Wrestler Rosa Mendes
Assures All The Action Is Real
Milena Leticia Roučka is a Canadian former
model and current professional wrestler of
Czech and Costa Rican descent and who is
currently signed to World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE) working on its ECW brand
as Rosa Mendes, who will take part in
tonight's Wrestlemania event at the
Alejandro Morera Soto, told La Nación in an
interview, that it is all "real".
The wrestler/actress said she always dreamed
of being famous one day and found wrestling
as way to reach that goal.
Mendes assures that all the action is real,
she says she has broken her nose and
dislocated a shoulder in the action and one
her greatest pleasures, besides being at
home and cooking, taking bubble baths and
enjoying the company of her boyfriend, is
standing in front a stadium filled without
tens of thousands of people looking at her.
And we can see why.
Roucka grew up in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, where she was mostly
raised by a single father and her sister,
Chantal. Since, she was without a mother,
Milena grew up being a tomboy. Roucka
studied Business at the University of
British Columbia, but dropped out to pursue
a career in modeling. In 2004, she won the "Piel
Dorada", one of the biggest Latin American
based modeling contests, becoming the first
North American to win. She also acted in
commercials for "Trident" and "Lux soap".
n the summer of 2006, Roucka participated in
the auditions for the third installment of
WWE's Diva Search Contest and reached the
final 8. Roucka placed fourth overall in the
competition. WWE signed her just a few days
after her elimination, on August 24, 2006,
to a developmental contract with the
company.
Mendes (right) with Beth Phoenix in 2009
On the November 24, 2008 episode of Raw,
Roucka appeared as a planted fan holding a
sign proclaiming she was the then-WWE
Women's Champion Beth Phoenix's number one
fan. For a few weeks after that she was
continually shown in the crowd holding signs
supporting Phoenix.
On October 12, 2009, WWE's official website
announced that Mendes had been traded from
Raw to the ECW brand.[19] She debuted on ECW
on the October 20 episode, in a backstage
segment with the ECW General Manager,
Tiffany. |
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