Biography: Maria Kanellis: ring name: Maria; born on February 25, 1982 Ottawa, Illinois; height: 5 feet 7 (170 cm); Zodiac Sign: Pisces. Kanellis is a professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) performing on its SmackDown brand. She’s one of the WWE divas that has posed for men’s magazine Playboy.

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Over the years, Maria had been asked to follow the footsteps of other WWE Divas to pose for Playboy but she initially refused.  According to her, she did not wish to embarrass her sister, who was still in high school at the time. After refusing the offer to pose a few times, she eventually posed for the cover of the April 2008 issue, with an accompanying nude pictorial. I guess never say never! Or shall we say the power of money!

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