The world eagerly awaits (not!) Amy Polumbo’s fate as a panel of pageant officials sweat over the difficult decision of whether or not to strip her of her crown. The issue at hand? "Revealing" photos that Miss New Jersey was forced to reveal after being blackmailed. After all they were "private." The schmuck only had them on Facebook.
Look, she’s a kid. And the now infamous Miss New Jersey photos aren’t even that bad. They are a pretty girl in her early 20’s having a good time.
In fact, I think she represents the Garden State perfectly. I mean we’re talking about a place where smoke stacks are a-plenty and Bon Jovi could sell out 365 nights a year at Giants Stadium. They certainly can handle a girl holding up pumpkins as fake boobs.
Do people really expect these pageant girls to be robots?
Let’s take this a step further. How would you feel if you lost your job over similar photos? As we’ve discussed many times on this blog, employers are looking harder and harder at what their employees do with their personal time. Would you want to be judged at work form your weekend activities? Private Internet searches? Drunken nights out? Of course not! Whether you are Miss New Jersey or Mister Wal Mart, don’t be fooled, cases like this set precedent for everyone.
So go delete your MySpace account, cause in reality, no one is an equal opportunity employer.
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