{"id":58221,"date":"2026-07-10T00:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=58221"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:11:07","slug":"she-used-to-be-a-playboy-playmate-so-who-is-rhoc-newbie-carmella-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/07\/10\/she-used-to-be-a-playboy-playmate-so-who-is-rhoc-newbie-carmella-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"She used to be a Playboy Playmate, so who is RHOC newbie Carmella Garcia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carmella Garcia is currently the newest cast member on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a>, but who actually is she? Well, she’s no stranger to the spotlight, so let’s find out more about her.<\/p>\n

She first made her appearance on the screen back in 2004, after becoming a finalist on WWE Diva Search, making it all the way to the final two before losing out to Christy Hemme, and wrestling just one official match before departing the company.<\/p>\n

That same year she was also named Playboy’s Playmate of the Year, a title that led to her appearing on several episodes of The Girls Next Door, E!’s reality series following Hugh Hefner’s live-in girlfriends. She’s since popped up on shows including Street Smarts and featured in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.<\/p>\n

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