Miss California Carrie Prejean Nude Photos Scandal Hits the Web

Carrie Prejean vs. Perez Hilton

The first runner-up in the Miss USA competition first came to national attention not as a finalist in the competition, but as THE finalist who answered a politically-charged question asked by homosexual activist judge Perez Hilton about gay marriage. Prejean's honest opinion about marriage being between a man and a woman incensed the judge to the point of not only mocking Prejean publicly on his blog, but using hate speech in the terms he called her. You can read more about this at Miss California - Intolerance at the Miss USA Pageant.

Carrie Prejean and the "Nude" Photos Scandal

Now those who mocked Prejean for her Christian beliefs on the show are mocking her for ill-advised photos taken of her as a teen. I get it. The photos are in poor taste. I agree. I don't like them, either. But I don't think Prejean's detractors dislike the photos as much as I do. After all, Prejean's detractors are for all sorts of sexual liberties. And honestly, in the age of sexting and Brittny Spears' public vagina, Prejean's photos are relatively innocuous. The ones flying around the web today are neither nude nor are they topless. They show a young woman - probably a teen, who looks a great deal like Miss California, wearing pink panties and covering her top with her arms - much like what you see in perfume commercials or provocative teen clothing catalogs.

Carrie Prejean Addresses the "Topless" Photos

While some question whether or not the photos are really of Carrie Prejean, Prejean herself has not disputed that. What she has said is the photos were leaked to a web site that openly mocks her for her Christian faith, stating that
she is a modle and models pose for lingerie and swimwear photos. In her formal statement, Prejean says in part, "I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be. But these attacks on me and others who speak in defense of traditional marriage are intolerant and offensive."

Miss California USA Pageant Weighs in on "Topless" Photos

Now the directors of the Miss California USA pageant are reportedly looking into whether Carrie Prejean violated her contract by posing semi-clothed when she was a teenage model. Pageant spokesman Roger Neal said Tuesday that Carrie Prejean may have violated the 12-page contract that prospective contestants are required to sign before competing in the contest which asks if the contestants have ever been photographed nude or partially nude.

Whatever the outcome of the "nude photos scandal," Carrie Prejean has learned that teenage indiscretions can come back to bit you as an adult, and that her detractors will stoop to any level to shut her up and discredit her.

Sources

Miss California - Intolerance at the Miss USA Pageant
TheDirty.com
squidoo.com/CarriePrejean
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/05/05/273185.aspx
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/05/2009-05-05_miss_california_carrie_prejean_says_racy_web_photos_posted_to_mock_faith_.html