earned a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering with honors and a grade point average over 3.5.

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Dancing and modeling career

Torres appeared in commercials and music videos while attending USC. Torres was the co-captain of the USC Fly Girls dance squad and supervised much of the choreography. In Long Beach, California, she also competed for The Southern California Summer Pro League, the only summer league for National Basketball Association (NBA) players. She began dancing and modeling full time after graduating from college. Torres became a member of the Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team, which made the attemptout finals in previous years. She also appeared on the game show Show Me The Money.

Professional wrestling career

Torres entered World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Diva Search in May 2007. She was selected by WWE officials as one of the eight finalists from a group of 50 people. On October 29, 2007, she was crowned the 2007 WWE Diva Search champion in Philadelphia, defeating finalist Brooke Gilbertsen and becoming a WWE Diva. Following her triumph, she began training for her wrestling debut in WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).

Eve's debut on SmackDown appeared in a video! On January 11, 2008, the first broadcasting date was introduced. Eve made her formal debut on February 1, 2008 in a SmackDown interview with Batista. Eve participated in a competition on SmackDown to determine the top Diva, an obstacle course, and an arm wrestling tournament before being disqualified. In the BunnyMania match between Maria and Ashley against Beth Phoenix and Melina, Eve appeared as a Lumberjill at WrestleMania XXIV. Eve spent the remainder of the year competing in similar competitions, including a dance-off and a bikini competition, before taking part in the Halloween Costume Contest on October 26 where she was dressed as Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eve made her televised in-ring debut in a 16-Diva tag team match on November 3, 2008, which her team lost even though she was never tagged in.

Since McCool attacked her in early 2009, her first main storyline began in early 2009. Eve made her singles match debut against McCool via submission on February 6's episode of SmackDown. The two groups' feuds raged for the next two months, with them competing in singles and tag team matches against each other. In mid-2009, Eve and Layla fell into a feud. Eve defeated Layla on the May 29 episode of SmackDown in a wrestling match after the pair competed in dance and arm wrestling tournaments. Eve pinned Layla once more on the upcoming Superstars episode on June 18. They both shook hands after the match.

Eve became associated with Cryme Tyme (Shad and JTG), appearing in several backstage segments with them around the same time as she scripted rivalry with Layla. During their storyline rivalry with The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, and Natalya), she began accompanying them as their boss (David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, and Natalya). Eve and Cryme Tyme competed in numerous six-person mixed tag tournaments against The Hart Dynasty, and Eve and Eve met Natalya in singles matches and tag team competitions involving other Divas. McCool was defeated in a singles match on October 9, making her her last match on SmackDown.

Eve was moved to the Raw brand on October 12, 2009. She took her first match after being traded on the November 2 episode of Raw: a battle royal which was dominated by Alicia Fox. After Masters saved Eve from a match with Chavo Guerrero, she leapt into a storyline romance with Chris Masters in December 2009, becoming his valet. Eve kissed Chris Masters under the mistletoe after Masters defeated Carlito in a Single's match in a Christmas Edition of Raw. Eve and Masters will continue their love storyline into early 2010 as the pair share celebratory kisses and hugs after each match win in the middle of the season. The WWE Divas Championship was vacated in January 2010, but a tournament was held to select the next champion. Eve made it to the semi-finals before being defeated by Maryse, the eventual champion. Eve was on the losing team in a 10-Diva tag team match, but the following night on Raw, she pinned Maryse vs. her team won the match.

Eve won a "Dress to Impress" battle royal on April 5 to become the WWE Divas Championship's top contender, and then defeated Maryse to win the championship for the first time on Raw. At the Over the Limit pay-per-view in May, she successfully defended the championship against Maryse. Eve lost the championship in a crucial four-way match in June when Alicia Fox pinned Maryse to win the championship at the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view. Eve invoked her rematch clause against Fox on the 5th episode of Raw, but it was ineffective after Fox feigned an ankle injury. As a result, she was rematch again at the Money in the Bank wage table, but Fox lost again to Fox. She began acting as R-truth's valet in mid-2010, creating a new romantic storyline. Ted DiBiase and Maryse will clash, and the two will embark on a storyline feud.

Eve was brought to a two-on-one handicap match for the Divas Championship at the Royal Rumble on January 30, 2011, turning it into a deadly four-way match. Eve pinned Layla to win the competition and make her a two-time Divas Champion. On the February 14 episode of Raw, she retained the title against Natalya in a Lumberjill match against Nikki Bella on the March 7 episode. She remained champion until the April 11 episode of Raw, when she lost the title to Brie Bella.

Eve developed an alliance with Kelly Kelly, and Eve accompanied her to the ring during her matches after Kelly won the Divas Championship in June. Eve and Kelly started feuding with The Divas of Doom (Beth Phoenix and Natalya), and after Phoenix took the Divas Championship from Kelly, Eve and Kelly defeated Natalya to advance to a championship match against Phoenix. She attempted to get to Phoenix for the Vengeance pay-per-view, but she was dissatisfied. Eve became the top contender to the Divas Championship on October 31 on Raw's episode. She earned her championship match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view, but she lost a Lumberjill match to Phoenix in Phoenix. She later described the match as her favorite.

