Carmella Danielle DeCesare (born July 1, 1982 in Avon Lake, Ohio) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

DeCesare was born in Avon Lake, Ohio and lives in Westlake, Ohio. She graduated from Avon Lake High School in 2000, and later worked at a title company in the Cleveland area. She responded to Playboy's "Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?" search when it came to Cleveland and was selected as a finalist for the competition. However, she had second thoughts and withdrew early in the taping of material for the Fox Network special that aired in the summer of 2002. DeCesare then changed her mind about posing for Playboy again, and was quickly named Cyber Girl of the Week in October, 2002, Cyber Girl of the Month in February, 2003, before being selected as Playboy 's Miss April, 2003.

She competed in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Diva Search|$250,000 RAW Diva Search" target="_blank" >^* and came in second to Christy Hemme. Though she came in second, she developed as a heel and WWE decided to keep her temporarily. She competed in a match against Christy at Taboo Tuesday and appeared several times on the WWE's RAW series. She also appeared on the game shows Family Feud on May 10, 2004, the Howard Stern Show, and Street Smarts.

On September 10, 2004, she pled not guilty to assault in a Cleveland, Ohio court after a scuffle in a bar on August 21, 2004 between DeCesare and Kristen Hine, the ex-girlfriend of former Cleveland Browns quarterback Jeff Garcia, who was dating DeCesare.James F. McCarthy. "Nightclub scuffle leads to charge against quarterback's girlfriend". The Plain Dealer. September 11, 2004. She was acquitted of the assault charge on January 12, 2005 but found guilty of violating a restraining order. She was sentenced to do twenty-four hours of community service, given one year probation, and fined $150. During the trial, DeCesare testified that Garcia had been involved in an affair with Hine."'Playboy' Playmate found not guilty of charge she karate-kicked woman". Dayton Daily News. January 13, 2005. B3.

She appeared in the 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar as calendar girl of March. The calendar was the inaugural Playmates at Play calendar and it was shot on the grounds of Playboy Mansion in 2004. It was Playboy's first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmates similar in style with those from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

In 2005, pictures circulated on the internet showing that DeCesare had received breast implants. DeCesare confirmed this in an episode of the E! reality-TV series The Girls Next Door in August 2005 where she told fellow Playmate Destiny Davis her implants looked fake as they were new and had not fully settled.

Appearances in Playboy special editions

• Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 20 August 2004 - cover, pages 1, 3, 28-39.
• Playboy's Playmates in Bed December 2004 - pages 52-55.
• Playboy's Nude Playmates March 2005 - pages 26-31.
• Playboy's Playmates in Bed July 2005 - pages 30-35.

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