The Resume

(November 4, 1868-April 12, 1965)
Born in Valga, Spain
Birth name was Augustina Otero Iglesias
Music hall dancer/courtesan
Charged the equivalent of $10,000 a night
Lovers included King Edward VII of Britain, Prince Albert I of Monaco, King Leopold II of Belgium, Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro, and Grand Dukes Peter and Nicholas of Russia

Why she might be annoying:

She falsely claimed to be an Andalusan gypsy.
Six of her lovers allegedly committed suicide when she left them.
She claimed, 'Women have one mission in life: to be beautiful.'
She earned $25 million during her life and lost it all gambling.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was brutally raped at age ten, which broke her pelvis and left her unable to bear children.
The cupolas of the Hotel Carlton in Cannes were allegedly modeled after her breasts.
She inaugurated the mile-high club when she and Baron Lepic made love in a hot air balloon.
She said, 'I have been a slave to my passions, but never to a man.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 16]
• Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
• I Died in 1965 (Ranked: 96)
• I Died in Debt
• I Need to Place a Wager
• Members or the Mile High Club
• Profiles 24251-24500 (Ranked: 24315)
• Raped
• Royal Mistresses
• Whores and Johns

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying