Miss California Sued by Pageant for $5200 Plastic Surgery Loan

Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean was born May 13, 1987 and is an American model and former beauty queen from Vista, California. She held the title of Miss California USA 2009, and placed first runner up in the Miss USA 2009 pageant. She was eventually dethroned on June 10, 2009, with the producers of the Miss California USA pageant citing continued alleged breach of contract issues as the reason.

Pageant officials state that Prejean's book is a violation of her pageant contract so they want the profits from the book in addition to the repayment of $5200 for the surgery loan.

The pageant's demands were made in a cross-complaint filed in response to Prejean's lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in August, in which she claims that her firing was religious discrimination because of her stand against same-sex marriage.

The pageant's counter-complaint said Prejean's belligerent behavior, lack of cooperation and contract breaches caused her firing, not her opposition to same-sex marriage.

The entire situation spiraled out of control when a lawsuit also filed by Prejean claims pageant officials violated the former beauty queen's privacy by acknowledging to reporters that her breasts were fake. She feels that the pageant has gone ahead and made an ongoing smear campaign about her.

Pageant lawyers said that the truth about Prejean's breasts "ceased being private during the swimsuit competition of the nationally televised Miss USA pageant, in which Ms. Prejean walked the stage in a bikini."

The pageant court filings said Prejean "became completely belligerent and uncooperative with the Miss California USA organization after she won the state title."

"Ms. Prejean made it clear that she had a different agenda in mind," the pageant filing said. "She refused to follow instructions. She initiated arguments and sowed discord over the most minor issues. At almost every opportunity, she made a point of creating conflict between herself and the Miss California USA executive directors."

California pageant officials feel that Prejean is out to increase her notoriety and is not the same young woman she was prior to the pageant issues. Their suit for the $5200 she allegedly owes them for her breast augmentation is awaiting litigation.

Cheryl Phillips
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sources: Wikipedia, misscalifornia.org, CNN
image: Wikipedia