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Yolande Betbeze

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The Resume

    (November 29, 1928-February 22, 2016)
    Miss Alabama (1950)
    Miss America (1951)

Why she might be annoying:

    She spent 14 years in a convent school.
    As Miss America, she refused to pose in a bathing suit, forcing the pageant's sponsor to create 'Miss USA' and 'Miss Universe.'
    She failed as an opera singer.
    Her daughter and granddaughter are also named 'Yolande.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She made the pageant organizers abolish the policy of 'white only' contestants.
    She dated Omar Sharif and Joe DiMaggio.
    Even after her reign, she continued to devote time and money to civil rights and women's rights causes.

Credit: Black Chic


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 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 72 Votes: 59.72% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 123 Votes: 45.53% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 167 Votes: 41.92% Annoying