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Iyanla Vanzant

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The Resume

    (September 13, 1953- )
    Birth name is Rhonda Harris
    Writings include 'Value In the Valley' and 'In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want'
    Life coach on 'Starting Over' (2004)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was born in the back of a taxi.
    She gave birth to her first baby at 17.
    Her teeth are huge.
    Her 2001 talk show flopped after 6 months.
    She's been divorced twice and married thrice.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her mother died of breast cancer when she was an infant.
    Her grandmother physically abused her as a toddler.
    She was raped at age 9.
    As a young woman, she went from welfare to law school, working as a public defender in Philadelphia.
    In 1983, she became a Yoruba (Nigerian) priestess, bestowed with the name 'Iyanla,' meaning 'great mother.'

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 45 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 65.33% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 403 Votes: 66.50% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 77 Votes: 51.95% Annoying