Beth Phoenix

Elizabeth Beth Kocianski is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Beth Phoenix. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment , where she is a former WWE Divas Champion and a threetime WWE Womens Champion.

Kocianski was born in Elmira, New York and raised by Polish parents. When she was eleven years old, she won a coloring contest with a prize of tickets to a television taping for the World Wrestling Federation. Kocianski credits this as when she fell in love with professional wrestling. She cites Owen Hart and Ted DiBiase as her favorite wrestlers. Kocianski attended Notre Dame High School in Elmira, where she played tennis and ran track. She was voted prom queen in her senior year. Kocianski is a graduate from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York with a bachelors degree in criminal justice and Public Relations. While wrestling in OVW, Kocianski also worked as a waitress at a local restaurant.

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