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Leona Gage

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The Resume

    (1939-October 5, 2010)
    Birth name is Mary Leona Gage
    Miss Maryland 1957
    Miss USA 1957

Why he might be annoying:

    She was expelled as Miss USA after just a single day (July 1957).
    The day after her crowning, pageant officials found out she was married for four years and the mother of two, both violated contest rules.
    At 13, she got pregnant, married a man, not the father, to save face. That marriage was annulled in a week's time.
    She married the baby's father, a 24-year-old military man, when she turned 14.
    She eventually had 5 children from 4 different men and was wed a total of 6 times.
    In 1960, she was fined $25 for whipping her 4-year-old son.
    She eventually lost custody of her 3 older kids amid allegations of drug overdoses, child abuse and suicide attempts.
    She dropped acid, used pot and smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day.
    During the late 1960's, She danced in strip joints, while her toddler daughter waited in the dressing room.
    Her acting career failed.

Why he might not be annoying:

    She was the first Miss Maryland to win the Miss USA title.
    She dated Frank Sinatra and 'Mr. Universe,' Mickey Hargitay.
    Even after her dethronement, Ed Sullivan wanted her as a show guest, saying motherhood was no disgrace.
    She claimed the only reason she entered the pageant was to supplement her husband's military income and buy baby clothes.
    At 26, her biography was published with a 'For Adults' label on the cover.
    Her eldest son, Gene, died in 1988 and her only daughter, Cynthia, died in 2002.
    In the 1990's, she contracted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    She's fluent in Spanish.

Credit: BC


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 36 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 23.81% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 104 Votes: 70.19% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 64 Votes: 70.31% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 40.82% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 63.38% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 137 Votes: 61.31% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 130 Votes: 68.46% Annoying