▁popular ▁" friend " ▁with ▁residents ▁of ▁St . ▁Petersburg , ▁Florida . ▁With ▁then ▁over ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁friends , ▁Elizabeth ▁was ▁ranked ▁behind ▁Ruby ▁L uster , ▁B ub ba ▁the ▁Love ▁S pon ge , ▁King ▁C J ▁and ▁Jim ▁Rose ▁Circ us . ▁Later ▁that ▁year , ▁she ▁and ▁fellow ▁manager ▁Johnny ▁V ali ant ▁were ▁interview ed ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 1 ▁edition ▁of ▁" Michael ▁Por ter ' s ▁Wrest le S ho ot " ▁radio ▁show . ▁On ▁the ▁program , ▁she ▁discussed ▁her ▁early ▁career , ▁her ▁experiences ▁on ▁the ▁independent ▁circuit ▁and ▁her ▁then ▁recent ▁model ing ▁work . ▁That ▁same ▁night , ▁she ▁also ▁gave ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Jonathan ▁Clark ▁on ▁the ▁Canadian ▁program ▁" S ho oting ▁Star ▁Radio ". ▁ ▁Elizabeth ▁was ▁present ▁at ▁Coast al ▁Championship ▁Wrestling ' s ▁first ▁super card ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁Valent ine ▁Ven ge ance , ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁She ▁was ▁man aging ▁her ▁wrest ler ▁then ▁a ▁particip ant ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁royal . ▁That ▁same ▁month , ▁she ▁was ▁nominated ▁by ▁a ▁fan - based ▁Y ahoo ▁fan ▁club ▁Ind y ▁Div as ▁as ▁the ▁" 2 0 0 8 ▁Ind y ▁Person ality ▁of ▁the ▁Year " ▁along ▁with ▁A lic ia , ▁Ir res ist ible ▁Daniel le , ▁Amy ▁Lee , ▁Cam ron ▁Star ▁and ▁Beck y ▁Bay less . ▁Elizabeth ▁was ▁also ▁named ▁" B abe ▁of ▁the ▁Day