Donald Trump to controversial Miss California USA Carrie Prejean: You’re fired

September 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Carrie Prejean believes she may have lost the Miss California title but a bigger crown awaits her in heaven. The 22-year-old was stripped off her crown due to her anti-gay marriage activism, which she made public in her answer during the national pageant in April.

September 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Business magnate Donald Trump personally helps shortlist six of the 15 finalists in the Miss Universe pageant every year, it has been claimed. The pageant owner's involvement as a judge was revealed by the contest's choreographer Michael Schwandt.

September 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean has slapped the state organization with a lawsuit, alleging it discriminated against her religious beliefs and caused her emotional distress, her lawyer has said. The 22-year-old, who was controversially stripped off her crown due to her anti-gay marriage activism, turned to Los Angeles Superior Court against K2 Productions, co-executive directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler and publicist Roger Neal.

August 31st, 2009 Former Miss California sues over firingLOS ANGELES — Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean (pray-ZHAHN') has sued pageant officials for libel, slander and religious discrimination. Court records show Prejean sued California pageant executive director Keith Lewis and actress and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler in Los Angeles on Monday.

July 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean, who was controversially dethroned, surprised most when she performed a live song to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Del Mar Racetrack on July 22. Prejean, 22, was seen joining Audrina Patridge and Wilmer Valderama at the event that took place in San Diego, reports Fox News.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Miss California Carrie Prejean, who sparked a furor at the Miss USA pageant by taking a stand against gay marriage, has been stripped off her crown. She was fired on Wednesday for failing to fulfill her obligations, according to a release by K2 Productions, the independent producers of the Miss California USA pageant, under license from Miss Universe, reports Fox News.

May 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - A day after Donald Trump allowed Miss California Carrie Prejean to keep her crown following controversy over her opposition to gay marriage and semi-nude photo scandal, former beauty queen Shanna Moakler has resigned from her spot with the Miss USA California organization. Moakler, the reality star and ex-wife of drummer Travis Barker, is a proponent of gay rights.

May 13th, 2009 Miss California USA can keep crown, Trump decidesNEW YORK — Miss California USA lost some goodwill with controversies over semi-nude photographs and her association with a conservative advocacy group for marriage, but she gets to keep her crown. Carrie Prejean's comments about her opposition to same-sex marriage ignited a media firestorm after a celebrity judge suggested her response may have lost her the Miss USA title; she finished as first-runner up.

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May 12th, 2009 Trump says Miss California USA can retain crownNEW YORK — Miss California USA can retain her crown despite controversies over semi-nude photographs taken of her as a teenager and her association with a conservative advocacy group for marriage, pageant owner Donald Trump said Tuesday. Carrie Prejean's comments about her opposition to same-sex marriage ignited a media firestorm after a celebrity judge suggested her response may have cost her the Miss USA title; she finished as first-runner up.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The fate of Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean now lies in the hands of Donald Trump, who will decide what to do with the controversy laden Miss California. The Miss USA organization owner will make the final call after the 21-year-old beauty appeared to have stained her reputation with anti-gay marriage activism, topless picture, and breast enhancements.

May 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Miss California Carrie Prejean is being encouraged to surrender her title, in the wake of recent controversy surrounding her anti-gay marriage stance and nude photos. Keith Lewis, the director of the Miss California pageant, has said that the 21-year-old beauty queen is giving preference to her views than what her title represents.

May 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - While Miss California Carrie Prejean is suggested to be on the verge of losing her crown over nude-photo controversy and anti-gay marriage stance, she has been offered a whopping one million dollars for doing a porn movie role. According to TMZ.com, adult film company Vivid Entertainment has asked Carrie to play a saucy role in one of its films.

May 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Controversy refuses to die down on Miss California Carrie Prejean, who after losing the Miss USA crown for her anti-gay marriage views, has now landed in a new row over a nude photo. A topless picture showing the 21-year-old posing provocatively is making its rounds on the Internet.

May 5th, 2009 Calif. pageant eyes Prejean for contract violationSAN FRANCISCO — The directors of the Miss California USA pageant are looking into whether title holder Carrie Prejean violated her contract by working with a national group opposed to gay marriage and by posing semi-clad when she was a teenage model. Pageant spokesman Roger Neal said Tuesday it appears the 21-year-old Prejean has run afoul of several sections of the 12-page contract that prospective contestants were required to sign before competing in the state contest.