ane . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁For ▁her ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Virginia , ▁Jenn ings ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁" Out standing ▁Villa iness " ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁annual ▁So ap ▁Opera ▁Dig est ▁Awards ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁Kath le en ▁Morgan ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁Record ▁said ▁the ▁tur key ▁b aster ▁story line ▁was ▁" in cred ible ". ▁While ▁the ▁Pitts burgh ▁Post - G az ette ▁included ▁the ▁story line ▁in ▁their ▁feature ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁" over - the - top " ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁soap ▁opera . ▁They ▁added ▁that ▁" st ick ing ▁it ▁in ▁another ▁woman " ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁" out rage ous " ▁plot ▁to ▁ever ▁feature ▁in ▁the ▁genre . ▁However , ▁the ▁story line ▁proved ▁controvers ial ▁with ▁some ▁view ers . ▁Cand ace ▁Hav ens ▁of ▁the ▁Char l eston ▁Gazette - Mail ▁said ▁" It ▁is ▁certainly ▁an ▁un com fort able ▁story line ▁for ▁view ers . ▁Let ' s ▁hope ▁it ▁ends ▁soon ". ▁She ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁through ▁the ▁story line , ▁Sun set ▁Beach ▁showed ▁how ▁a ▁" f led ging ▁soap ▁opera " ▁does ▁not ▁always ▁" st ick ▁with ▁what ▁works " ▁with ▁view ers . ▁Hav ens ▁later ▁op ined ▁that ▁Virginia ▁was ▁character ized ▁as ▁a ▁" bad ▁girl ". ▁S ally ▁Stone ▁of ▁the ▁Port sm outh ▁Daily ▁Times ▁said ▁that ▁Virginia ▁delivered ▁" a ▁nast y ▁K od ak ▁moment "