Born on September 30, 1978, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Candice Beckman is of Panamanian and German origin. Her real name is Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich and she is married, of course, to a doctor.

After moving to Los Angeles at the age of 19, she adopted her new surname with dreams of beginning a professional model. She had at least one step up on the competition: Candice was a fitness nut who could already boast a sculpted bod as an adolescent.

As of 2001, Michelle made the move to film work, though her early roles were sometimes hard to spot. She added some serious eye candy to movies like Tomcats (2001), High Crimes (2002), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and A Man Apart (2003).

She showed plenty more in a 2002 episode of the naughty, softcore porn show Hotel Erotica. In fact, 2002 was a generally revealing year for Michelle, who also appeared in the June Playboy issue as a Cyber Girl of the Week. If 2002 was the year that got Michelle exposed, 2004 was the year that the public finally put a name to her already-known face. First, she scored a job as a WWE Diva, a quasi-modeling job that demanded that she stroll around in lingerie and tease thousands of wrestling viewers. Additionally, she modeled for the 2005 Lingerie Bowl, which aired on pay-per-view. While maintaining her recurring role with the WWE, Michelle also appeared in Dodgeball (2004) with Ben Stiller.

February 6, 2005, was the date that Candice Michelle went from being a successful but unknown model-actress to an in-demand beauty. On that day, a commercial for GoDaddy.com aired during Super Bowl XXXIX. The ad featured Michelle as a woman who suddenly experiences a "wardrobe malfunction" while giving a testimony to Congress. The spot was so steamy that the FOX Network pulled a second GoDaddy.com ad (also starring Michelle) that was slated to broadcast later that evening. The controversial commercial did plenty for Michelle in the way of exposure, creating as much buzz the next day as the big game itself. In addition to interviews on FOX News and with Howard Stern, Michelle was also cast in the 2005 film Living the Dream.

In July 2004, Michelle auditioned to be a contestant for World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW Diva Search. Despite not being chosen to be in the final ten, she was hired by the company under the gimmick of a makeup artist. She competed on RAW in several Diva contests, including lingerie fashion shows and limbo contests, until the end of the year.

On June 30, 2005, Candice was moved to SmackDown! where she became involved in an angle between Torrie Wilson and Melina. On July 24, Candice made her pay-per-view debut at The Great American Bash where she served as the Special Guest Referee for the Bra and Panties match between Wilson and Melina. She was then moved back to RAW in a trade along with Wilson. In her next angle, Candice and Torri turned heel by taunting 2005 Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro and joined forces with fellow RAW Diva Victoria. The three-Diva stable became known as Ladies in Pink (later Vince's Devils, a play on Charlie's Angels television series and films). They continued feuding with Massaro until Trish Stratus returned from a legitimate injury to help Massaro "retaliate" against Vince's Devils. In November, Candice signed on to pose for the April 2006 issue of Playboy. She had her first shot at the WWE Women's Championship in a Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal at Taboo Tuesday and was eliminated from the match by Ashley Massaro.

In January, Candice appeared at New York's Revolution