US beauty queen may lose her crown · 2009-05-06 17:40
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean "breached her contract" by keeping semi-nude photos a secret and could be stripped of her beauty queen title, according to a state pageant spokesman.
Prejean said the photos ??“ taken when she was 17 and aspiring to be a Victoria's Secret model ??“ were being used in a "vicious and mean-spirited" effort to silence her for "defending traditional marriage."
The 21-year-old Miss USA contestant has been the center of controversy since she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage in a response to a question on the pageant stage last month, CNN reports.
"That answer, and my commitment to stand by my beliefs, has since resulted in attacks on me and my integrity as a woman," Prejean said in a news release dated Tuesday.
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