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Lorraine Collett

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The Resume

    (December 9, 1892-March 30, 1983)
    Born in Kansas City, Missouri
    Part-time seeder/packer ($15 per week) for a Fresno, CA packing company in 1915 when spotted by a raisin exec and asked to model for Sun-Maid
    Portrait became the trademarked face of California Sun-Maid Raisins, beginning in 1916
    Had a small role in the 1916 Cecil B. DeMille film 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'
    Died in New York of natural causes at age 90

Why she might be annoying:

    Her bio states she was attending high school at the time of her discovery, which put her at age 23.
    After her modeling gig she moved to Hollywood to become an actress, but her father disapproved and convinced her to return to Fresno.
    When her raisin fame wore off, she led a routine life as a Fresno restaurant owner and later a nursing home operator.
    In 1974 she traded the priceless original portrait of herself and her trademark red bonnet to Sun-Maid execs for a plaque and $1,700.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Wearing her mom's red bonnet while brushing her curly brown hair she was in the right place at the right time with the right look and became famous.
    By the end of the 1920s Americans tripled their raisin consumption due to her face and a strong ad campaign.
    She was further paid to hand out boxes of raisins at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition as well as drop raisins from a low flying airplane in San Francisco.
    In 1988 the Sun-Maid people donated the famed red bonnet to the Smithsonian Institution.
    Though upgraded throughout the years the face of the Sun-Maid remains true to her facial features from a simpler time so many years ago.

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 28.12% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 38 Votes: 39.47% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 75 Votes: 34.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 135 Votes: 45.19% Annoying