Ex-WWE star completely unrecognizable after swapping wrestling for new career venture

KRISTAL Marshall has come a long way since her time in the world of wrestling.

The 39-year-old first performed in the WWE in 2005 after entering the Diva search.

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Marshall was a former beauty queen before being cast as a Diva 18 years ago.

A Miss California finalist, she would spend two years with the organization before being released in 2007.

She worked alongside Jillian Hall, Ashley, and Michelle McCool during her time with Vince McMahon's organization.

While she also met future partner Bobby Lashley, going on to have two children with the ex-Bellator star.

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Kristal continued her journey with TNA, before swapping wrestling for the bodybuilding world.

She turned pro and promptly won the 2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding Championship in Las Vegas.

Recalling her journey, Marshall said: "Even when I was in WWE, I never worked out before! I would run a little bit, but I wasn’t a gym rat.

"I was determined that I was going to win, I was going to turn pro, and I’m not going to stop until I do this.

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"In a fitness competition, you isolate yourself from people.

"There are so many things you deprive yourself of just for that one moment on stage.

"The same thing goes with wrestling. So much more for the women in wrestling, because back in my time, we weren’t highlighted as much as the women are now, which is a beautiful thing."

Marshall left bodybuilding behind in 2013 and for a while worked as an in-game host for her the Los Angeles Dodgers.

She is now a freelance hairstylist and studying for a Communications degree at Colorado State University.

With almost 26,000 fans on Instagram, Marshall is almost unrecognizable from her time in the WWE.

She regularly updates fans with selfies from exotic vacations, including a recent bikini snap in Hawaii.

One fan replied to the picture: "3 words!!! Lord Have Mercy!!!!!"

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Another said: "Looking gorgeous beautiful queen."

While a third gushed: "Oh my goodness!"

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