WWE Diva Search

The **WWE Diva Search** (also known as the **RAW Diva Search**) was a competition held by the professional wrestling company World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2003 to 2007 and again in 2013. The goal of the contest was to find a new female wrestler, called Diva by WWE at the time. From the 2004 contest onwards the winner of the contest was offered a WWE Contract which was worth $250,000. The competition took place on WWE's weekly television show _Monday Night Raw_.

Despite only one winner of the competition each year (except 2003), WWE has signed multiple Diva Search contestants. Some competitors like Candice Michelle, Eve Torres, Maryse, The Bella Twins, Layla, Michelle McCool, and Alexa Bliss went on to win championships in the company.

## Contests

|Year|Winner|Runner Up|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2003|Jaime Koeppe|Unknown|Koeppe did not get a WWE contract like later winners|
|2004|Christy Hemme|Carmella DeCesare||
|2005|Ashley Massaro|Leyla Milani||
|2006|Layla El|Jennifer England||
|2007|Eve Torres|Brooke Gilbertsen||
|2013|Eva Marie|JoJo Offerman|Competition did not air|

### 2003

In 2003 the first Diva Search was held, however, the winner, Jaime Koeppe did not get a contract. She got a photoshoot for an issue of WWE RAW Magazine.

### 2004

- **Theme Songs:**
    - "Walk Idiot Walk" by The Hives
    - "Time and Time Again" by Chronic Future
    - "Open Your Eyes" by Alter Bridge

#### Finalists

- Christy Hemme - Winner
- Carmella DeCesare - Runner-Up
- Joy Giovanni - 3rd Place
- Amy Weber - 4th Place
- Maria Kanellis - 5th Place
- Tracie Wright - 6th Place
- Michelle McCool - 7th Place
- Chandra Costello - 8th Place
- Camille Anderson - 9th Place
- Julia Costello - 10th Place

Despite Hemme winning, WWE hired many other Divas also featured in the contest, including Michelle McCool, Amy Weber, Candice Michelle, Maria Kanellis, and Joy Giovanni. In 2025, McCool became the first Diva Search finalist to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

### 2005

- **Theme Song**:
    - "Be Yourself" by Audioslave

#### Contestants

- Ashley Massaro - Winner
- Leyla Milani - Runner-up
- Elisabeth Rouffaer - 3rd Place
- Kristal Marshall - 4th Place
- Summer DeLin - 5th Place
- Cameron Haven - 6th Place
- Simona Fusco - 7th Place
- Leilene "Alexis" Ondrade - 8th place

Like the previous year's Diva Search, Ashley Massaro was not the only Diva WWE hired. Others included Kristal Marshall, Trenesha Biggers and Elisabeth Rouffaer. Massaro became the first Diva Search winner to pass away, she died in 2019.

### 2006

- **Theme Songs**:
    - "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects
    - "Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
    - "Out Here All Night" by Damone

#### Contestants

- Layla El - Winner
- Jennifer England - Runner-up
- J.T. Tinney - 3rd Place
- Milena Roucka - 4th Place
- Erica Chevillar - 5th Place
- Rebecca DiPietro - 6th Place
- Maryse Ouellet - 7th Place
- Amy Zidian - 8th Place

Like the past two years this also featured the WWE hiring many losing Divas, this included, Milena Roucka (later known as Rosa Mendes), the Garcia Twins, Rebecca DiPietro, Amy Zidian and Maryse Ouellet. The Garcia Twins would later become famous as the Bella Twins and become the first Diva Search competitors to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.

### 2007

- **Theme Song**:
    - "Let it Roll" by Velvet Revolver

#### Contestants

- Eve Torres - Winner
- Brooke Gilbertsen - Runner-up
- Lena Yada - 3rd place
- Taryn Terrell - 4th place
- Jessica Hatch - 5th place
- J. Kim - 6th Place
- Lyndy Frieson - 7th Place
- Naomi Kirk - 8th Place

WWE like in the previous years WWE hired runner-ups, this included, Taryn Terrell, Lena Yada  and Angela Fong.

### 2013

In February 2013, WWE held an unaired diva search in the Los Angeles area. The winner was Eva Marie. Other competitors that were signed included Alexis Kaufman (later known as Alexa Bliss), C.J. Perry (Lana), JoJo Offerman, Brittany Fetkin (Devin Taylor), and Veronica Lane.

## Infobox (television)

- **image**: Eva Marie April 2014.jpg
- **caption**: A picture of the 2013 diva search winner Eva Marie.
- **alt name**: _WWE Raw Diva Search_
_Diva Search_
_Raw Divas Search_
- **creator**: Vince McMahon
- **country**: United States
- **num seasons**: 6
- **num episodes**: 7
- **camera**: Multiple-camera setup, Multicamera setup