If you’re familiar with the UFC, you’re also likely familiar with Arianny Celeste. Her primary job may only consist of taking a leisurely stroll around the Octagon with a numbered card, but Arianny can do it all— media and promotional obligations, photo shoots galore, looking good year-round— not to mention, winning the prestigious ‘Ring Girl of the Year’ award a record-breaking 5 times.
With Mexican and Filipino heritage, Arianny’s exotic good looks have served her well— landing her a seemingly endless string of modeling gigs that even included a spot as a Playboy centerfold. The unofficial queen bee of ring girls, Arianny has reigned with beauty, poise and finesse throughout her decade long tenure in the UFC— qualities that translate impeccably every time she strikes a pose.
Let’s take a closer look.
Wet and Wild
Rolling Out the Red Carpet
Hottie with the Body
Getting into Costume
Splash of Technicolor
Civic Duties
Penelope Lòpez Marquez, also known as Arianny Celeste is an American ring girl and model. She is best known for being a ring girl for the UFC. Arianny is of Mexican and Filipino descent. “Arianny” is a nickname she was given as a child. She attended Palo Verde High School and attended college at UNLV where she majored in fitness management and nutrition. Celeste made her UFC debut in 2006 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.
Celeste has modeled for magazines such as Maxim, FHM, Sports Illustrated, and Fighter’s Only Magazine. In 2008, at the 1st World MMA Awards, Celeste was voted “2008 Ring Girl of the Year” an award she would go on to dominate. On February 4, 2010, Sports Illustrated named her “Lady of The Day.” She was voted “2006 Ring Girl of the Year” in 2010 by Fighter’s Only Magazine, an award she won the previous year as well. Maxim voted her “The Hottest UFC Octagon Girl” in the May 2010 issue where she was featured as the cover model.
Arianny also appears in Maxim’s Hot 100 list for 2010; she placed #23 on the list. Celeste posed nude for the November 2010 issue of Playboy. [Source: wiki]
