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Maryam Massoumi

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The Resume

Why she might be annoying:

    She emigrated from Iran only two years before the cycle (‘I’ve been in a country where I didn’t have the freedom to think about it… there are models but they wear scarves’).
    During the burlap sack speaking challenge, she screwed up her pitch to the point where she felt more comfortable repeating it in her own language (Arabic).
    She admits not having a particularly good grasp of English.
    Because she did not have a passport, she was forced to miss out on photo shoots in the Bahamas and NYC (the latter of which accorded the other models an extra $250 each on a Visa card and netted her a $22.95 ‘I Love NY’ T-shirt).
    She tended to look at the ground during runway challenges.
    The other competitors, particularly the final three, lampooned her aloofness and disregard for simple rules.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a fan of Heidi Klum.
    She studied dentistry (hey, a backup plan never hurts — it worked for the original winner).
    She was the first model of the cycle to have two #1 snapshots.
    To compensate for missing out on the NYC go-see challenge, she phoned up a photographer friend and devised a minimalist photo shoot involving a gecko.
    The judging panel praised her ingenuity and resourcefulness in the face of setback (although the other competitors were less than impressed).
    Nevertheless, the finalists (and Jeanne Beker) got their wish to see her gone for her conduct in the toilet paper walk, in which J. Alexander was a guest judge.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 60 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 36.21% Annoying