Carrie Prejean: Fired as Miss California

Carrie Prejean: Fired as Miss California

Beauty queen Carrie Prejean, who ignited rage at the Miss USA pageant by taking a stand against gay marriage, has been fired as Miss California for violating her contract. On Wednesday the officials have confirmed the news.

Carrie Prejean, who nearly lost her Miss California crown last month after the same-sex marriage flap and revelations that she had posed topless at an age of seventeen, failed to fulfill her duties. A pageant spokesman has said so.

In a statement Keith Lewis, the pageant's executive director remarked, "This was a decision based solely on contract violations including Ms. Prejean's unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization."

The pageant added that the owner Donald Trump, who had stood by twenty two year old Prejean,  in spite the uproar over her same-sex marriage remarks and racy photos, backed her dismissal.

"I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so." Donald Trump said in the statement.

He continued, "Unfortunately it just doesn't look like it's going to happen and I offered Keith my full support in making this decision." "Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues other interests."

Pageant officials said that the first runner-up Tami Farrell would assume the crown and take over Prejean's duties as Miss California.

The remarks of Carrie Prejean at the Miss USA pageant came after judge and internet gossip mogul Perez Hilton asked her if every U.S. state should legalize same-sex marriage.

At this she replied, "in my country, in my family, I do believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that's how I was raised."

Her views, and the strident reaction to them, came in the midst of  nationwide debates over same-sex weddings which have currently been legalized in five U.S. States . However it was banned in a California referendum in the month of November.

Carrie Prejean defended her answer while acting as a fill-in host on the "Fox and Friends" program on the Fox network. She also said that her position was similar to that taken by President Barack Obama.