Name	Melina Perez
Height	5'4
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	March 9, 1979
Place of Birth	USA
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Perez began her career as a model. She won a Miss California beauty contest and also modeled athletic wear for Nike.She decided to become a professional wrestler after talking to Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) superstar Mike Henderson in 2000.Perez started training at Jesse Hernandez's School of Hard Knocks in San Bernardino, California and made her professional debut in April 2002.She joined a number of California-based promotions such as the EWF, where she wrestled under the ring name Kyra, and CRUSH, as Melanie Little Deer.Many EWF officials stated that she had the most natural ability of any woman who came through their school.In late 2002 Perez auditioned for World Wrestling Entertainment's reality show Tough Enough III, making it through to the final 21 before being eliminated from the competition in the final cut of the first episode.