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Miss America targets internet predators

April 25, 2007 -- Miss America Lauren Nelson can now add Long Island crimefighter to her résumé.

The Oklahoma beauty recently went undercover with police in Suffolk County to participate in a sting operation targeting sexual predators.

Officers with the county's computer crimes unit created an online profile of a 14-year-old girl that included photographs of Nelson as a teenager.

"I got to chat online with the predators and made phone calls, too," said Nelson, 20. "The [police] were there the whole time."

Nelson then arranged to meet the men at a home on Long Island where police and camera crews were waiting.

The operation was taped for Fox television's "America's Most Wanted," and will air on Saturday.

At least four men were arrested during the sting and face criminal charges, said Avery Mann, a show spokesman.