JonBenet had the breeding to make a beauty queen. Her father, John, is a handsome former navy officer and a private pilot, but just as important, in a field where little girls compete in gowns that can cost $1,000, he is rich. Access Graphics, the computer company he helped found and still runs after its sale to Lockheed, just reached $1 billion in sales, an achievement proudly noted in the Christmas letter his wife, Patsy, sent to friends last year. (Other Ramsey family news: JonBenet's brother Burke "is a busy fourth grader where he shines in math and spelling ..."; "JonBenet is enjoying her first year in real school ... She continues to enjoy participating in talent and modeling pageants.") Patsy herself was Miss West Virginia in 1977, as was JonBenet's aunt Pamela, two years later—making them only the second pair of sisters ever to compete in the Miss America pageant. NEWSWEEK Contributing Editor Frank Deford, who was a Miss America judge the year JonBenet's mother competed, said his notes show that she listed herself as 5 feet 6, 110 pounds, measuring 35-23-35 ("although that's what they all wrote," Deford added). He wrote down that she "speaks well," but described her as "a little automaton." Twenty years later, photographer Randy Simon, who put together a portfolio of JonBenet's pictures, noted that the girl "could hold a pose forever.""Denver lawyer Larry Pozner, past president of the National Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers, said there are "serious questions" about the case.
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