ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Bristol Palin was well worth the $332,500 she was paid to be an ambassador for a foundation aiming to prevent teen pregnancy, the organization’s founder said Wednesday.
In her 2009 debut with The Candies Foundation, the unwed mother and daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was paid $262,500 for 15 to 20 days of work, and another $70,000 for a less amount of work last year.
The money spent has been “an amazing investment,” according to foundation founder Neil Cole.
The fact that the 20-year-old Bristol Palin was a teen mother herself shows the problem is a national epidemic, not one limited to inner cities or minorities, Cole said.
Palin family attorney John Tiemessen did not immediately return requests for comment Wednesday.
Bristol Palin was 18 when she took the job with the New York-based foundation in 2009. The Associated Press
