1. Joy Giovanni was the first and only winner of the WWE's Rookie Diva of the Year award.
23 Facts About Joy Giovanni
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Joy Giovanni regularly posed as a lingerie and swimsuit model, posing for Bench Warmer trading cards in 2004 and 2005.
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Joy Giovanni featured in the 2005 direct to DVD WWE special, Viva Las Divas photoshoot.
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Joy Giovanni was in the WWE 2005 SummerSlam diva car wash photoshoot.
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In 2006 Joy Giovanni appeared in Avenged Sevenfold's music video, Beast and the Harlot.
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Joy Giovanni made cameo appearances as an extra in television shows; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Monk, NCIS and Entourage in 2004, that same year she appeared in the film Instinct vs Reason.
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In 2007 Joy Giovanni starred in the Rolfe Kanesky film; Pretty Cool Too, as June.
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Joy Giovanni first appeared for the WWE participating in the WWE 2004 Diva Search, where she ultimately placed third.
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Joy Giovanni participated in the controversial, infamous Diss The Diva challenge hosted by Stacy Keibler, during an episode of RAW Giovanni alongside remaining diva search contestants; Amy Weber, Carmella DeCesare and Christy Hemme competed in a live shoot promo challenge, the segment has gained notoriety for being one of WWE's most explicit segments in history.
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DeCesare would respond by outing Joy Giovanni as a mother, something she had not told WWE higher-ups, as during this time there was a stigma against women having children in the industry.
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Later on in the episode it was revealed Joy Giovanni was kidnapped and was discovered bound and gagged in John "Bradshaw" Layfield's limousine trunk by Kurt Angle to prevent the match from happening.
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Joy Giovanni stated in a 2023 interview with Ring The Belle, that she and Weber were working towards a singles match at the 2005 No Way Out PPV.
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Joy Giovanni went on to win the first and only WWE Rookie Diva of the Year contest hosted by Dawn Marie and Torrie Wilson at the 2005 No Way Out PPV, defeating rookie divas; Lauren Jones, Michelle McCool and Rochelle Loewen.
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At WrestleMania 21 Joy Giovanni appeared in multiple promo videos; including a Taxi Driver parody, she accompanied the WWE 2005 Hall of Fame inductees to the WrestleMania stage.
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Joy Giovanni then became a ring girl, appearing more regularly where she would shoot t-shirts to fans in the crowd or venture in to the crowd to meet fans alongside Torrie Wilson.
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Joy Giovanni appeared in the direct to DVD WWE Viva Las Divas special and was featured in the WWE 2005 SummerSlam diva car wash photoshoot.
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Joy Giovanni was released from her contract due to budget cuts on July 6 2005, despite just signing a 3 year contract with the company.
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Joy Giovanni returned at WWE's WrestleMania 25 PPV event making her official in-ring debut for the company in a 25-Diva battle royal to determine the first WWE Miss WrestleMania and to celebrate 25 years of women at WrestleMania.
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Joy Giovanni was one of the six legend divas to return for one night only alongside; Miss Jackie, Molly Holly, Sunny, Torrie Wilson and Victoria.
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Joy Giovanni was in attendance at the WWE 2009 Hall of Fame ceremony.
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Joy Giovanni opened a massage therapy business in San Diego, California in 2014.
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Joy Giovanni has a son who was born October 20,1998 and a daughter who was born November 19,2000.
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Joy Giovanni is active on all her social media accounts and is currently living in California.