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- Barbie Blank Biography and Pictures |
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Real
Name: |
Barbara
Jean Blank |
Wrestling/Modelling
Name(s): |
Kelly Kelly,
Barbie Blank |
Height: |
5' 5" (1.65 m) |
Weight: |
108 lb |
Date of
Birth: |
January 15, 1987
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Hometown: |
Jacksonville, Florida |
Debut: |
June 2006 |
Trained
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OVW Training |
Signature
moves: |
Titl-a-whirl Headscissors
takedown, Stink Face and Handspring back elbow smash |
Finishing moves: |
Leg drop bulldog |
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Barbie Blank Biography
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Blank - Championships & Accomplishments:
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-WWE Divas Championship
Rankings, Awards & Tournaments
-PWI Female 50 (#26 in 2010)
-PWI Female 50 (#15 in 2011)
-Lethalwow.com Top 25 Rank (#8
in 2011)
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Barbie Blank
Barbara Jean Blank was born
on January 15, 1987, and began modeling as a teenager. By
her late teens, she was a bikini model, which included work
for Miss Hawaiian Tropic. Her modeling career led her to
be discovered by World Wrestling Entertainment's Johnny
Ace--real name John Laurinaitis, who saw her in a Venus
Swimsuit catalog under the name "Barbie Blank."
In May of 2006 she was signed to a developmental contract
with the World Wrestling Entertainment, and was sent to
Ohio Valley Wrestling for training. She was then given the
name "Kelly Kelly" by World Wrestling Entertainment.
She made her WWE television debut on June 13, 2006--on ECW
on Sci Fi, performing a strip tease in a "Kelly's Expose"
segment. A week later on June 20, 2006, Mike Knox covered
her up in a similar striptease segment. Mike Knox played
her on-screen boyfriend and he gained heat for not wanting
her to expose her body. Despite this, she competed against
the "Queen of Extreme" Francine in Hot Body Contests and
bikini contests at various house shows, and she was even
attacked by former WWE Women's champion Jazz at house shows.
Later, an on-screen crush developed toward C.M. Punk, which
lead to tension between her and Mike Knox. By the end of
2006, her relationship with Mike Knox came to an end. In
January of 2007, she joined up with Brooke Adams and Layla
El to form Extreme Exposé. The ladies performed dances and
stripteases together on a weekly basis. That year--in April
of 2007, she as-well-as Layla El and Brooke, had the opportunity
to appear in the music video for Timbaland song "Throw It
on Me" (featuring The Hives). That year, the ladies also
did a FHM Online Photo-Shoot.
She later feuded with Layla El, which saw her become much
more involved in the Women's Division going into 2008. She
also continued to make appearances outside of the WWE. On
April 13, 2008, Kelly Kelly---along with other WWE
Divas, appeared in an episode of Celebrity Fit Club:
Boot Camp, she also appeared as the Soccerette on the British
football show Soccer AM.
Barbie Blank developed a huge fan-base over the years, but
it was not until 2011 that she found herself at the top
of the WWE Women's Division. She began the year of 2011
in a rivalry against acting General Manager of WWE Smackdown
Vickie Guerrero. On the February 4, 2011 edition of SmackDown!,
she teamed up with World Champion Edge, in the Main Event
of the show... She and Edge took on the team of Dolph Ziggler,
Michelle McCool and Layla in a handicap match, with Edge’s
World Heavyweight Championship on the line. The end of this
match saw her hit a spear on Layla to pick up the victory
in the match. After the match, a furious Vickie Guerrero
“fired” Barbie from Smackdown. Two weeks later, on February
20, 2011 at the WWE’s Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View,
Theodore Long re-hired her. She would then come out to the
ring, an attack Vickie Guerrero. Michelle McCool and Layla
came to the aid of Vickie--attacking Kelly Kelly; however,
7-Time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus came to Kelly
Kelly’s aid and evened the odds. A few days later, on the
February 25, 2011 episode of WWE SmackDown, she and Edge
defeated Drew McIntyre and Vickie Guerrero in a match. Theodore
Long then fired Vickie Guerroro from Smackdown, in the same
fashion Vickie fired Kelly Kelly weeks prior. In the weeks
that followed, she competed in numerous WWE Divas matches
on Smackdown, before being drafted to WWE Raw on April 26,
2011.
Throughout the months from April to June 2011, Barbie Blank
competed on a weekly basis. On the June 20, 2011 episode
of Raw, she defeated Brie Bella to become WWE Divas Champion.
She went on to successfully retain the Divas Championship
on July 17, 2011, at WWE Money in the Bank, where she defeated
Brie Bella in a rematch. A feud between her and Beth Phoenix
soon followed, where she successfully defend the WWE Divas
Championship against Beth Phoenix at WWE SummerSlam 2011,
and at WWE Night of Champions. On October 2, 2011, at WWE
Hell in a Cell, Barbie was not so lucky, and lost the Championship
to Beth Phoenix. Kelly Kelly’s WWE Divas
Championship reign lasted 104 days. She went on to challenge
Beth Phoenix for the Championship on December 18, 2011 at
WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs; however, she was unable to
pick up the win. Barbie Blank’s popularity saw her pose
for the cover of Maxim Magazine, and win World Wrestling
Entertainment’s Slammy Award for Divalicious Moment of the
Year. She was also ranked #8 on Lethalwow.com's Top 25 Ranking
of 2011.
In 2012, Barbie continued to be an active member in the
WWE Divas Division. On April 1, 2012 at Sun Life
Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, Kelly Kelly competed
at WrestleMania XXVIII. There, she teamed up with Extra's
Maria Menounos, to defeat Beth Phoenix and Eve. On September
28, 2012, Barbara Blank was released from her World Wrestling
Entertainment contract.
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