Susan Boyle, Devout Catholic and Filial Daughter

"Not many people these days are devoutly religious or would spend their time devoted to their parents to the point they'd find themselves a spinster," says neighbor Stewart Mackenzie of this "simple soul with genuine warmth" — Singing 'spinster' strikes chord in talent contest.

The article informs us that the "the frumpy 47-year-old, who says she's never been kissed," was "[t]he youngest of nine children of a devout Roman Catholic family, [and] grew up in one of Scotland's most deprived areas, a district blighted by unemployment, crime and social problems."