CHAPTER IV - ELIMINATION
The 12 finalists then appeared again on RAW the following week to find out which Diva would be packing her bags and going home. Charli and her 11 finalist friends walked out to the ring dressed in Red, White Blue for the 4th July RAW episode. Charli's attire consisted of a triangle bikini with the American flag on it and a pair of red, white and blue short shorts. Charli strutted her stuff down towards the ring in cute white stilleto heels with her long hair, in curls that night, bouncing as she walked down the steel ramp towards the WWE ring. Once in the ring, the Coach took over.
"Well ladies one of you will unfortunately realise that to be RAW Diva Search 2005 is not your destiny," the Coach started.
All the finalists looked at one another and Charli reached for Mischa's hand.
"One of you will be going home disappointed today," the Coach said "You must pack your bags and leave the arena."
The Coach reached for an envelope that Lillian Garcia handed to him. The Coach took a while to open it and when he did he walked slowly over to Penny Harris from Detroit, Michigan.
"Penny Harris," the Coach said "You have been eliminated."
Penny hugged all the finalists. Penny was a very sweet girl and in the 4th July outfit she was wearing, you could see that she had the most amazing body, however Penny was also a very shy girl who hardly said two words to Charli throughout this whole competition. Charli hugged Penny when it was her turn and Penny whispered in Charli's ear
"Good luck! I hope you win!"
Charli smiled at her and wished her all the best.
Over the next couple of weeks, one by one each of the Diva Finalists were eliminated, and week by week Charli saw each of her friends leave. Tears, smiles, disappointment shock were just some of the emotions that Charli felt as Coach opened the dreaded envelope each week.
Clara Vickery from Portland, Ohio;
Kelly Christian from Memphis, Tennessee;
Lori Wright from Manhattan, New York;
Jen Matheson from Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Anna Reynolds from Austin, Texas;
Gracey MacPherson from New Jersey;
Lauren Green from Rhode Island; and
Mischa Kingsley from Los Angeles, California.
The night that Mischa left was an emotional night for Charli. Mischa and Charli had become so close and the thought of Mischa leaving brought a tear Charli's eye. Charli was sure that Mischa would have at least made the TOP 3. Mischa was definitely Diva material. She was beautiful, talented and definitely had the support of the RAW viewing audience. However, the support she had obviously wasn't enough to let her stay. It was down to the TOP 3Justine Spencer from Orlando, Florida; Sally Lee from Atlanta, Georgia; and little Charli Hilton from Orange County; California. From here on the competition was going to be tough!