On the December 26 episode of Raw, Eve and Zack Ryder delves into a storyline, with the pair "won" a mixed tag team match against Natalya and Tyson Kidd. Eve agreed to a date with Ryder on January 9, 2012, beginning a storyline relationship. Eve became interested in the storyline between Ryder, John Cena's ally, and Kane, who began attacking Ryder. He changed his focus to Eve after injuring Ryder and aimed to her until Cena had to arrest him. Eve had a legibly broken nose when Beth Phoenix clotheslined her during a match on February 6 episode of Raw. Cena saved Eve from being kidnapped by Kane, and Eve kissed him in appreciation the following week. Eve became a villain on the February 20 episode of Raw after she admitted backstage that she had never liked Zack Ryder and was unaware of the injury he sustained the previous week. She said she was using him for publicity and planned to profit from John Cena in the same way. Cena was shocked by her discovery and mocked her as she begged for mercy. Eve defended her behaviour by saying that she had no problem using men to achieve her goals and that she was "a woman in a man's world." She fought her first match as a villain on SmackDown's March 2 episode, defeating Natalya. On the fifth episode of Raw, Ryder resurfaced, confronting Eve about her latest behavior, but she managed to lure him back to forgive her, and the two couples shared a long backstage kiss. Eve and Beth Phoenix were lost in a tag team match against Kelly Kelly and Extra correspondent Maria Menounos at WrestleMania XVIII. Later that night, she accompanied Ryder to the ring for the Team Johnny vs. She distracted Ryder, costing him and Team Teddy the match. She publicly shamed him by kicking him in the groin, bringing him to his knees in agony.

As a result, John Laurinaitis gave her a position of authority by naming her as the Executive Administrator of Raw and SmackDown. Eve realized that this was going to be a power trip and loved exploiting her position by bullying and humiliating people on several occasions. On one such occasion, Eve fired the Bella Twins with ferocious glee on the HBO episode of Raw on April 30, when Eve fired them with vicious glee. She also slandered The Big Show in the middle of the Ring by making him apologize for insulting John Laurinaitis and threaten his career if he didn't comply. However, it was former SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long who had the most fun in bullying that Eve. Long, who had been working for Laurinaitis after his team's loss at Wrestlemania, was told that he would now be under Eve and would report to her, a situation she obviously loved. Long's next few weeks were hell for her as Eve's subordinate. She had a blast humiliating him by insisting him to do menial, degrading duties, such as requiring him to wear an apron and name tag at all times, like a maid. A door dressed as a Queen's soldier as well as stand guard by a door. She loved telling him her coffee and would pour the coffee all over him if she wasn't to her delight. Long was also coerced by Eve to rub oil on Antonio Cesaro for a photo shoot, but Teddy was particularly humiliating for him because it was facing his longtime passion (and Cesaro's new girlfriend) the nefarious Aksana, who seemed to find Long's predicament amusing.

Despite her new authority figure position, she continued to play in sports throughout mid-2012. Eve's power ride came to an end in June 2012 at No Way Out, when John Laurinaitis was fired, triggering her job as Executive Administrator. Eve asked SmackDown General Manager Booker T if she could be his assistant on the SmackDown episode, but Kaitlyn was given the job instead. Eve told Booker T that she would inform the Board of Directors of her discriminatory recruiting practices, and the following week, she met Kaitlyn. Eve won the match and the job.

She began a storyline in August in which she appeared friendly and helpful, while downplaying her villainous features. Following a match and teamed with her and Layla on the September 10 episode of Raw, she shook hands with her opponent Kaitlyn as part of this apparent personality shift. Kaitlyn was attacked and wounded by a masked figure at Night of Champions, and Eve replaced Kaitlyn in a match against Divas Champion Layla, which she won. Her victory made her the first woman to win the Divas Championship on three occasions. Eve confronted Beth Phoenix on the September 24 episode of Raw after Kaitlyn revealed that she was blonde. Following an inquiry into Kaitlyn's attack, Eve suspended Phoenix for the next week. Eve won the Divas Championship by submission on October 8 and returned to her heel persona after the match, but Layla prevented her from touching Kaitlyn. She defeated Layla to keep the championship the following week. The three-way feud ensued after Aksana's orders and Kaitlyn's assault, where Eve retained the Divas Championship against Layla and Kaitlyn in a triple threat match. Eve continued to feud with the pair, defeating Kaitlyn at Survivor Series to keep the trophy. Eve of Tables, Ladders & Chairs, prevented Kaitlyn from winning a number one competitor's match and defeated her opponent Naomi to keep the title. Kaitlyn won the next title match by disqualification on December 18, but Eve retained the title. Eve defended the championship after losing by countout on January 7, 2013 in a match that occurred on January 7, 2013. Eve lost the Divas Championship to Kaitlyn the following week on the special "20th Anniversary" episode of Raw. Following the break in the storyline, she resigned right away. Torres had requested for her freedom in December 2012 to plan her forthcoming wedding and put more emphasis on her work as an instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense Academy.

Torres received the Diva of the Year award from the Bella Twins on December 9, 2013 at the Slammy Awards.

She has been working as an ambassador for WWE since April 2014.

Torres appeared on WWE Network's Table for Three on June 19, 2017. Kelly Kelly and Maryse were also on display.

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