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Michelle Manhart

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The Resume

    (October 20, 1976- )
    Born in Oakland, Alabama
    Former Air Force Staff Sergeant
    Birth name is Michelle Denis Hubbard
    Also known as Michelle Denis Cross-Manhart
    United States Air Force Military Training Instructor at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas
    Relieved of duty and placed under investigation for posing nude in Playboy magazine with the American flag (Jan. 2007)
    Demoted to Senior Airman, instead choosing discharge from service (Feb. 2007)
    Detained by Valdosta State University police after stealing a flag from protesters on university grounds and refusing to return it, video of confrontation subsequently going viral on YouTube (Apr. 17, 2015)
    Claimed to be defending the flag from further desecration by disposing of it in the proper manner

Why she might be annoying:

    Her last name sounds like 'Manhunt.'
    She is the proprietor of a tanning salon.
    She was reprimanded for violating Air Force uniform regulations in her Playboy shoot.
    She defended herself by claiming it had been her dream to pose for Playboy since she was 12.
    The nobility of her actions defending the flag was clouded by the fact that she had posed suggestively with the flag in her shoot, with it even touching the ground.
    Her altercation with the police stemmed less from her defense of the flag and more from her repeatedly disregarding their orders to let go of their flag.
    The Valdosta State University incident was being filmed by one of her colleagues who confronted the arresting officer at the end of the video, leading many to deride the skirmish as just a publicity stunt.
    Arguments surfaced (both in the crowd and in the aftermath) that if she were a black man who engaged the police in the same manner, she would have been either shot or brutalized.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a beautiful woman who is also feisty.
    She was recalled to active duty in the wake of the 2001 September 11th Attacks.
    She deployed to Kuwait as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, in 2002.
    Her intentions were good-hearted and patriotic (right reasons, wrong methods).
    She opened an interesting conversation about property rights, freedom of speech, and flag desecration.
    She was featured in body painting on Operation Calendar's 2008 pin-up style edition.
    The University, likely sensing the ingredients for a public relations nightmare, declined to press criminal charges against her.
    She was the subject of an awkward exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly when it was revealed that Kelly had scooped him in guest booking; beating him for the chance at interviewing her.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 40 Votes: 47.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 184 Votes: 58.15% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 117 Votes: 52.99% Annoying