A Karelian woman vying for what Australian tourism officials call "The Best Job in the World" has been dropped from the competition after her home sex video was posted on the Internet.| Don't you just hate when that happens? |
| Girls Gone Wild does Queensland .. and Moscow ... |
Yalovitsyna was the only Russian to make it to the final stage of the contest, which attracted more than 34,000 applicants worldwide for the job of caretaker on Hamilton Island, off the Australian coast. The competition is part of a publicity drive by tourism officials in Australia's northern state of Queensland.
Yalovitsyna said Thursday that the sex video featuring her was on the hard drive of a computer that was seized as part of a criminal investigation against her husband, who is suspected of illegally distributing pornography.
| And who apparently had a willing wife ... |
"Something that is part of my private life was posted on the Internet," Yalovitsyna told RIA-Novosti. "The sexual lives of me and of my beloved were opened to public access."
| Private life, meaning pay-for-view ... |
| Somewhere out there .com is pounding his keyboard in frustration ... |
Reached by The Moscow Times on her cell phone Thursday afternoon, Yalovitsyna declined immediate comment.
The winner of the contest will be paid AU$150,000 ($95,000) for a six-month job that includes onerous duties such as whale watching, snorkeling and testing luxury spa treatments.
Each of the 50 finalists posted a short video on the contest's web site, and visitors were able to vote for their favorites.
...and she didn't win?
Yalovitsyna's video was in second place when she was dropped from the running.
Must've sent in the wrong video.
The contestant who gets the most votes is guaranteed a final interview for the job.
Haynes said the criminal case involving her husband played no role in Yalovitsyna's exclusion from the contest. "[She] has told us she is not involved in this matter, and our investigations have not found any evidence to the contrary," Haynes said in the statement, which was posted on Tourism Queensland's web site.