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She has appeared in commercials for State Farm Insurance and Special K vitamin water.
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Marisa was featured on the cover of "Femme Fatales" magazine in December, 2004.
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Marisa appeared in several music videos including "As Long As You Love Me" - Backstreet Boys, "Give It To You" - Jordan Knight (1999) and "Wherever You Go" - Voices of Theory.
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Marisa has been nominated for three acting awards. In 2001, she received an ALMA nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama, General Hospital. That same year she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer, General Hospital. In 2002, she received an Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series, General Hospital. She did not win any of these awards.
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Marisa loves "Hello Kitty" merchandise.
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Although Marisa attended an all-girls Catholic high school (Ramona Convent, Alhambra, CA), she was crowned "Homecoming Queen" of the brother school (Don Brasco Tech, Alhambra, CA).
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Marisa stands 5'8" tall and has brown eyes and brown hair.
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Marisa's ethnicity is part Mexican, part Irish and part American Indian.
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She was fired from The Young and the Restless due to lack of storyline. Her character, Carmen Mesta, was murdered. In late January, Marisa was brought back as Carmen's ghost.
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She co-hosted MTV's Senseless Acts of Video.
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Marisa was a model.
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Marisa married Nathan Lavezoli on September 22, 2002.
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Marisa graduated in 1995 from Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, CA.
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Marisa's first pet was a cat named T.C.
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Marisa favorite commercial she ever did was for Coca-Cola.