She immediately reported the incident to Pierce County Sheriff's Department, and the now ex-boyfriend went on to plead guilty to a domestic violence charge.

[3] The week before she was to crown her successor as Miss Washington, Umemoto held a press conference to address a controversy over suggestive photos of her that had been leaked and published by TMZ.

At the press gathering, she apologized for photos in which she was seen playing a college drinking games and making sillty, obscene hand gestures while wearing her pageant crown.

[4] Following her stint as Miss Washington, Umemoto moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she starting working as the manager of a dance team.

Umemoto would later form a tight bond with Lusth, becoming part of his alliance along with Jim Rice, Keith Tollefson, and Whitney Duncan.

By Episode Four, however, Rice became leery of Umemoto and Lusth's relationship, and along with John Cochran, hatched a plan to eliminate her.

On Day 14, though, Savaii lost the immunity challenge, and both Rice and Cochran convinced Dawn Meehan to join them in blindsiding Umemoto.