The Resume

(August 12, 1964- )
Born in Meridian, Mississippi
Miss Mississippi (1985)
Miss America (1986)

Why she might be annoying:

Her grandfather, Bernard Akin, was one of the conspirators in the 1964 murder of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.
She opposed interracial marriages, saying, 'I feel at this time intermixing could lead to more problems.'
She said that when her reign as Miss America ended, 'I didn't feel important anymore. I didn't feel wanted.'
She became an alcoholic and was addicted to opiates.
She attempted suicide by crashing her car into a culvert (1999).

Why she might not be annoying:

She noted about her grandfather, 'That's something that doesn't involve me. I wasn't even born.'
She served as a spokesperson for the National Down Syndrome Association, having had a sister with Down syndrome who died when Susan was in high school.
Her opiate addiction resulted from the painkillers she had been prescribed after a 1987 car crash.
She has been clean and sober since completing rehab (1999).
One of her competitors, Miss Pennsylvania Lea Schiazza, wrote, 'She's the girl I stared at all week.... She's what Miss America should look like.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Addicted to Prescription Pain Killers
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 85]
• I Attempted Suicide and Screwed it Up
• I Attended University of Mississippi [Ole Miss]
• I Became a Mom in 2001
• I Checked into Rehab
• I Married in 1990
• I Married in 1996
• I was Involved in a Car Accident in 1987
• I was Involved in a Car Accident in 1999
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Uni-polar]
• Look at Me, I'm with Ronald Reagan
• Miss America (Ranked: 1986)
• Pi Beta Phi Sorority
• Profiles 53501-53750 (Ranked: 53566)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 109 Votes: 61.47% Annoying