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Jeanne Duval

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Why she might be annoying:

    Her affair with Baudelaire lasted over two decades.
    She contracted syphilis.
    She was reportedly a drug addict.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was the great love of Baudelaire's life.
    He nicknamed her 'Black Venus' because of her Creole descent.
    Their interracial romance caused a scandal.
    Venereal disease left her blind and unable to walk.

Credit: Black Chic


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 94.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 65 Votes: 76.92% Annoying