Trump Fires Miss California Carrie Prejean for 'Contract Violations'
- Katherine T. Phan - CNSNews.com
- Jun 11, 2009
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has been fired for not upholding her contractual duties, pageant officials and owner Donald Trump announced in a statement Wednesday.
The left-field announcement comes just one month after Trump, who owns the Miss Universe franchise, appeared with Prejean in a press conference and said the 22-year-old beauty queen could keep her crown amid a strong wave of criticism from gay marriage supporters.
Prejean had made headlines since the Miss USA pageant in April, when she famously said she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman in response to a question asked by celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton.
On Wednesday, however, Keith Lewis, executive director of Miss California USA, emphasized in the statement that the decision to fire Prejean was strictly based on her failure to fulfill obligations outlined in her contract and not based on her views on gay marriage.
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