with her friends. (Watch the whole Today Show disclosure here.)The most striking trend among the photos: Amy's fixation with her own breasts. In one photo, her boyfriend is biting her left breast. ("He's being silly and immature but he's also very intelligent," she says.) In another photo her best friend from drama club grabs her breast (same breast). In the last of the Tata Triptych, she holds two tiny pumpkins up against her breasts. This one is actually kind of arty. The colors are gorgeous and the composition is quite nice. While Amy's not exactly busting out (the point of the photo), the actual picture is. It really jumps out at you.
The mammary motif is interrupted by a startling photo of Amy in a limo, her legs spread, pointing her butthole right at camera. Of course she's wearing jeans so it's not a big deal. This could be paired with the photo of her smacking her friend's ass with what looks like a cutting board. (Remind me not to accept chopped vegetables from Miss New Jersey!)
The most incriminating, though, is the photo of her boyfriend in black spandex with a green stripe across his torso. He's shockingly bloated, a long way from the stud who bit his girlfriend's boob in the earlier photo. (Amy, be warned: the man we see here would not stop short of eating both your breasts if given the chance.) This photo serves as a wake-up call to friends and family who need to ask why his weight is fluctuating so dangerously. Is it the pressure of dating a pageant girl? Is it the New Jersey diet? Or does spandex make you look chunky? This is the real scandal here.
There was some poignancy to Miss New Jersey's appearance. In the interview's most moving moment, Amy pleaded with Matt Lauer and, by extension, New Jersey pageant officials: "I am not a robot. I am a human being," she said, invoking the unforgettable cry of the deformed John Merrick in David Lynch's Elephant Man. "I'm also a theater major," she added, for good measure.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 2)
1. Yeah, those photos sound pretty disappointing. I wasn't hoping for nudity or anything, but c'mon! If I received a "blackmail" package in the mail with those kinds of photos, I'd be more like, "Oh yeah, I remember that...t'was a good night, t'was" (if I were in a medieval mood..lol). I love ya, Mo!
Paul C. at 10:07AM on Jul 12th 2007
2. What a waste of time. This chick is all over the place on news shows I watch to stay informed on the world around me, even Fox News. Seriously, who gives a sh--. The media is granting celebrity status to some bubble-head I'm-a-theater-major bimbo who no one will remember when her "reign" is over. I'm glad this was covered here with humor and good-spirited mockery.
Julia at 10:45AM on Jul 12th 2007
3. smart gal. Anything to move away from the other 49 contestants before the pageant. Would you recognise any of the other ones? Even the one from youur state?
stephenson at 10:57AM on Jul 12th 2007
4. Seems like a contrived idea/stunt to get some interest in an otherwise passé pagent. And they call this NEWS? Guess Darfur, doesn't have a face that can use to sell ad time.
fureal at 11:52AM on Jul 12th 2007
5. Mo, your take on this amusing if tepid "scandal" is hilarious! I can't wait for another one to see what you think about it!
Joseph at 11:56AM on Jul 12th 2007
6. This girls pictures are just like ANY OTHER girl who's in college or 21 years old. they're COMPLETELY normal and everyone needs to chill the heck out! they're harmless and not even remotely close to what else you can find ANYWHERE on the internet...from underage girls. i had a similar problem with facebook that was blown completely out of porportion and this is exaclty whats happening to her. she seems like a very sweet girl and for her to swallow her pride and put herself out there (with harlmess yet embarassing photos of herself) on the Today Show displays maturity beyond most 22 years olds. everyone needs to let it go. This is just another case of the media taking things to the next (inappropriate) level because they have nothing else to report on that day. Amy, I think you're comletely normal and you have no reason to be ashamed.
Kate at 12:06PM on Jul 12th 2007
7. You Americans are so childish. Is this really an issue? Just a young girl having fun. Keep the killings going around the world...
Rolan at 1:07PM on Jul 12th 2007
8. The silly part of this "scandal" is that the media and all us think that this really matters in the grand scheme of life. This has to be great for the hugely boring and dated Miss America Pageant. But then maybe we need more silliness in our lives to counter all wars, pestilence, and Republican Politics. Sorry the "Today Show" took such a somber tone--Please! The only smart one here is Miss New Jersey's lawyer who saw a way to promote her and himself in the lamest scandal since the Cardiff Giant was discovered to be a hoax.
Clark at 1:18PM on Jul 12th 2007
9. Saw that segment this morning. (YAWN.)
I always look forward to your posts, babe. You're the spice that gives flavor to bland news.
giftedgirl at 1:23PM on Jul 12th 2007
10. Kate, if you think that acting like a stupid boob is 'normal', I feel sorry for you. When you start to wonder why guys treat lots of girls like they are mindless idiots obsessing over the size of their breasts - just take a look in the mirror.
Karl at 1:52PM on Jul 12th 2007
11. At least she has a sense of humor!
Omega_leaf at 1:54PM on Jul 12th 2007
12. It's amazing what lengths some people will stoop to to discredit others. I've been following the story on the news and hope that she eventually wears the crown. Do your thing Ms. New Jersey!
Fran at 3:01PM on Jul 12th 2007
13. See Mo? This is why I'm not too proud of my New Jersey heritage. Sure, we are the crossroads of the American Revolution and I love every bit of history that is associated with the state. However, we're made out to look like a bunch of morons thanks to our dear Miss New Jersey who's making a big deal out of some not so shocking 'mammary munching' photographs.
And she's a theatre major, which makes me giggle. I'm more of a theatre major than she'll ever be. I've done numerous plays and musicals throughout high school, including Glad Hand from 'West Side Story', Ed from 'You Can't Take It With You', and William Butler Yeats in a small play entitled 'Anima Mundi'. Perhaps she is just really dramatic about things and craves the attention that only a faceback fiasco could provide. Maybe a job in social networking is more suited for her than the theatre. It's not like any self respecting Broadway company would hire this ditzy little blonde unless the role was 'Miss New Jersey.'
New Jersey needs to be looked upon more highly. Sure, we make alot of pollution, we reinvented the goombah stereotype, we're the original home of that Jon Stuart weirdo, we have two of the worst cities in the United States (Camden and Newark), Gov. Jim McGreevy's scandal, and we have the highest income per capita of the states as well but rampant poverty still ensues here.
So I say, cast off your facebook photographs Miss Jersey! Shake the bonds of oppression and heed the call of your state! Remember Washington's battle at Trenton, the hardworking but hard rocking American embodied by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi. And pork roll, the single most disgusting but delicious delicacy this state can provide.
Take pride in your state fellow residents (at least till I can afford to live in New York)
Your friend Blayze "Shaggy" O'Brien from the Bee
bobrien at 3:11PM on Jul 12th 2007
14. I would love to lick her ahole
hvycummerr at 3:44PM on Jul 12th 2007
15. If these photos are incriminating, then 85% of the women would have to drop out of the competition. In actuality, the person that submitted the photos only gave Ms. New Jersey more popularity because all the focus is on her now. May that was the motivation of sending in the photos in the first place-a type of reverse inuendo. hmmm. The pictures are not even bad. That is an illustration of 95% of college life in the 21st Century. We have to rationalize and live with it because it isn't going to change soon.
THERESA at 4:53PM on Jul 12th 2007