Antonella Barba's Racy Photo Finish

The Headmistress also would not let Antonella answer the question about whether she gets acrylic tips on her fingernails, saying, "You know what -- we're going to skip over that question and focus back on Antonella's career."

In fairness, the questions did all tend to lead back to The Photos: Was her run on "Idol" cut short by The Pictures? Was she prevented from enjoying her time on "Idol" by The Pictures? Did The Pictures teach her that there is no such thing as bad publicity? And, where did you get that green dress?

"Yes, it's true that my name is more well-known because of it, but . . . I'm not known for the things that I would like to be known for right now," Antonella told TRWCT.

"I wanted to make a name for myself in singing. I wasn't trying to promote myself in any way that has been made apparent."

Asked whether her next career move will be more carefully planned to focus back on her singing, Antonella said, "I'm definitely not opposed to taking other offers, such as acting or modeling or something."

But, she hastened to add -- and, closing our eyes, we could imagine The Headmistress poking her in the ribs -- "The pictures that have been released of me, the ones that actually are me, they were very personal and that is not how I intended to portray myself, nor do I intend to portray myself in the future. That's just not the way I'm trying to promote myself. I'd rather promote myself in a more classy way."

The Headmistress would not allow Antonella to answer a question about the offer she's received to become the newest member of the "Girls Gone Wild" family, for a quarter of a million dollars. No reporter was brave enough to ask her about the half a million she'd been offered to become the spokeswoman for a company that puts out adult entertainment DVDs.

Which is why it was so odd that The Headmistress let slip through a question as to whether Antonella was entertaining an offer to pose in Playboy.

She said she'd never heard of that. Then she said she had heard of it but she had not been approached.

"Would you do it?" asked the reporter.

"No," Antonella said.

"Absolutely not?" the reporter continued.

(crickets)

"Well, right now I want to look at all the offers I get and sort out what's best for me right now."