Krissy Vaine talks about botox, pressure on divas,

[CrazySting]

www.diva-dirt.com/2009/09/03/krissy-vaines-vainety-fair-anatomy-of-a-grizzled-diva/


Krissy talks about becoming a botox addict at the ripe old age of 25. Highlights.

You have to understand your ‘beauty’ tends to be the most important thing you’ve got as a female in the wrestling business. Unlike actresses, females in wrestling can never be too attractive. Jessica Biel has often stated that she hasn’t gotten specific movie or television gigs because she is too easy on the eyes…

As far as careers in wrestling go for women your ‘look’ is the most important thing. Should that be put above talent? No, but alas this is the nature of the beast. Pictured, is a series of shots explaining my condition. You see this is the “Anatomy of a Grizzled Diva.” This is what long nights, even longer days, lack of sleep, dehydration, lack of nutrients, lack of food (may or may not be accompanied by an eating disorder), stress and no off season will do to you.

My first visit to this miracle worker came in Atlanta, GA. A year and half after signing a ‘deal’, my face began to look every bit the age of the 26 years old that I was. If not much more… I began to see wrinkles I had never seen before. What was happening?? I had always prided myself on being so fresh faced in a sea of “rode hard and put up wet!” But this was all in the past. I was now beginning to become hardened and aged. Whether it be the training, the stress, the hard rock and roll lifestyle… whatever it was, it was it was evil and I was going to bury it. Grizzle, you will not get the best of me, I said to myself. I won’t let you! And then I discovered it! The answer to my prayers and my weapon against gravity itself. It was the ever so wonderful Botox.

Did it matter to me that the cost of these procedures were more than half of what I was receiving in salary a month? Or that the procedure itself generally wore off in about 2 months? Heck no! I didn’t care. I looked good… or so I thought and at that point in my life that was the most important thing. The girls on the main roster were long ‘in the know’ about my findings and all of the miracle ‘juices’ there are out there for us females. How do you think they stay looking good on the road over 300 days a year? Not by themselves, I can guarantee. They could’ve shared, but oh yeah, then they might lose their job to one of the younger girls. Tsk tsk. Now it never hurts to help someone. (I hear my mother’s voice in the back of my head right now!)

Wrestling Divas are especially prone to going to see the doctor frequently because when it comes down to it, our ‘look’ is really all we’ve got.

I think there's a lot of truth here. I remember when Sable came back to the WWE she was only about 36 but looked in her mid forties. And let's not even get started on Jillian Hall.

[Pervy Stone Cold]

Sept 4, 2009 11:26:00 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

www.diva-dirt.com/2009/09/03/krissy-vaines-vainety-fair-anatomy-of-a-grizzled-diva/

You have to understand your ‘beauty’ tends to be the most important thing you’ve got as a female in the wrestling business. Unlike actresses, females in wrestling can never be too attractive. Jessica Biel has often stated that she hasn’t gotten specific movie or television gigs because she is too easy on the eyes…

Wrestling Divas are especially prone to going to see the doctor frequently because when it comes down to it, our ‘look’ is really all we’ve got.

It is very true that Diva's have a strong dependancy on how attractive they are. But one thing that makes a little difference is a few women can make it and avoid being all that good looking, albeit because of one of Vince's strange obsessions with muscle like with Nicole Bass or to a lesser extent Chyna.

I don't see many Divas going in that direction but it's really the only alternative besides being the "drop-dead gorgeous model" that is strongly required of the WWE.

[AriadosMan]

WWE's attitude towards women is paleolythic in its misogyny.
Older women CAN be attractive (Tara)

[CrazySting]

Sept 4, 2009 12:00:00 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

WWE's attitude towards women is paleolythic in its misogyny.
Older women CAN be attractive (Tara)

Krissy Vaine was also a guest on the diva dirt radio show recently and she said she knew of one female developmental wrestler (I think it was Angelina Love, but she didn't say) who got fired because she "was not a perfect ten". They actually said that to the poor girl's face when she asked for a reason.

That is pretty damn terrible.

[Clarence "Showstealer" Mason]

I'd say she's getting her moneys worth ;D

[♥ Bunnyslinger ♥]

Sept 4, 2009 12:00:00 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

WWE's attitude towards women is paleolythic in its misogyny.
Older women CAN be attractive (Tara)

PUT DOWN THE DICTIONARY AND STEP AWAY FROM THE THESAURUS, SIR!

[Tombi]

I'm still waiting on that evidence of Jillian's "surgery". People are bringing it up like it's some kind of undebatable fact when it could just as easily be a simple make-up job. The boobs I won't mention, obviously they're there.

Sept 4, 2009 12:05:58 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

Sept 4, 2009 12:00:00 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

WWE's attitude towards women is paleolythic in its misogyny.
Older women CAN be attractive (Tara)

Krissy Vaine was also a guest on the diva dirt radio show recently and she said she knew of one female developmental wrestler (I think it was Angelina Love, but she didn't say) who got fired because she "was not a perfect ten". They actually said that to the poor girl's face when she asked for a reason. .

That's really sad. I hope whoever said that has got the can since then. Off the top of my head I can think of several girls under contract who aren't "perfect 10"'s, so I don't think it's a company-wide viewpoint. Someone with that type of attitude really shouldn't have that job, to say the least.

[AriadosMan]

I'm pretty sure the woman in question was Velvet, not Angelina. There's footage of her being cut in the Diva Search floating around.

[Widow's Peak]

Krissy Vaine using Botox is probably the least shocking revelation she could have made.

