The Resume

(October 17, 1928-July 2001)
Born in Jamaica
Birth name was Marie Therese Prendergast
Died in London, England

Why she might be annoying:

Her father owned a plantation.
She broke an engagement to Prince Vittorio Massimo.
She divorced cinematographer Scottie Wellbourne.
Few people knew her actual age.
Her acting career fizzled.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her dad died when she was a baby.
She studied at the Sorbonne.
She only drank pink champagne and Bellinis.
She designed the iconic cream-colored bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 film 'Dr. No.'
Celebrated for her beauty, she was the catalyst for a heated exchange between King Farouk and an Italian nobleman that made headlines in 1955.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 08]
• Black and Beautiful
• Designers
• I am West Indian
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 72)
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Profiles 24751-25000 (Ranked: 24987)
• Royal Mistresses

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 38 Votes: 57.89% Annoying