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Kim Phuc

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The Resume

    (1963- )
    Born in Trang Bang, Viet Nam
    Burned during a napalm attack on her village by South Vietnamese planes (June 8, 1972)
    A photograph of her running down a road after the attack won a Pulitzer Prize and became one of the most famous images from the war
    Founded the Kim Foundation to fund surgery for young war victims
    Became a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (1997)
    Subject of the documentary film 'Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam' (1994) and the biography 'The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph and the Vietnam War' (1999)

Why she might be annoying:

    The government of Vietnam forced her to drop out of medical school to make propaganda appearances (1982).
    She wrote, 'At 19, I no longer had any hope and wanted to die.'
    Many accounts of her life imply the planes in the napalm attack were American, which seems to really cheese off conservatives.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She suffered third degree burns on 50% of her body, was hospitalized 14 months, and still bears scars from the attack.
    During a trip from Moscow to Cuba, she and her husband defected during a fueling stop in Newfoundland (1992).
    She passed the Canadian citizenship test with a perfect score (1997).
    In a speech at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1996), she said that if she met the pilot who dropped the napalm on her, she would tell him, 'We cannot change history, but at least we can try and do our best to promote peace.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 175 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 56 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 65 Votes: 38.46% Annoying