Although an independent volunteer official had issue with her swim suit, Leidy Gellona told her mom, "I'm not going to take it off." Officials later told mother & daughter that it wasn’t about the message but the fact that it did not meet the “logo standards”. Yea right....
Leidy was ultimately able to compete. The vice president of the YMCA showed up & somehow the disqualification was reversed. Imagine that....
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