Miss California Carrie Prejean competes during the 2009 Miss USA Pageant last month. Carrie Prejean finished as runner-up in the competition and controversy swirled over her response to a question regarding same-sex marriage.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean poses in the press room at the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Donald Trump announced today that Miss California Carrie Prejean will keep her crown. Photos were released by a photographer that show Prejean during a photo shoot when she was 17 years old.
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Carrie Prejean spoke out against the hateful attacks against her, including the revealing leaked photos that were posted on the internet recently.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean addressed concerns regarding her response to a question asked by Perez Hilton during the pageant as well as revealing photos leaked on the internet.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean will continue to do her duties as Miss California after Donald Trump announced she will keep her crown amid controversy regarding photos released on TMZ.com.
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Carrie Prejean is seen here during a photo that she claims was taken in between shots at a photo shoot when she first began her modeling career.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean addressed the issues surrounding photos leaked on the Internet and the recent hateful attacks that have been directed toward her. She also thanked the people who have supported her and sent her fan mail during the recent controversy.
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Miss California Carie Prejean is seen here duing a photo shoot. Prejean attributed the topless photos to the wind and that they were taken in between sessions.
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Carrie Prejean poses for a photo in front of the horizon during a photo shoot. Prejean, Miss California, said the photos were taken when she was 17 and just starting out as a model.
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Miss California has spoken out against the photographer who released revealing photos of her on the Internet which put her crown in jeopardy.
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Revealing photos like this one threatened Carrie Prejean’s title as Miss California.
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Twenty-one-year-old Carrie Prejean said that she posed for these photos four years ago, and that the revealing photographs were not taken as part of the actual photo shoot.
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Miss California USA Carrie Prejean will retain her crown as Donald Trump believes that the photos released do not affect her ability to serve as Miss California.
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Revealing photos like this one threatened Carrie Prejean’s title as Miss California.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean is seen here answering a question regarding same-sex marriage asked by Miss USA judge Perez Hilton.
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Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton reacts with Miss California Carrie Prejean as Dalton is announced as Miss America 2009 during the Miss USA Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean poses in the press room at the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean signs autographs after the Dove awards in Nashville, Tenn.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean waves as she comes on stage at the Rock Church during services in San Diego.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean listens to a question at the Rock Church during services in San Diego.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean reads from a bible during services at the Rock Church in San Diego.
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Miss California Carrie Prejean interacts with the audience during a Rock Church servic in San Diego. Prejean has been in the media spotlight because of her response to a question regarding same-sex marriage during the Miss USA pageant.
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Carrie Prejean, Miss California and runner-up in the Miss USA pageant, has teamed up with the National Organization for Marriage, who will be using footage of Ms. Prejean’s pageant interview in a new television ad about gay marriage. Ms. Prejean joined the organization to preview the ad at the National Press Club. She believes that her statement, that marriage should be between a man and a woman, cost her the crown.
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Carrie Prejean will retain her title as Miss California after the directors of the Miss California USA pageant looked into whether she violated her contract by working with a national group opposed to same-sex marriage and by posing semi-nude when she was a teenage model.
