Before: A University of Arizona law student, who had won the title of Miss Pima County in 2005, was a supporter of S.H.A.R.P. (Students Helping and Reaching People), and the drama of her life involved doing a theatrical interpretation of the "Phenomenal Woman".
After:
In the most recent of a slew of beauty pageant gals gone awry, 25-year old Kumari Fulbright of Arizona kidnapped her ex-boyfriend with a few friends and tortured, robbed, and beat him for several hours, telling him she would kill him while holding a butcher knife in his ear. She was indicted along with the accomplices, yielding this mugshot:
Not so pretty after 10 hours of hooliganism. This story has been getting lots of attention on the internet, namely being run as top news stories on abcnews.com, aol.com, and yahoo.com, to name a few of the more viewed.
Another story that gained a lot of buzz at one time was the story of the peppered dress, when Miss Puerto Rico Ingrid Marie Rivera claimed that ruthless pageant sabateurs had put pepper spray in her evening gown, causing her to have an itchy allergic reaction. Then there were the test results that came out saying there were no traces of pepper spray on the dress, causing most people to think she was either delusional or opportunistic.
What didn't gain much press, and has been overshadowed by Fulbright, is the fact that the second forensic test proved that there were traces of pepper spray on her gown. Why haven't the media outlets put this up in their headlines with the same voracity they did the veiled allegations? Not as interesting I suppose.
It's disappointing to see that even the big boys work in absolutes, she was already painted as a victim, then as a bad character, can't do another 180... the fact is the truth isn't as valued as the scandal, and Fulbright will continue to soak up the sour limelight.
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