Paige Summers | |
Birth Name: | Nancy Ann Coursey |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1976 |
Birth Place: | Lorain, Ohio, US |
Death Place: | Lake James, North Carolina, US |
Resting Place: | Mountain Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina |
Occupation: | model |
Yearsactive: | 1994 - 2003 |
Height: | 5feet |
Hair Color: | blonde |
Eye Color: | blue |
Paige Summers (born Nancy Ann Coursey July 21, 1976 – September 22, 2003)[1] was an American adult model. She was a former Penthouse Pet of the Month and Pet of the Year.
She invented the name Paige Summers for her adult modeling career. She appeared in several issues of High Society 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.[1] Kia Motors gave her a Sportage SUV as part of her award, in exchange for advertising.[2] She claimed to earn half a million dollars a year.[3] Summers appeared on The Howard Stern Show and several Penthouse videos.[3] [4]
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.[1] She was found dead in her home on the shore of Lake James the morning of September 22 of a drug overdose from a combination of the painkillers codeine and oxycodone.
Coursey is buried at the Mountain Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Morganton.