Karlee Perez is an American professional wrestler, actress, model, and valet that was born on April 19, 1986 in Tampa, Florida. She is of Spanish, Cuban, Italian, Hawaiian, Irish, English, and Chinese ancestry. She signed a country with the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2009 under the ring name Maxine.
After returning to wrestle in September 2010 on the third season of NXT under the name Maxine, she became the acting General Manager of FCW, and formed a villainous group with Aksana, Lucky Cannon and Damien Sandow. On an episode of FCW TV, Maxine defeated Aksana after an inference from Aksana's "husband", Goldust. On an episode of FCW TV, after Naomi lost to Aksana in an FCW Divas Championship match, Maxine attacked Naomi, but was stopped when AJ Lee came to Naomi's aid. On the February 17 episode of FCW TV, Maxine defeated Kaitlyn. On the April 7 episode of FCW TV, Maxine interfered in an FCW Divas Championship match between AJ Lee and Aksana, helping Aksana defeat AJ to win the championship. On the March 11, 2012 episode of FCW TV, Maxine was fired from the position of the acting General Manager, and was later replaced with Summer Rae.
Later, on May 10, 2014, Perez returned to professional wrestling at the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pay-per-view event One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 2. Competing under her real name, Perez lost to Taryn Terrell.
