She drove the web wild — and this police officer nuts.
The Georgia sorority lady whose “scorching mugshot” went viral Wednesday informed The Publish she was arrested as a result of she “by accident” began dashing instantly after getting ticketed … for dashing.
Lily Stewart, 20 — whose flawless arrest picture made the web swoon — mentioned she was cuffed for the double oopsie whereas driving to a birthday bash on a rural highway March 8.
“It was the second time dashing that obtained me arrested,” she informed The Publish. “[The cop] positioned me in handcuffs and put me within the again of his automotive.”
Stewart, who’s a member of the Alpha Chi sorority, mentioned a Georgia State Patrol officer first pulled her over for driving roughly 75 mph in a 55 mph zone not removed from Athens.
“The officer noticed me whereas he was driving the other way. He was like, ‘You’re dashing’ and he was tremendous pleasant, and I used to be tremendous pleasant, and he wrote me a ticket,” the College of Georgia scholar mentioned.
“As quickly as I obtained again within the automotive, I pulled out — and by accident began dashing once more. By the point I caught myself, he pulled me over and arrested me.”
It was straightforward to unwittingly drive too quick on the nation highway, she mentioned, as a result of “it was fully empty” with “cows grazing cows on both aspect.”
Stewart’s mugshot — which options her with a brilliant smile and spotless make-up — charmed social media customers, with followers providing to pay her bail and one gushing, “They accomplished locked up Miss America!”
However the scholar mentioned she’s been laughing off the eye, which has included each reward and jokes about her glamorous look.
“I believe it’s hilarious. I don’t know what all of the hype is about. I simply took a mugshot and went on with my day,” she mentioned.
“I like all of the feedback poking enjoyable at me, saying, ‘She was on her option to Lululemon’ or ‘She will need to have needed to [pee] actually unhealthy.”
“I don’t let it get beneath my pores and skin an excessive amount of,” she mentioned.
The explanation her mugshot is model-worthy is as a result of timing of getting pulled over, she mentioned.
“I used to be going to a good friend’s birthday in Milledgeville, [Ga.] — and I had simply gotten prepared not lengthy earlier than, in order that’s possibly why my make-up and hair nonetheless regarded good,” she mentioned.
On Wednesday, social media blew up with feedback about her arrest picture with some mock-pleading her innocence.
“No matter she did my coronary heart says she’s harmless,” one person wrote.
“How a lot is her bail? I’ll pay it,” one other quipped on X — whereas a 3rd questioned, “Is her cellphone quantity within the [police] report?”
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