Candice Michelle is an international professional wrestler, American model and actress. Performs in WWE. Candice played her last, final match in early December 2017, after which she left wrestling. At the moment, Candace is mainly engaged in modeling and acting.
Biography
Candice Michelle Beckman Erlich was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 30, 1978. Candace and her older sister Dana were raised by Caitlin Beckman (nee Ivan). Candace and Dana's father died when they were still young. Candice's ancestors are from Costa Rica, she is also of Panamanian and German descent.
In high school, the future model and wrestler played basketball and was fond of many sports, which led her to wrestling in the future. Also, Candice Michelle is a fan of the famous American football team "Green Bay Packers".
At 16, Beckman won a local modeling contest. In 1999, she moved to Los Angeles in order to become a professional model and actress. Candace went to collegetheater arts in Santa Monica, as well as taking courses in posing for the camera and studying acting techniques at the Piero Duza Actors Studio. During this same time period, Candace began using her middle name Michelle as her stage name.
Wrestler and model Candice Michelle has appeared in several bodybuilding magazines, Playboy magazine, TV and movies.
Career
From 2004 to 2009, Candice Michelle competed in the WWE, but since 2017 she became an independent wrestler, and in 2017 she retired after a match with Lisa Marie Varon. The fight ended in victory for Candice.
In December 2011, she starred with Torrey Wilson in Lillian Garcia's music video U Drive Me Loca.
In November 2007, Candace and several other WWE stars appeared on five episodes of the American game television show Family Feud. In the same year, the model and wrestler ranked 82nd on the list of "100 Most Desirable Women".
In early February 2008, model Candice Michelle appeared on the TV show Project Runway. And in November of the same year - in the TV show Redemtion Song.
Beckman gained national attention in 2005 when she appeared in an ISP Go Daddy commercial that aired on TV during Super Bowl XXXIX. She played a character named Nikki Cappelli, and all the ads were a parody of the embarrassment that happened to Janet Jackson a few years before. Candice Michelle later became Miss MissGoDaddy.com and provider model GoDaddy Girl. Over the next year, she actively starred in commercials for the provider and other commercials.
Candice began acting in films periodically in 2001, but has been involved in WWE video projects since the beginning of her career.
Main filmography
The list of film credits of the actress looks like this:
- "Horrible" (2011).
- Summerslam (2006).
- "Back to Chloro again!" (2006).
- "Living the Dream" (2006), the role of Melissa.
- "I will never forget you" (2006), the role of Laila.
- "Office hostages" (2004), the role of Mackenzie Montgomery.
- "Hotel Erotica" (TV series, 2002 - present), the role of Natasha.
- "Roommate Wanted" (2002, short), role of Tammy Cartwright.
- "Province 77" (2002) the role of the COP.
- Series "Urban Sex Legends" (2001 - present).
- "March Cats" (2001), episodic role.
Private life
In May 2005, Candace Michelle married renowned Los Angeles chiropractor Ken Gia Ehrlich. The couple have three daughters: Aki Anna Rose, Ryumi Grace and Aloha von Erlich.
Candice has a tattoo of the word Faith (faith) on her wrist, which reminds her to always believe in herself, as well as personal meaningful memories. She is associated withfracture of the collarbone, which the model survived, and the Christian faith. Also, after returning to wrestling after an injury, Candace Michelle filled her back with five stars in a row along the spine from the neck to the middle of the back.
Candice, along with David Michael Batishta, Shelton Benjamin and Josh Matthew, represented WWE at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, encouraging fans and supporters to register to vote for President.
Interesting facts from the life and photos of Candice Michelle
Candice has a M altese named BamBam.
She is friends with other female wrestlers: Torrie Wilson, Joy Giovanni, Christy Hemme and Lisa Marie Varon. Candice competed with some of them.
Before getting married, Candace and Ken Gee Ehrlich dated for over six years.
The model gave birth to her first child at the age of 31.
Candice is the 2007 WWE Women's Champion and this year's Woman of the Year.
She also suffered an injury in a duel with Beth Phoenix, which led to Candace losing her WWE Championship in 2007.
Candice Michelle's height is stated as 170 cm, but according to some reports, her height is 163 cm.
The wrestler and model both weigh 59 kilograms, but according to some sources she weighs 54 kilograms.
Candice Michelle has spent almost 20 years in professional wrestling and has built a brilliant career, becoming one of the most influential and famous women in martial arts. In parallel, Candice was engaged in modeling, participated in the shooting for the magazine"Playboy" and played in the movie.
