Carmella DeCesare
Carmella Danielle DeCesare (born
July 1,
1982 in
Avon Lake, Ohio) is an American model who was
Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and
Playmate of the Year for
2004. She is of
Puerto Rican and
Italian descent.
DeCesare was born in
Avon Lake, Ohio and lives in
Westlake, Ohio. She graduated from
Avon Lake High School in
2000, and later worked at a title company in the
Cleveland area. She responded to
Playboy's "Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?" search when it came to Cleveland and was selected as a finalist for the competition. However, she had second thoughts and withdrew early in the taping of material for the
Fox Network special that aired in the summer of
2002. DeCesare then changed her mind about posing for
Playboy again, and was quickly named
Cyber Girl of the Week in October, 2002,
Cyber Girl of the Month in February,
2003, before being selected as
Playboy 's Miss April,
2003.
She competed in the
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
$250,000 RAW Diva Search and came in second to
Christy Hemme. Though she came in second, she developed as a
heel and WWE decided to keep her temporarily. She competed in a match against Christy at
Taboo Tuesday and appeared several times on the WWE's
RAW series. She also appeared on the
game shows
Family Feud on
May 10,
2004, the
Howard Stern Show, and
Street Smarts.
On
September 10,
2004, she pled not guilty to assault in a
Cleveland, Ohio court after a
catfight in a bar on
August 21,
2004 between DeCesare and Kristen Hine, the ex-girlfriend of former
Cleveland Browns quarterback Jeff Garcia, who was dating DeCesare.
[James F. McCarthy. "Nightclub scuffle leads to charge against quarterback's girlfriend". The Plain Dealer. September 11, 2004.] She was acquitted of the assault charge on
January 12,
2005 but found guilty of violating a restraining order. She was sentenced to do twenty-four hours of
community service, given one year
probation, and fined $150. During the trial, DeCesare testified that Garcia had been involved in an
affair with Hine.
["'Playboy' Playmate found not guilty of charge she karate-kicked woman". Dayton Daily News. January 13, 2005. B3.]She appeared in the 2005
Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit
calendar as calendar girl of March. The calendar was the inaugural
Playmates at Play calendar and it was shot on the grounds of
Playboy Mansion in 2004. It was
Playboy's first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmates similar in style with those from
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
In 2005, pictures circulated on the internet showing that DeCesare had received
breast implants. DeCesare confirmed this in an episode of the
E! reality-TV series
The Girls Next Door in August 2005. She said that her implants looked fake because they were new and had not fully settled.
*Playboy's
Playmate Review Vol. 20
August 2004 - cover, pages 1, 3, 28-39.
*Playboy's
Playmates in Bed December 2004 - pages 52-55.
*Playboy's
Nude Playmates March 2005 - pages 26-31.
*Playboy's
Playmates in Bed July 2005 - pages 30-35.
*"Carmella DeCesare".
Cleveland Magazine. v. 34, n. 1. January
2005. 71.
*Bill Lubinger. "PTA presidents, grandmas and actresses: Ohio-linked playmates have nothing to hide".
The Plain Dealer.
December 1,
2003.
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Carmella DeCesare official website (Contains nudity)
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Carmella DeCesare's MySpace*
Fansite: Carmella DeCesare (Contains nudity)
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mph Magazine: Backseat Betty Carmella DeCesare (No nudity)
