32 Facts About Nikki Bella

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Stephanie Nicole Chigvintsev, known professionally as Nikki Garcia, is an American television personality and retired professional wrestler.

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Nikki Bella is currently the host of the game show, Barmageddon.

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Nikki Bella made her debut for the SmackDown brand in 2008.

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Nikki Bella is a two-time WWE Divas Champion with her second reign of 301 days being the longest reign for the now defunct title.

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Nikki Bella won the award for Choice Female Athlete alongside her sister at the Teen Choice Awards in 2016.

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Nikki Bella then returned to San Diego for college where she played soccer for Grossmont College, but relocated to Los Angeles a year later, where she worked as a waitress at the Mondrian Hotel while trying to find an agent.

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Nikki Bella then started modeling, acting, and doing promotional work.

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Nikki Bella made her first national TV appearance on the Fox reality show Meet My Folks.

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At a FCW house show on September 15,2007, Nicole and her twin Brie, called The Nikki Bella Twins, made their in-ring debut by defeating Nattie Neidhart and Krissy Vaine with Victoria Crawford as the special guest referee.

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Nikki Bella quickly started a scripted rivalry with Neidhart and Crawford, competing in a series of matches against them throughout October 2007.

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Nikki Bella occasionally competed in mixed tag team matches, teaming with male wrestlers including Kofi Kingston and Robert Anthony.

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Nikki Bella made some non-wrestling appearances on Heath Miller's Happy Hour promo segment.

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Nikki Bella competed in bikini contests, and wrestled against other competitors including Katie Lea Burchill and Daisy.

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Nikki Bella quickly began a scripted rivalry with Victoria and Victoria's accomplice, Natalya, and had a series of matches against them.

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Nikki Bella made an appearance, reuniting with her twin as she was under the ring to help Brie during the match, turning face in the process.

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Nikki Bella then made her in-ring debut for the brand the following month in a battle royal, but was eliminated by Beth Phoenix.

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Nikki Bella helped Brie , this time to successfully defend the championship against Kelly Kelly at Over the Limit, after switching places with Brie.

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Nikki Bella then obtained permission to begin forcing Brie to compete in handicap matches, similar to her punishment at the hands of McMahon, although Brie was able to win them.

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Five days later on SmackDown, Nikki Bella won a Halloween costume battle royal to become the number one contender for the Divas Championship.

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Nikki Bella made a brief cameo appearance at the WrestleMania 32 event on April 3,2016, celebrating with Brie after winning a 10-Diva tag team match.

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The Nikki Bella Twins made an appearance at the 25th Anniversary of Raw on January 22,2018.

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Two days later on the October 8 episode of Raw, after defeating The Riott Squad in a rematch, Nikki Bella attacked Rousey, with Brie later following suit, turning villainous for the first time since 2015.

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On June 20,2019, it was announced that a cyst had been found on Nikki Bella's brain, ending her in-ring career.

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Nikki Bella appeared at the Miss USA 2013 pageant as one of the celebrity judges.

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The Nikki Bella Twins appeared in YouTuber Lilly Singh's video "When Someone Tries to Steal Your BFF" on March 2,2017.

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On September 6,2017, Nikki Bella was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars.

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On May 23,2018, Nikki Bella appeared in the celebrity edition of American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs Ninja.

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Nikki Bella appeared on America's Got Talent: Extreme serving as a judge alongside Simon Cowell and Travis Pastrana.

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In May 2014, Nikki Bella revealed on Total Divas that she had married her high school sweetheart at the age of 20; the marriage was annulled three years later.

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Nikki Bella began dating her Season 25 Dancing with the Stars partner and Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev in January of 2019.

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On January 29,2020, Nikki Bella announced that she is expecting her first child alongside her twin sister Brie, who announced her own second pregnancy the same day.

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Nikki Bella gave birth to Matteo Artemovich Chigvintsev on July 31,2020.