37. Maryse Ouellet

37. Maryse Ouellet

Maryse Ouellet is another WWE personality that has used wrestling as a platform to enter other business ventures. While she might have found other lanes to create revenue streams, Ouellet is a wrestler at heart. She's an excellent performer and her signature moves including the Spinning Backbreaker, French TKO, French Pain, and French Kiss DDT would cause even the most trained athlete a tremendous amount of pain.

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Maryse was a model prior to entering the WWE Diva Search in 2006. After training in two different WWE developmental territories, Maryse was assigned to the WWE Smackdown program in 2008 where she would win her first WWE Divas Championship within the same year. Her initial seven-month stint with the title belt made her the third-longest reigning Divas Champion in WWE history. In February 2010, Maryse won the title for a second time making her the first to ever hold the championship multiple times and the only woman to win the belt via a tournament. Since then, Maryse has popped back in and out of wrestling managing her husband, The Miz, raising their children, working as a realtor, and starring in her own reality show. Maryse worked the wrestling system right and does as she pleases.

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Wondering where to go in 2020 for an amazing deal, to beat the crowds, or for a truly once-in-a-lifetime travel experience? These destinations are on travel addicts’ radar for rightfully hyped 2020 events, new offerings, and recent developments that make them a must-visit right now.

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On top of the majestic scenery its long been known for, Montana is a newly trendy nature getaway celebrated for its expanding luxury hotel scene, culinary offerings, and shop-local boutiques, according to an American Express study detailing where cardholders are traveling in 2020. But Montana is also about to get more accessible than ever before thanks to emerging flight routes sure to stir up competition. Launching two brand-new seasonal routes to Big Sky country, American Airlines will fly from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Bozeman and Kalispell, Montana, beginning mid-year and continuing through Labor Day. Take advantage of the new direct route before the secret gets out, and so that they’ll continue next year.

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One of the cities featured in Booking.com’s travel trends for 2020, Urugay’s capital Montevideo is a stable and LGBT-friendly destination to visit in South America—a continent that’s seen dips in tourism of late thanks to political instability in travel destinations like Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. Travelers identified the city as a trending travel destination for anyone seeking an immersive, one-stop escape; according to the study, “over half (54 percent) of global travelers say they want to go on one long trip to a place that has all of their favorite activities and sights close together.” Montevideo’s offerings include beaches, nightlife, markets, theaters, culinary prowess, and festive Gay Pride Day celebrations in September.

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Europe’s intensely overtouristed spots (Venice, Barcelona, Santorini) have new Eastern European hotspots to thank for stealing away some of the spotlight: Romania is making a name for itself as one of the top five most trending Airbnb booking destinations for 2020. The nation that’s home to Transylvania, Dracula’s castle, and well-preserved medieval towns nestled among rolling hills has seen a 298 percent annual increase in Airbnb bookings.

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