At the time, the trend was more toward hiring Playboy models so any girl who didn't look like one (and couldn't make up for it by being either a fantastic wrestler or having a ton of charisma) was axed pretty quickly. Its slightly better now, although they are no where near where TNA is in terms of hiring women based on their talent.

[Snitsky]

Sept 4, 2009 13:28:57 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

I'm pretty sure the woman in question was Velvet, not Angelina. There's footage of her being cut in the Diva Search floating around.

no it was angelina- because she was under dev with WWE and was cut because of her looks and then they got a better looking replica of her by the name of maryse

...there is an interview somewhere of her saying it

[AriadosMan]

Sept 4, 2009 14:24:11 GMT -5 Snitsky said:

Sept 4, 2009 13:28:57 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

I'm pretty sure the woman in question was Velvet, not Angelina. There's footage of her being cut in the Diva Search floating around.

no it was angelina- because she was under dev with WWE and was cut because of her looks and then they got a better looking replica of her by the name of maryse

...there is an interview somewhere of her saying it

Okay, but I thought Velvet was cut in the Diva Search.

[Snitsky]

Sept 4, 2009 14:27:36 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

Sept 4, 2009 14:24:11 GMT -5 Snitsky said:

no it was angelina- because she was under dev with WWE and was cut because of her looks and then they got a better looking replica of her by the name of maryse

...there is an interview somewhere of her saying it

Okay, but I thought Velvet was cut in the Diva Search.

she was i posted the video of it a while back she didnt even make it into the top 20

[Snitsky]

In another interview she talked about how McCool complained to management about her because she was trying to give her advice

[Dr. T is an alien]

Sept 4, 2009 14:33:27 GMT -5 Snitsky said:

Sept 4, 2009 14:27:36 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

Okay, but I thought Velvet was cut in the Diva Search.

she was i posted the video of it a while back she didnt even make it into the top 20

Of course not. She actually had some experience under her belt at the time. Can't have a Diva Search contestant with that!

Granted, she is only decent in the ring at best, but that still puts her miles ahead of all of the Diva Search people when they all got started (or in some cases to this day).

[Mecca]

Sept 4, 2009 13:26:43 GMT -5 Tombi said:

I'm still waiting on that evidence of Jillian's "surgery". People are bringing it up like it's some kind of undebatable fact when it could just as easily be a simple make-up job. The boobs I won't mention, obviously they're there.

Sept 4, 2009 12:05:58 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

Krissy Vaine was also a guest on the diva dirt radio show recently and she said she knew of one female developmental wrestler (I think it was Angelina Love, but she didn't say) who got fired because she "was not a perfect ten". They actually said that to the poor girl's face when she asked for a reason. .

That's really sad. I hope whoever said that has got the can since then. Off the top of my head I can think of several girls under contract who aren't "perfect 10"'s, so I don't think it's a company-wide viewpoint. Someone with that type of attitude really shouldn't have that job, to say the least.

The report of it was that Stephanie told her that she wasn't pretty enough...

Also Krissy Vaine is super attractive in my view.

[dh03grad]

Krissy wrote in her blog about how she pitched a nerd character and she was told no and to "act as sexy as possible". That goes along with Maria stopping being a ditz and becoming "hawt" and Mickie James ceasing being interesting. I dont think the Divas are a draw at all anymore. They were a draw in the days where Sable was popular, there was a chance that we may see titties on a given night. The ladies were given distinct characters. Today, theres complete silence during matches. Something needs to change.

[dh03grad]

Sept 4, 2009 13:26:43 GMT -5 Tombi said:

I'm still waiting on that evidence of Jillian's "surgery". People are bringing it up like it's some kind of undebatable fact when it could just as easily be a simple make-up job. The boobs I won't mention, obviously they're there.

[HMARK Center]

Sept 4, 2009 20:46:58 GMT -5 dh03grad said:

Krissy wrote in her blog about how she pitched a nerd character and she was told no and to "act as sexy as possible". That goes along with Maria stopping being a ditz and becoming "hawt" and Mickie James ceasing being interesting. I dont think the Divas are a draw at all anymore. They were a draw in the days where Sable was popular, there was a chance that we may see titties on a given night. The ladies were given distinct characters. Today, theres complete silence during matches. Something needs to change.

Well, you summed it up: back in the late 90's, before so many people had broadband internet connections, many teenage boys were flicking over to WWF to get their fix of women stripping down to their underwear, in the vain hope of seeing a "slip" or something along the way. Hell, they had one of the better women wrestlers of the era, Jacqueline, under contract, and she rarely actually wrestled for YEARS.

Well, now we all have Internet connections and tons of us have broadband, so tuning into TV to see some skin seems a bit pointless. Instead, if you want the women's division to be a selling point, you have to actually let these girls work and put on strong matches, give them some distinct personalities, storylines, etc.

WWE flatly refuses to do that, for the most part.

[The Deadly Snake]

It's not just that... WWE has the unusual ability to make hot women look boring

A lot of hot-blooded males like Divas. What they don't like, is the long Diva Search contests. They were boring, uninteresting, stupid, at best. And, as this site documented, they can be far worse.

And when everyone is a "ten" (sarcasm), no one really stands out in terms of looks. No one looks unique. They all blend in. I don't want to see the same cookie-cutter blonde. And all of them are just being there for looks, none of are unique in character, either.

And besides, a lot of wrestling fans have enough of that. It's overdone.

[AriadosMan]

You're also taking into account that hot-looking women can be boring as hell when it comes to acting/ringwork (Bellas are a good example).