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Heather Whitestone-McCallum

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The Resume

    (February 24, 1973- )
    Crowned Miss America 1995 (September 17, 1994)
    Served on 'President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities'
    Honors include 'Academy’s Gold Plate Award,' 'Pulitzer,' 'Nobel Prize,' 'Peter Jennings Person of the Week,' 'Spirit of Achievement by Paula Zahn' and 'Albert Einstein College of Medicine'
    Wrote 'Listening With My Heart,' 'Let God Surprise You' and 'Believing The Promise'

Why she might be annoying:

    She is listed under 'Perfect People,' although no one is perfect.
    She lost her hearing at eighteen months old after a bout with Haemophilus influenzae virus.
    Doctors insist she was hours from death, but were able to save her life, but not her hearing.
    She had to endure cochlear implant surgery.
    She is politically active, enjoys ballet and enjoys posing with her crown.
    She claims to 'be a sinner up until fifteen.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is the first Miss America with a medical disability.
    She is now able to hear noises that she couldn't prior to her cochlear implant.
    She is extremely religious and is thankful to have not heard the vulgar language in her culture while being deaf.
    She was the only deaf student in her school.
    Helen Keller became her idol.
    She says the biggest handicap anyone has is negative thinking.
    She is positive and persistent.
    She is active in certain charities.
    She was inducted into the 'American Academy of Achievement.'

Credit: Skunk Butt


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 27 Votes: 14.81% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 95.83% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 76 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 44.16% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 156 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 165 Votes: 67.27% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 353 Votes: 67.42% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 446 Votes: 61.88% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 321 Votes: 52.34% Annoying