Lisa Marie Varon (VICTORIA)

Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Billed weight 155 lb (70 kg)

Lisa Marie Varon (born February 10, 1971), is a American female bodybuilder, fitness competitor and professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she is the current, three-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion, as Tara. She is best known for her work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Victoria.

As an amateur bodybuilder, Varon won her first competition in 1995 as a middleweight.She then started competing in fitness competitions and won ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997. In 1999, she placed second at a fitness event in New York to earn her International Federation of BodyBuilders Professional Fitness Card.

Through a chance meeting, Varon met World Wrestling Federation (WWF) performer Chyna who encouraged her to become a wrestler. She trained in the WWF's developmental territories for three years before being moved to the main roster to compete full time under the ring name Victoria. Only four months later, she was pushed to win the WWE Women's Championship, a title she has held twice in her wrestling career.

Bodybuilding and fitness competition
Still working at the eye and tissue bank, Varon also became a personal trainer and taught aerobics. While training at a gym, she was offered an opportunity to compete in a bodybuilding competition, a contest she won as a middleweight. She competed in fitness competitions, such as ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997 and 1998, winning the former, and the Miss Galaxy Competition in 1998, where she met and befriended Torrie Wilson. After Wilson moved to Los Angeles, California and signed with professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW), she invited Varon to one of the shows. While backstage, an agent asked her to appear in a segment with Scott Hall. Through Wilson, Varon unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a contract with WCW. She later moved to Los Angeles to find work in televised news fitness segments instead. In 1999, she earned her International Federation of BodyBuilders Professional Fitness Card after placing second at the National Physique Committee Team Universe show in New York. It was during her time working in fitness competitions that Varon also first met Trish Stratus.