Paige Summers (born Nancy Ann Coursey) was an American adult model. She was a former '' Penthouse'' Pet of the Month and Pet of the Year. She moved with her family to Morganton, North Carolina and graduated from Freedom High School where her senior superlative was "

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Career

She invented the name Paige Summers for her adult modeling career. She appeared in several issues of ''

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'' and '' Cheri'' magazines in 1995, and was first chosen ''Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for August 1996, but her fame came as Penthouse Pet of the Year for 1998 where she became the first North Carolinian to be so chosen.

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gave her a Sportage

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as part of her award, in exchange for advertising."Seventh-Inning Stretch"
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'', September 27, 1999, by Jeff Green. Archived at Findarticles.com. Retrieved 23 May 2007. She claimed to earn half a million dollars a year."The Mike Walker Game With Penthouse Pet Paige Summers"
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'' and several Penthouse videos.''Penthouse - 1997 Pet of the Year Play-Off & 1998 Winners'' (199

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''Pet of the Year and Friends Starring Paige Summers''. Retrieved 23 May 2007.

Personal life

Coursey traveled as part of her career, visiting India and Australia. In 2003, she moved in with her family in Morganton. She was engaged to be married to local pharmacist and real estate owner Bracey Bobbitt on October 11, 2003. She was found dead in her home on the shore of

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the morning of September 22 of a drug overdose from a combination of the painkillers codeine and

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. Coursey is buried at the Mountain Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Morganton.

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