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Miss NJ on Blackmail Pics: Not Doing Anything Illegal
This beauty insists there are no beastly photos of her ready to derail her Miss America bid.
Reigning Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo appeared on NBC's Today Monday and swore up and down that the snapshots in question were alcohol-, sex- and nudity-free.
"I am not doing anything illegal," she swore to Matt Lauer, adding that the images in question were simply intended for friends and family.
"They're not bad," she said. "I'm a normal college girl."
Of course, this all begs the question: What's the big deal? Apparently the same issue was nagging Lauer, who asked her, "How can you blackmail someone with photos that would okay for your family to see?...Why not release the photos and move on?"
The 22-year-old beleaguered beauty queen didn't quite answer that question. She just responded, "It's under investigation."
She insists the blackmailer, who sent the photos to officials at the Miss New Jersey and Miss America pageant headquarters last week and said they would be released to the public if she did not step down, must be creep to want her to abdicate her crown—something she swears she has no intention of doing.
"Whoever this is, I think they're a very miserable person and I really feel bad for them," she said, adding that she isn't ruling out rival contestants as would-be blackmailers.
"It really could be anyone. And it's really disheartening to think it would be a contestant," said Polumbo, who apparently received a second threatening package from her would-be blackmailer over the weekend containing a letter and possibly more photos.
Her attorney, Anthony Caruso, says he's quite certain the photos don't violate the pageant's "moral turpitude" clause. (He claims it is the "disgusting" captions, not the photos, that were most troubling to his client).
He also claims he is certain Miss America officials will decide that Polumbo can move forward in her quest for that crown when they make their ruling on the issue next week. He added the state attorney general's office is looking into the matter, as well. Officials there offered no comment on the matter.
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