Miss New Jersey says she's doing nothing illegal in blackmail photos

	Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo appears on the NBC "Today" television program Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Monday, July 09, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) - Miss New Jersey says she's doing nothing illegal in the photos sent by someone trying to blackmail her into giving up her crown.

In an interview on NBC's "Today" show Monday, Amy Polumbo said the photos show no nudity, pornography or underage drinking. "I am not doing anything illegal" in the pictures, she said.

The 22-year-old college student said she has no idea who might have assembled two packages of private photos that were sent to Miss New Jersey and Miss America pageant officials last week.

"Whoever this is, I think they're a very miserable person and I really feel bad for them," Polumbo said.

She wouldn't rule out other contestants.

"It really could be anyone," she said. "And it's really disheartening to think it would be a contestant."

The anonymous sender threatened in a letter to release the photos publicly if Polumbo doesn't drop out of the Miss America pageant. She has refused to do so.

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