ivory first appeared in 1999 as a valet for mark henry and d'lo brown. immediately she feuded with debra. the two divas were often in catfights. at one point, ivory stripped debra at st valentine's day massacre. on an edition of "raw", debra and jarrett were in a tag team match with ivory and brown. it ended early when debra hit ivory with jarrett's guitar. ivory began getting momentum in matches. she soon started working to win the women's championship. debra was the champion at that time. on the june 14 episode of "raw", ivory beat debra and won her first championship .