Maxine in 2012
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Birth name | Karlee Perez |
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Born |
Tampa, Florida, United States |
April 19, 1986
Residence | Tampa, Florida, United States |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Candy Girl Catrina Karlee Perez Liviana Maxine |
Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Billed weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
Billed from |
Grand Rapids, Michigan Tampa, Florida |
Trained by | Florida Championship Wrestling |
Debut | 2009 |
Karlee Perez (born April 19, 1986) is an American actress, model, professional wrestler and valet, best known for her appearances with the professional wrestling promotion WWE under the ring name Maxine between 2009 and 2012. She is currently working for Lucha Underground under the ring name Catrina.
Perez was born in Tampa, Florida, and is of Spanish, Cuban, Italian, Hawaiian, Irish, English, and Chinese ancestry. She majored in criminology at college.
In 2009, Perez signed a contract with the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She was assigned to their then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she made her debut July that year under the ring name The Candy Girl, in a Divas handicap tag team match, where she teamed with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes to defeat Tiffany and Angela. Her name was changed to Liviana in October, and she became the manager of Sweet Papi Sanchez. She competed in an 8-Diva tournament to determine the inaugural FCW Divas Champion, but was eliminated by Naomi Night in the first round.