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Maria Kanellis

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Maria Kanellis, born Mary Louis Kanellis-Bennett on February 25, 1982 in Ottawa, Illinois, is an American professional wrestler, manager, promoter, singer and model of Greek origin. She began as a contestant on the reality show Outback Jack in 2004, placed fifth in the WWE Diva Search that year and was hired as a backstage interviewer, then started wrestling in 2005 and won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2009. After leaving WWE in 2010 she released the album Sevin Sins and worked for Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling, later Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, often appearing with her husband Mike Bennett, and became a TNA Knockouts Champion. She returned to WWE from 2017 to 2020 and held the WWE 24/7 Championship once.

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1982 1
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is an American professional wrestler, manager, promoter, singer and model
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    born February 25, 1982
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    She has Greek origins.
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    In TNA, she is a former TNA Knockouts Champion. Along with Bennett, she returned to WWE from 2017 to 2020 and held the WWE 24/7 Championship once.
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    is an American professional wrestler, manager, promoter, singer and model
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