Culture: Did an anti-gay-marriage answer derail a Miss USA win? Probably.
- A lot of people were shocked.
We were all kind of giving each other those eyes, we couldn’t believe it. - Miss Vermont Brooke Werner • On Miss California, Carrie Prejean’s, controversial answer to Perez Hilton’s question regarding gay marriage. Hilton, who is openly gay and famous for outing gay celebs, made it clear that he gave Prejean a low score based on her answer, and based on the way the pageant is tabulated, that might have cost her the competition. By the way, it was clear the question was in the mix, but it was pure chance that Hilton asked it and Prejean answered it. • source