Birthday wishes to Candice Michelle

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I would like to give a birthday shout-out to former WWE Women's Champion and current Go Daddy girl Candice Michelle, pictured above, who turned 30-years old today.

More amazing than the fact that Michelle is 30 is that she has been in the company for four-years and despite not making the final cut for the inaugural WWE Diva Search contest in 2004, which also included current WWE Diva's Maria and Michelle McCool, Michelle was hired and given the gimmick of a make-up artist.

Honestly, I did not see anything special in Michelle when she first started out. I thought she was just another bimbo trying to use the WWE and pro wrestling to elevate herself to something else. However, my opinion slightly changed when I saw her featured in her first Go Daddy Super Bowl commercial in 2005 but I still didn't think she belonged in the WWE.

However, Michelle would prove me wrong and much like Trish Stratus did, Michelle started focusing on being an active, full-time wrestling diva on the Raw roster and began honing her craft, which eventually led her to becoming the first WWE Diva Search contestant to become WWE Women's Champion.

Another thing I admire about Michelle is how she handled her recent collar-bone injury that some feared could have been career ending by being mentally tough when most would have cracked and given up.

Initially, her clavicle was cracked during an Oct. 22, 2007 match against Beth Phoenix on Raw in a two-out-of-three falls match for the Women's Championship and was out of action for 14 weeks.

Upon making her return in Feb. 2008, Michelle had her first in-ring match on March 17 and in that match, she injured her left shoulder by tearing the scar tissue over her previously broken left clavicle. Unlike the first injury, Michelle broke her clavicle in four separate places, shattering it and kept her out of action until Sept. 1, which is when she made her surprise return to Raw.

Before I conclude this entry, I would like to share with you my favorite Candice Michelle moment and no, its not one of her Super Bowl commercials. Rather, its a backstage segment between her, Matt and Jeff Hardy and Ron Simmons at the 2007 Great American Bash pay-per-view.