Much ado about crowns and the (Miss USA) crownless
I have to admit that I’ve been intrigued by the furor over Miss California USA’s comments during Sunday’s Miss USA pageant.
Pageant judge Perez Hilton asked Miss California, Carrie Prejean (pictured below), whether she thought other states should follow Vermont’s example in legalizing same-sex marriage. As part of her answer, Prejean said she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Hilton was apparently outraged. After the show, he ranted that Prejean’s answer was divisive and he called her a b—-. According to several reports, he apologized for calling her that name, but then said he meant to describe her in another crude way.
Prejean was featured on NBC’s Today show this morning, where she told host Matt Lauer that she stood by her remarks because they are part of her faith beliefs.
What’s interesting is not only has Hilton lambasted her, but the director of the Miss California Pageant program, Shannon Moakler, has apologized for Prejean’s comments to the Miss USA Pageant program, and reportedly sent out a tweet through Twitter that the contestant’s remarks were exactly why they have judges to help find the person who will represent all people.
The interesting thing to me is that Prejean gave her opinion, not a politically correct one, but her opinion, just the same. Some folks would applaud that.
The other interesting aspect in all this is that the pageant judge felt inclined to call the contestant (who was named runner-up to the winner, Miss North Carolina) a crude name … and then later described her in a more crude manner .
His sense of outrage seemed a bit dramatic given the circumstances as I watched his video tirade shown on the Today show.
What is your opinion about this mini-calamity? Is it much ado about nothing ?
What do you think about the remarks that both Prejean and Hilton have made?
Let me know and let’s get the discussion started.
Oh, and there’s an interesting side note to this. Hilton told Today’s Matt Lauer that Prejean should have known that she might get such a politically stoked question because she is from the state that just voted for Proposition 8. Proposition 8 was a measure banning same-sex marriage and approved by California voters in November 2008 . Hilton said Prejean should have answered in a less divisive manner.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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