5 WWE women you may not know were beauty queens

#2. Former WWE Divas Champion Maryse

Maryse participated in a few beauty pageants before officially joining Vince McMahon's company. Four years before becoming a professional wrestler, the Canadian won the 2003 Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada competition. A year later, she finished as the runner-up in the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic.

In an interview with WWE.com, Maryse revealed what she learned from participating in beauty pageants.

"When I started in this business, I was 15 years old, and no matter the places I went, there were always really negative people around. There's a lot of competition and jealousy. I learned that you have to just believe in what you're doing," she said.

Maryse signed with Vince McMahon's company in 2007 after participating in the 2006 Diva Search Competition. She spent nearly four years in the company, during which she won the Divas Championship twice before leaving in 2011. The 39-year-old then returned to WWE in 2016.

Maryse has only competed in four matches over the past six years. She recently teamed up with her husband, The Miz, to face Edge and Beth Phoenix at the Royal Rumble premium live event. However, they lost the bout.