Joy Giovanni Biography




Joy Giovanni
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Joy Giovanni
Ring name(s) Joy Giovanni
Billed height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)1
Born January 20, 1978 (1978-01-20) (age 31)1
Boston, Massachusetts1
Resides Los Angeles, California
Billed from Boston, Massachusetts
Debut November 18, 2004
Retired 2005

Joy Giovanni (born January 20, 1978) is an American actress, glamour model, and former WWE Diva. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, working on its SmackDown! brand.

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Television and modeling

Giovanni won the 2001 L.A. Model Expo.1 She competed in the 2004 and 2005 Lingerie Bowl events.

Giovanni was in the Avenged Sevenfold music video for "Beast and the Harlot". She appears about two minutes and thirty seconds into the music video and performs in a sensual pole dance followed by a lesbian scene with the harlot which lasts just over a minute. She loses her soul upon making contact with the harlot.

She was also a panelist for the G4 show Video Game Vixens.1 In 2004 and 2005, respectively, she appeared in two films: Instinct vs. Reason and When All Else Fails.1

World Wrestling Entertainment

SmackDown!

Giovanni participated in 2004 Diva Search, though after finishing third place in the competition, WWE signed her to a contract just a few days after her elimination.2 Joy debuted on SmackDown! as a massage therapist,1 and she began a feud with Amy Weber. The two became involved in then-babyface, Big Show's feud with JBL, with Giovanni as the on-screen girlfriend of Big Show. The feud included a part where Joy was kidnapped and discovered, bound and gagged in JBL's limo trunk, as well as a backstage catfight between Amy and herself. After Weber's departure from WWE, Joy won the 2005 Rookie Diva of the Year contest at No Way Out.1 After this win, she occasionally appeared on SmackDown! during backstage segments with other Divas or occasional bikini and lingerie contests before she was released from her contract in the summer of 2005.1

Giovanni made a one-off appearance during the 25 Divas Battle Royal to determnine Miss Wrestlemania at WWE's WrestleMania XXV alongside various other past WWE Divas.3 Giovanni was eliminated early on in the contest.

Personal life

Giovanni graduated high school in three years. She also has a bulldog.There are rumors that she is now divorced.

Championships and accomplishments

Filmography

  • Amy vs Joy (April 10, 2009) Herself co starring Amy Weber 4
  • Pretty Cool Too (2007) June
  • When All Else Fails (2005) Stewardess
  • Instinct vs. Reason (2004) Dancer

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Joy Giovanni". AskMen. http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models_300/303_joy_giovanni.html. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
  2. ^ OWOW (July 9, 2008). "12/10/04 Internet News". OWOW. http://www.owow.com. Retrieved 2008-07-09. 
  3. ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/matches/9525482/results/
  4. ^ www.lordsofpain.net/news/3560.html

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