Carmella is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. Carmella married prominent Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia on April 21, 2007.
Carmella was born in Avon Lake, Ohio and now lives in Manhattan Beach, California. Carmella graduated from Avon Lake High School in the year of 2000, and then worked at a title company in the Cleveland Ohio area. Carmella responded to Playboy's widely publicized "Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?" national search when it came to Cleveland Ohio and was selected as a finalist for the competition. During this time, she had second thoughts and withdrew early form the competition in the taping of material for the Fox Network special that presented the event in the summer of 2002. Carmella then changed her mind again about posing for Playboy, and was quickly selected Cyber Girl of the Week in October, 2002, Cyber Girl of the Month for February, 2003, before being ultimately selected as Playboy 's Miss April, 2003 and then Playmate of the Year for 2004.
