YOU DECIDE: Did Miss California’s Answer Cost Her the Crown?

While we do live in a land where there is freedom of speech, we hope that people who represent us, even those who wear Vaseline on their teeth and can walk and wave while turning their hand at the wrist at the same time at least have a general understanding of what is at stake in the fight for marriage equality.


Somewhere, former Miss South Carolina Caitlin Upton is having a really good laugh.

At this weekend's Miss USA pageant, Perez Hilton, posed the following question to Miss California, Carrie Prejean, and the answer set a new standard in bad beauty pageant interview answers:

“Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?” Hilton asked.

And ..ladies and gentlemen... this is how Miss California responded:

"We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."

There were cheers and there were reportedly “boos” for the first time in pageant history.

Ultimately, Miss North Carolina, Kristen Dalton, was crowned Miss USA at the Hard Rock Café Resort and Casino on Sunday evening.

Miss California was first runner up.

Check out her response below:


It kinda makes you miss Lauren Katlin - Miss South Carolina:

Really? Texican Whopper? Really?!?

Sound a little familiar? We all remember the Taco Bell Chihuahua! That campaign caused quite a stir among Mexicans and other Latin Americans as well. Is it really necessary to offend an entire segment of the population just to sell fast food? Do you find these ads offensive?



Burger King recently launched an ad campaign in Spain for their Texican Whopper which is causing quite a controversy. The Whopper is topped with taco-coated chili con carne, spicy jalapenos, onion, lettuce and Cajun mayonnaise and is described in the advertisement as “inspired by the land where a man ain’t afraid to sink his teeth into something spicy.”

The TV ad depicts a diminutive Mexican wrestler alongside a cowboy and describes the Texican as "The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican." In an accompanying print ad, the wrestler is wearing the Mexican flag as a cloak. Mexico has very strict laws covering the use of its flag and this is not the first time Mexico’s national flag has been improperly portrayed. Just last year, Mexico fined foreign-owned publishing house, Random House Mondadori for disrespecting the country’s flag in an online video.

Mexico’s ambassador to Spain, Jose Zermeno, criticized the ad, declaring in a letter to Burger King that it, “improperly used the stereotypical image of Mexicans.” Zermeno also asked for Burger King to pull the ad and apologize for offending Mexican cuisine.