of service because he refused to wear a speedo. lester says no man his age has any business wearing a skimpy swim suit and he s suing new york state for what he says is age discrimination. he joins me via skype from garden city, new york. thank you so much for joining us. hi. we showed pictures of you throughout the hour. you obviously are in fit shape. not only physically but mentally you re alert and you do a great job by all accounts in everything that i ve read. what is your issue with the speedo here? is it about, listen, i don t have to wear it to do my job? what is your issue here? you know what? at a certain point, and i guess it s around the time you start wearing glasses, you shouldn t be wearing speedos. the older you are, the less skin you should show. and it s just speedo is not appropriate for someone my age. does the speedo make you a better life guard? why did they explain to you that you would need to wear it?
hey, sit down. pour me some frozen lemonade. it tastes pretty good i think. i m going to change into my swim suit. perfect. yeah. while this potential predator and decoy chat, we are trying to figure out which one he is. you don t look 29. so what do you want to do? anything you want to. what did you have in mind? i don t know. i think actions speak louder than words. i head out to meet him carrying a chat log. actions speak louder than words, huh? have a seat over there on the stool for your first action. how are you doing, sir? tie chat log i have belongs to someone else. how old are you? 17. try again. 17. i lied my age. 17. why would you lie and say that you re 29? 29? i m not 29. what is your screen name? it s called hennessey. mystery solved.
tell us what you will be wearing. do you think what you are doing and what you ll be wearing in any way, form, or fashion compromises the teachings of islam? okay. firstly, i m not going to be wearing a bikini, i ll be wearing a one-piece swim suit with a sorong. i believe what i m doing there s nothing wrong with it. there s a minority out there who do not adhere to their own values, that s all religions. these things are never highlighted, they re seen as normal and accepted. but all of a sudden because a muslim girl has come forward and trying to follow her dream and she wants to pursue this and represent her country she s getting attacked for it. so i don t think i m doing anything wrong. well, ma am, do you think conversely that what you are doing and if you were able to win that it s something that should be celebrated? that other muslim women should
with what i m doing. yeah, and some of it is nastiness out there. people talk on the internet and say things like that. has your personal safety at some point been compromised or threatened as you ve been out in the public? i didn t receive any direct threats, however, i did receive links, video links which would make one believe that my life could be in danger because there were links showing that things could possibly happen to me. it wasn t nice to receive. it was very threatening. i saw it as threats. how would you describe yourself, ma am? some of the fellow muslims are saying this is islam they talk about swim suit competition. we ll get to the swim suit in a second, but are you a religious
their careers are based on strutting their stuff in bikinis on national television. a sexy new photo shoot being called too hot, way too hot by critics in the miss usa pageant sparking backlash tpoerb the organization. trace gallagher live with more on this. i take it these are not your grandmother s pj s. reporter: no, this contest has been surrounded by controversy for four of the past five years. remember, miss usa is open to women 18 years and up, and it really involves just three competitions, swim suit, evening gown and the interview and now some new controversial pictures have emerged, but these things weren t uncovered, in fact they were taken by the miss usa pageant, we are talking about contestants in very sexy lingerie, fish net stockings,