Lilian Garcia
| Lilian Garcia | |
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Garcia in March 2015
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| Birth name | Lilián Annette Garcia |
| Born |
August 19, 1966 Madrid, Spain |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Alma mater | University of South Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Jozeph (m. 2009) |
| Website | http://www.liliangarcia.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Lilian Garcia |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 110 lb (50 kg) |
| Billed from | New York City, New York |
| Debut | August 23, 1999 |
| Retired | August 1, 2016 |
| Lilian Garcia | |
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| Birth name | Lilián Annette Garcia |
| Genres | Pop, dance, rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | www |
Lilián Annette Garcia (born August 19, 1966) is a Spanish retired ring announcer and singer best known for her time with the WWE.
During her first tenure in WWE, she became the first WWE Diva to remain with the promotion for ten years.
García was born on August 19, 1966, in Spain. She spent the first eight years of her life in Spain due to her father's employment with the American Embassy, and was educated on an American military base, leading her to describe herself as a "military brat". She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Upon returning to the United States, Garcia graduated from Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina. She went on to attend the University of South Carolina, graduating cum laude.
García was a top ten finalist in the Miss South Carolina beauty pageant. Garcia was also one half of a popular morning show on radio station WYYS,"YES 97" in Columbia with Chuck Finley in the early '90s. She was a VJ in Atlanta, Georgia, where she also had a drive-time afternoon radio show. She also served as karaoke host at the Nitelites nightclub in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Columbia, South Carolina, and later at the West Columbia Ramada.
García began singing when she was a child in Madrid, Spain as she participated in singing contests with her sister starting when she was five. In her early teens – by then Garcia's family had relocated to Columbia, South Carolina – she was singing with a band at clubs around the area; her mom chaperoned so she could get in. She appeared in the 1990 film Modern Love as a singer.
In addition to her broadcasting duties with World Wrestling Entertainment, García sang the National Anthem of the United States of America before most Monday Night Raw tapings from February 14, 2000 until her departure on September 21, 2009. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon asked her to sing America the Beautiful at WrestleMania 2000 and WrestleMania 21, joining a renowned list of legendary recording artists that includes Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Reba McEntire, Gladys Knight and Willie Nelson. Garcia is one of two singers to have sung the opening song at WrestleMania more than once, Franklin being the other.
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