Posted on 7/13/2007, 12:20:40 AM by hardback
Miss New Jersey can keep her crown despite photos that show her acting "not in a ladylike manner."
Hours after a nervous Amy Polumbo went public Thursday with photos of herself that had been sent anonymously to pageant officials, those officials decided the pictures did not merit stripping her of the title.
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The beauty pageant winner apologized for the trouble the pictures had caused and thanked the pageant board for its support.
"I want to thank the public," Polumbo said. "I also want to thank God for getting me through this."
The pictures include one showing what Polumbo said was her boyfriend apparently biting her breast through her shirt, another of Polumbo in a limousine wearing jeans with her legs spread in the air and another of her in what appears to be a Halloween costume dress holding two small pumpkins up to her breasts.
"It's not in a ladylike manner. I'm not a robot. I'm a human being," Polumbo said.
There were also photos of Polumbo drinking, but the 22-year-old college student said she was of legal age when they were taken.
Polumbo earlier said she didn't think the pictures should lead to the loss of her crown but said other people might interpret them differently.
"What I think is OK, someone else's eyebrows could be raised," she said.
Polumbo's lawyer, Anthony Caruso, said that a person or persons claiming to be The Committee to Save Miss America threatened to make the photos public unless she resigned her title.
Polumbo will represent the Garden State in the next Miss America pageant, which has yet to be scheduled.
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That’s what happens when a nine year old, or someone with the mentality of a nine year old, tries to blackmail you!
Why is this a top story?
Geeze! Great to hear that. Now I can sleep well tonight.
I’ve seen the photos. Were the Amish trying to blackmail her?
Has the blackmailer been indentified? Seems a crime has been committed. At the least, let the blackmailer suffer as Miss New Jersey has.
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After looking at the pics this was all a bunch of nothing other than a bad attempt at blackmail. The worst pic is a guy biting her boob, she isn’t naked in any of them. Much to my chagrin I assure you.
Maybe Victoria’s Secret was trying to get her to advertise in the new catalog. :)
Maybe the same folks who complain about how Fred Thompson's wife looks..
Maybe the same folks who complain about how Fred Thompson's wife looks..
Thank you very much.
Honestly the whole blackmail thing doesn’t pass my natural BS detector. Maybe a stunt pulled by her or those close to her. Gave her some publicity, she came out looking good and strong, and the pics are so tame they could never have seriously threatened her crown.
Who had the most to gain from this episode? She did, of course.
I saw her picture on Savage. She appears very slutty and she really should get out of the pagent. What we need is high moral values and role models not some babe striking a “v”.
Maybe this wasn’t about her losing her NJ crown but winning Miss America. She won’t have a chance now IMO.
Good call.
I was thinking the same thing. She probably knows that her chance to win isn’t that good. Look for her to do a Playboy spread after the contest. She make out better than the actual winner. Look at Vanessa Williams.
I think SHE was blackmailing HERSELF to get PUBLICTY!
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