| Ivelisse Vélez | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Sofia Cortez[1] Juliet "The Huntress" |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Born | September 21, 1988 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Resides | Tampa, Florida |
| Billed from | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Trained by | Carlos Colón, Sr. |
| Debut | 2005 |
Ivelisse Vélez(born September 21, 1988) is an Puerto Rican professional wrestler, currently working for WWE competing in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, under the ring name Sofia Cortez.
Vélez was a contestant on Tough Enough, a televised competition that would award the winner a WWE contract, but was eliminated from the competition due to injury.[2]
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Vélez began her wrestling career at the age of fifthteen in the island of Puerto Rico. Soon after, she had the grace of debuting in the top wrestling company in Puerto Rico, World Wrestling Council, owned by wrestling legend Carlos Colón. After much learned in WWC and befriending the Colón Family, she made her way to International Wrestling Association, owned by legend Savio Vega, to continue to improve her in-ring regime.
With much experience in these top wrestling companies in the Caribbean, she made her way to the US. She began her quest to put her name out there in the Chicago Indy scene. After some time doing this, she was noticed by WWE and was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling for further evaluation. She continued to work the Indy scene in the US before signing a contract with WWE.
In March 2011, Vélez was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the revival of Tough Enough.[3][4] On the May 10 edition on Tough Enough, Vélez was eliminated from the competition due to an injury.
After being cut from Tough Enough, Vélez signed a contract with WWE. She made her debut in a 6 women tag team match, teaming with Cameron Lynn and Audrey Marie to defeat Caylee Turner, Leah West and Raquel Diaz. She made her in ring television debut on the December 25 edition of FCW, teaming with Caylee Turner to defeat Cameron Lynn and Kaitlyn. Vélez now goes by the name Sofia Cortez.
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