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Miss California: 'God was testing my character and faith'
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Carrie Prejean says she has no regrets. (Image: AP/FOXNews.com)
Miss USA runner-up, Carrie Prejean, shortly after being jilted by the beauty pageant and much of the media says she has no regrets for her pro-traditional marriage answer given during the contest.
"I have no regrets about answering [judge Perez Hilton] honestly," she said in a FOXNews.com interview following the show, where she answered that she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman. "He asked me for my opinion and I gave it to him. I have nothing against gay people and I didn't mean to offend anyone in my answer."
Even before openly gay blogger and Miss USA judge, Perez Hilton, proclaimed that Prejean lost a chance at the crown because of "the way Miss California answered her question," on gay marriage, gay marriage advocates, including event officials, began chastising the blonde beauty contestant.
In Entertainment Weekly's report of the incident, a PopWatch reporter writes, "And, well, Miss Cali did no service to womankind -- much less the gay marriage movement -- with her stumbling answer."
Prejean, who attends San Diego Christian College, told FOXNews reporter Carrie Friel that her phone has been ringing off the hook with people offering her support after Sunday night's Miss USA telecast.
When asked how she was feeling after the pageant, the 21-year-old Prejean said, "Honestly, happy. This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith. I'm glad I stayed true to myself."
Prejean was also asked, "Did your stomach sink when you first heard you picked Perez Hilton's question?"
I had a gut feeling. I knew he was controversial, and so was the question. Out of all the topics I studied up on, I dreaded that one, I prayed I would not be asked about gay marriage. If I had any other question, I know I would have won. -- Carri Prejean
Prejean said she has had more than 500 facebook friend requests, hundreds of messages from people she doesn’t know, "saying how proud of me they are that I stood my ground. That made me the real winner of the night."
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