Fiona: Matt offered me $200 to appear in Diamond Magazine

“I was just about to graduate and wanted to do something fun and cool before entering the real world” – Fiona, explaining why she consented to be in the magazine. Fiona’s involvement seems to be more an error of communication than any expressed desire on her part to be the several page feature of a self-professed porno magazine. According to Fiona, Matt Di Pasquale approached her in May, asking if she wanted to be in a relationship/dating magazine analogous to a men’s version of Cosmopolitan.

He stated that he was looking for models, and offered her $200 compensation for her time. Since he offered to give all the photographs and allow her to not only control the clothes she wore but also which pictures actually appeared in the magazine, she figured she had nothing to lose. Fiona, who has known Di Pasquale since freshman year, noted that during the entire process “he was very nice and professional . . . never pressuring me into poses or attire in which I did not feel comfortable”.

While no other girls were present at the time of the shooting, Di Pasquale assured her that he intended to seek models. Later in the summer he gave some indication that he was having difficulty procuring more models, but still gave no indication as to how much emphasis he would place on her photographs. Despite the amount of control she felt she had during the process – such as the pictures used and the identifying information she allowed Di Pasquale to include, she was incredibly surprised when she saw the magazine after it was published.