ESTA - limits

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Did you update your ESTA to include your overstay?

Entering using VWP after you have lost your VWP privileges is misrepresentation.

Question 8 in the first section explicitly asks about overstays, too:

8) Have you ever stayed in the United States longer than the admission period granted to you by the U.S. government?

Also: http://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/frequently-asked-questions-about-visa-waiver-program-vwp-and-electronic-system-travel

How long is a travel authorization via ESTA valid?

[...]or (5) the circumstances underlying the traveler’s previous responses to any of the ESTA application questions requiring a “yes” or “no” response have changed. The associated fee will be charged for each new application submitted.

Edited December 4, 2014 by lost_at_sea

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Sounds like she blagged it and got lucky.