Miss California Carrie Prejean topless pictures are on the web, and could cost her the state crown. In a photo posted on Thedirty. But with the photo, Prejean may be in violation of her contract. According to the AP :. Pageant spokesman Roger Neal said Tuesday it appears the year-old Prejean has run afoul of several sections of the page contract that prospective contestants were required to sign before competing in the state contest. The contract contains a clause asking participants whether they have conducted themselves "in accordance with the highest ethical and moral standards" and if they've ever been photographed nude or partially nude.
Carrie Prejean Topless PHOTO Out: Miss California Denounces Skin Pics, Could Lose Crown (PHOTO)
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It was the workload. Prejean, the smiling blond Southern Californian, a runner-up in the national competition who became a conservative pinup after stating her opposition to same-sex marriage in the tense closing moments of the pageant, was fired Wednesday by pageant organizers, including Donald Trump , who cited dereliction of duties. The move to remove came a month after Mr. Prejean and said she would keep her tiara. His comments on Wednesday were less supportive. Trump said in a statement. Prejean soon became a media lightning rod, with her comments being denounced by some and celebrated by groups that oppose same-sex marriage.
Contentious litigation between Prejean and the Miss California organization was settled in November Later that month, Prejean released a book relating the story from her point of view. Her mother is an Italian American, and her father is of French descent. In , Prejean's parents separated and subsequently started divorce proceedings.
Prejean said the photos -- taken when she was 17 and aspiring to be a Victoria's Secret model -- were being used in a "vicious and mean-spirited" effort to silence her for "defending traditional marriage. The year-old Miss USA contestant has been the center of controversy since she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage in a response to a question on the pageant stage last month. Her fate was being discussed in "closed-door meetings" Tuesday among California pageant officials, lawyers and representatives of Donald Trump, who owns the international competition, said Miss California USA spokesman Roger Neal. The spokesman for Miss California USA provided CNN with a copy of the pageant contract Prejean signed last year agreeing that the discovery of semi-nude photos could mean disqualification. One photo published Monday on a Web site -- The Dirty -- showed barely more skin than the bikini Prejean wore in the pageant's swimsuit competition.