Arianny Celeste

Arianny Celeste-Penelope Lopez Marquez (born November 12, 1985), known professionally as Arianny Celeste, is an American ring girl and model. She is best known for being an Octagon girl for the UFC. Celeste was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is of Mexican descent . 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, Fighter's Only Magazine and Playboy. 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. In September 2009, high school senior Conner Cordova, a fan of mixed martial arts, asked Celeste to attend his prom with him, using a series of three YouTube videos. Celeste agreed, provided that he found a date for her