April 20, Mixing a beauty pageant with politics is a recipe for disaster. You could make a strong case for it, anyway.

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Contentious litigation between Prejean and the Miss California organization was settled in November Later that month, Prejean released a book relating the story from her point of view. Her mother is an Italian American, and her father is of French descent. In , Prejean's parents separated and subsequently started divorce proceedings. According to her autobiography, Prejean considered the divorce a "trauma that irrevocably shaped the rest of my life". Prejean graduated in from Vista High School. She studied at San Diego Christian College , an evangelical private school located in El Cajon, California , and attends the Rock Church , where she volunteers with their outreach ministries , [6] including JC's Girls. She has also appeared in Bliss magazine, as a model for E! Prejean's answer to her final question during the pageant became the subject of controversy. Prejean received nationwide attention over her response to a question about same-sex marriage during the Miss USA pageant.
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Miss California USA. The advertisement , which accuses same-sex marriage backers of trying to silence opponents like Ms. Prejean, is the latest step into advocacy for the year old Miss California. Prejean, who started giving interviews to the news media shortly after the Miss USA pageant.
Miss California Carrie Prejean, who became the bombshell of the Miss USA pageant by saying gay couples should not be allowed to marry, said her state sponsors urged her to apologise afterwards but she rejected the advice. Ms Prejean, 21, said officials from the Miss California USA pageant were worried that her comments would cost their contest financial backing and tried to prepare her for a string of post-pageant media interviews by discouraging her from discussing her religious beliefs. You need to not talk about your faith. She offered her version of the tense hours following the 19 April Miss USA pageant while appearing at the San Diego megachurch that has helped shape her views.