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Miss USA stories: 27 news summaries

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 Prejean's Résumé 
 Includes 7 More 
 Sex Tapes 

Former Miss California USA caught with pants down

Nov 13, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - When Carrie Prejean called a sex tape she made for an ex "the biggest mistake of my life," she apparently forgot about the existence of seven other nudie videos. To go along with the anti-gay-marriage lightning rod's video stash are 30 photos of the former Miss California USA... More »

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Says PREJEAN, TMZ

 Trump Weeds Out Ugly Girls 

Yes, the Donald has a special rule for it and everything

Nov 12, 09 11:51 AM CST
(Newser) - In her new book, Carrie Prejean claims Donald Trump weeds less-than-attractive girls out of the Miss USA pageant, and TMZ says she’s right. In an audio tape from the 2009 pre-show screening, the Donald executes “The Trump Rule,” which declares that almost half of the women who... More »

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entertainment • Donald Trump • Miss Universe • Miss USA • beauty pageants • Miss America • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

'God Chose Me' to Defend Marriage: Prejean

'I had the courage and the bravery that a lot of people don’t have': ex-Miss Calif.

Sep 18, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean says she believes she was divinely chosen as a defender of traditional marriage, Politico reports. “God had a plan for me” when he arranged for her to answer Perez Hilton’s question on gay marriage during the 2009 Miss USA pageant, Prejean told the Value Voters Summit... More »

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 Trump Fixes 
 Miss Universe, 
 Picks 6 Finalists 

Wants to make sure prettiest girls make cut

Sep 2, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Trump fixes part of the Miss Universe pageant to make sure the prettiest girls don't get cut too soon, the competition's choreographer tells Guanabee. "It’s just kind of common knowledge that he picks six of the top 15 single-handedly," says Michael Schwandt. Before the show, The... More »

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 Axed Miss Calif. 
 Sues Pageant 

Carrie Prejean accuses pageant officials of religious discrimination

Sep 1, 09 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean has filed a lawsuit against the officials who stripped her of the Miss California title, CNN reports. Prejean—who sparked an uproar when she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage at the Miss USA pageant earlier this year—alleges that she suffered from libel and... More »

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(Newser) - Former Miss California and gay-marriage opponent Carrie Prejean will pen a memoir about her time at the center of a media maelstrom, US News & World Report notes. Still Standing is due on shelves before Christmas. “The 22-year-old won the respect of millions for modeling something other than evening... More »

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GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Heidi to Bare All for Playboy 

Also, New Orleans campaigns for a famous mayor, and more

Jun 12, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In case you didn’t get enough of her on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, you’ll be able to see all of Heidi Pratt, née Montag, in September’s Playboy, People reports. “There is nudity. It's tasteful,” says a source. Elsewhere:... More »

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 Pageant Pushed 
 Playboy: Prejean 

But nasty e-mails make Carrie seem like the one at fault

Jun 11, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accusations are flying between Carrie Prejean and Miss California pageant officials, TMZ reports. The dethroned winner says a pageant exec tried to force her to appear semi-nude in Playboy; Keith Lewis says he was honoring her wish that he pass along offers before declining them. The high-profile gay-marriage opponent also... More »

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 I Dated 
 Miss Cali's 
 Mom: Ex-Galpal 

Tabloid reveals secret lesbian affair

May 21, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Infamous gay marriage opponent Carrie Prejean is back in the tabloids. Miss California’s mother, Francine Coppola, had an affair with another woman, Star reports. “Yes, Francine and I dated,” her ex-girlfriend Valerie Vetrano says. But it ended when “Francine explained how she was a Christian and... More »

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 Miss Cali Snags 
 Fox News Gig 

Prejean will guest host popular morning show

May 15, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what seems perhaps an inevitable move, Carrie Prejean will guest host a Fox News Channel morning show May 27, according to US News & World Report. Miss California, who became a hero of gay marriage opponents during the Miss USA pageant, will fill in for Gretchen Carlson on Fox ... More »

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 Director Moakler Bails 
 On Miss Cali Pageant 

Executive director resigns a day after decision

May 13, 09 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shanna Moakler has resigned as executive director of the Miss California USA pageant, she tells Us magazine a day after Carrie Prejean was allowed to keep her crown and Donald Trump promised all was well in pageant-land. “I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the... More »

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(AP) - Officials of the Miss California USA pageant have strongly criticized titleholder Carrie Prejean, but said today it's not their decision whether she should be stripped of her crown. Co-executive directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler told a Beverly Hills press conference that only Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump can... More »

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Guess Who's Friends With Miss California

Prejean's dad says Palin called—and gay community's 'empathic'

May 9, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean’s dad says support for his daughter has been pouring in, and she received a call from an equally controversial governor. “She called her directly to offer support,” William Prejean said of Sarah Palin. He also says Carrie has gotten encouragement from an even less likely... More »

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 Racy Photos May 
 Cost Prejean 
 Her Crown 

No decision yet from pageant officials

May 6, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The seminude photos of Carrie Prejean that emerged recently may not be the only ones—and the secret snaps could cost the controversial gay marriage opponent the Miss California crown, CNN reports. Pageant officials held closed-door meetings yesterday to discuss Prejean’s fate. “The reports say that there are... More »

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(Newser) - Want to see Miss California’s fake boobs? A nearly-nude shot of Carrie Prejean surfaced yesterday on TheDirty.com, showing the model topless, but with her arm over her breasts. The site claims to have five more shots, including one of her completely nude, but even a single semi-nude shot... More »

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 We Paid for 
 Implants:  
 Pageant Boss 

We wanted to boost her confidence, says co-director

May 1, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another Miss California pageant organizer has confirmed that the pageant paid for winner Carrie Prejean’s breast implants, the Huffington Post reports. “We assisted when Carrie came to us and voiced the interest in having the procedure done,” said co-director Keith Lewis on CBS' Early Show, though “... More »

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(Newser) - Carrie Prejean—the Miss USA contestant whose views on gay marriage made her an instant celebrity—now has another media flap to deal with: The organizers of the Miss California pageant say they paid for her to have breast implants, reports Access Hollywood. "It's not a rarity," says... More »

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 Miss California 
 'Made Me Laugh': Rosie 

Comedian found gay marriage comment funny

Apr 29, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was only a matter of time before Rosie O’Donnell commented on Miss California’s gay marriage drama, but the comic wasn’t too harsh. Carrie Prejean’s comment “made me laugh,” O’Donnell told the New York Daily News. “She said, ‘In America, you... More »

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(Newser) - Carrie Prejean, the controversial Miss California, defied state sponsors who asked her to apologize for her remarks about gay marriage, the AP reports. On the contrary, Prejean—coached by her San Diego megachurch’s founder, a former NFL player—has become more resolute in her beliefs. “I learned that... More »

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 Gay-Rights Group 
 Reaches Out to 
 Miss California 

Group hopes to change her mind in light of anti-gay harassment

Apr 23, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean, the Miss USA contestant who stirred up controversy with her opposition to gay marriage, may soon be having dinner with gays and lesbians from her home state, the San Francisco Bay Times reports. Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, said he invited Prejean because “Miss California... More »

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