Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 07/15/07
BY MICHELLE GLADDEN
FREEHOLD BUREAU
Post Comment HOWELL — Among the many lessons learned over the past three weeks, Amy Polumbo said she has experienced firsthand how the Internet can be damaging for not only children but also for adults.
"There are people out there who want to destroy you," the 22-year-old said. "It's a scary place if you don't use it properly."
Now entering her senior year at Wagner College on Staten Island, the theater major was crowned Miss New Jersey on June 16. But 10 days later, a letter and packet of photographs containing copies of pictures she had posted on her private Facebook.com page would become a source of contention.
Blackmailers threatened to make the pictures public if Polumbo did not relinquish the crown that qualified her to compete in the Miss America pageant. Copies were sent to Miss New Jersey officials as well as Miss America pageant officials.
"I've dealt with obstacles in my life, but this was one that I had to face in the public eye," Polumbo said.
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