Rena Mero
Posted on Nov 25, 2007 under Sports Stars |Name : Rena Mero
Birth Name : Rena Greek
Profession : WWF Wrestler
Date of Birth : August 8,1968
Place of Birth : Jacksonville, Florida
Height : 5′ 6%22
Best Known As : Former WWF champion
Biography
Rena Mero was born on August 8,1968 in Jacksonville, FL. as Rena Greek. She is the second oldest of four children. Growing up she demonstrated great interest in athletics, involving herself in softball, horseback riding,and gymnastics. At age 12, she started entering beauty contests where she won her first one. During the 6 years that she modeled, Rena worked for clients such as Guess? Jeans, Bongo, Pepsi, L’Oreal etc. 1999 was a good year for her, In April, she was on the cover of Playboy. This issue was the fastest selling magazine ever! Playboy asked her back for an encore performance, making her the first woman in history to appear on the cover of Playboy twice in one year. She was honored by Playboy by naming her the Sex Star of the Century. That very year she was on the cover of TV Guide twice.
Rena enjoyed the three years she spent in wrestling and becoming the WWF Women’s Champion of the World. As %22Sable,%22 Rena Mero was named the women’s champ of the World Wrestling Federation in 1998. (The WWF, an entertaining mix of acting and grappling, was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE.) Mixing power moves with pulchritude, Sable became the WWF’s biggest female star and for a time was one of the Internet’s most popular pinups. Mero split with the WWF after an argument with management, but her fame got another boost when she appeared in the October 1999 issue of Playboy magazine. She returned to the WWE in 2003, reclaiming her Sable name and persona.
Doing a guest appearance on the Show Pacific Blue led to other guest starring roles on several series such as First Wave, Relic Hunter and hosting shows on MTV and VH-1 also appearing on numerous talk shows such as the Tonight Show, Donnie & Marie, Late Show, Larry King Live, Regis & Kathy Lee, Roseanne, Politically Incorrect, Howard Stern, etc. In 1993, she met Marc Mero and they married in 1994 and Marc adopted Rena’s daughter, Mariah. Rena enjoys spending time with her family in Orlando. And believe it or not, she is a domesticated woman who likes to cook and clean. She also likes reading and riding horses with her daughter.
