Beauty Queen Is a Counterfeit(er)

Is there anything in New Jersey that isn't fake? Too bad she didn't put her counterfeiting skills to good use, like you know bribing the pageant judges.

A Former New Jersey beauty pageant contestant and her mother were two of three suspects arrested in a counterfeit money-making plot, MyFOXPhilly.com reported.

Ashley Fuhrmeister, who was Miss North Wildwood in 2007, was arrested Friday and accused of using fake $50 bills at two stores, according to MyFOXPhilly.com.

At least they stuck to the other New Jersey value, that being keeping it all in the family.

Fuhrmeister, 21, was released on her own recognizance.

So all you sharp eyed America's Most Wanted types might want to make sure she is abiding by the terms of her release.

And no sooner do I write about a New Jersey beauty contestant throwing around phony money then I find a story about a teen Miss Connecticut Outstanding Teen winner dispensing booze at a party.

Wolcott police say two dozen arrests for underage drinking have been made at the home of Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen.

How long before the outrage sweeps this country and beauty contest are condemned as a sort of gateway drug to a life of crime.

You Can't Fool These Babes

Not sure whether Miss Teen South Carolina would have been able to spot the fakes, but don't try and pull a fast one on the ladies who work the pole.

Fake money doesn't fool Tenn. strippers

SMYRNA, Tenn. - A man who authorities say used his computer to make fake $100 bills to buy lap dances at a strip club has pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges, federal prosecutors said.

Strippers at Deja Vu in Nashville were suspicious of the bills and called police after Damon Armagost spent $600 of the fake money April 16, authorities said.

When officers arrived, Armagost first told them he got the money when he sold gold coins for $1,400 to an unidentified person.

U.S. Secret Service agents later determined that counterfeit bills with the same serial number had been passed in other parts of the country. When they went to Armagost's Smyrna home, about 20 miles southeast of Nashville, a family member told agents that an image of a $100 bill had been on a computer there.

Now that the $100 bill is getting a makeover, I hope the ladies stay on alert.