Zivile Raudoniene is a 28-year-old Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder and professional wrestler currently signed to
World Wrestling Entertainment, training in its developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the name
Aksana. It was announced on August 31, 2010 that Raudoniene would be a contestant on the third season of NXT.
On the August 5, 2011 episode of SmackDown, Aksana debuted in a backstage segment with Smackdown General Manager
Theodore Long.
It was reported on October 5, 2009 that Raudoniene had signed a developmental contract with WWE and had begun training in
the company's developmental facility in Tampa, Florida.