Paige Duke, the 24-year-old "(Nude) Miss Sprint Cup," recently received a call from a guy friend with whom she went to Clemson University. He told her he got, and then forwarded, an email that contained racy pictures. Racy pictures, he thought, of Ms. Duke. He was right.
"I just burst out into tears," Duke told the Observer. "I couldn't believe this was coming back from six years ago."
She said she was an 18-year-old college freshman when she sent the photos to her then-boyfriend.
"I never intended for anyone to see them but my ex-boyfriend," she said. "I was in love with him. I was naïve and young."
She soon learned that the photos had been circulating for years by email, and they had recently been posted to an online forum.
They ended up costing her her NASCAR gig, but this did not break Ms. Duke. On Twitter, where she describes herself as a "Clemson Tiger, animal nurse, and professional sweetheart ;)" she noted, "When push comes to shove, you taste what ur made of... On ur knees u look up decide you've had enough, U get mad U get strong, Then u Stand."
Nothing short of inspirational.
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