Michelle Stein
QUEEN
WINNER OF A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC

Just as little Red Riding Hood had a hellish trip to grandma's house, so did Michelle Stein. In "Gee, your hair smells terrific," her car breaks down in the desert, not once but twice, the teenage girls in the back seat start fighting with each other and her chubby 1-year-old son throws up pickle-fleckled vomit into her hair.

For all her hardship, our readers voted her most worthy of their pity. She is the winner of a $100 gift certificate to Borders Books & Music.

The Queen's acceptance speech
SALON | Aug. 26, 1998

Drama Queen for a Day + Michelle Stein + Elisabeth Gruner + Rebecca Davis