Miss New Jersey Won't Lose Her Crown
Miss New Jersey will be able to keep her crown despite photos she admits show her acting "not in a ladylike manner," pageant officials ruled Thursday.
Hours after a nervous Amy Polumbo went public with photos of herself that had been sent anonymously to pageant officials, board members decided the pictures did not merit stripping her of the title.
I'm very happy about this decision, and I look forward to resuming my agenda as Miss New Jersey," said a smiling Polumbo, who blew kisses to audience members during the announcement.
Polumbo will represent the Garden State in the next Miss America pageant, which has yet to be scheduled.
The beauty pageant winner apologized for the trouble the pictures had caused and thanked the pageant board for their support.
Photos: There She Is, Miss America
"I want to thank the public," Polumbo said. "I also want to thank God for getting me through this."
Polumbo went public Thursday with the photos that had been sent anonymously to pageant officials.
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.