The Fall of Carrie “Opposite Marriage” Prejean

11/07/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
There are dozens of statements about how one should not disparage another, especially when you, yourself, have dirty little secrets. It’s all about being a hypocrite. Ms Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California, found out the hard way that cashing in on your loss by becoming the spokesperson for a movement to deny people equality can backfire and badly. Not only was Ms Prejean’s use of “performance enhancing” breast augmentation revealed, but Ms Prejean ended up in her own sex scandal.

Ms Prejean recently counter sued the Miss California USA organization on grounds of wrongful termination after they sued her for breach of contract and the cost of her augmentation. This suit came after attempts to sabotage Ms Prejean’s celebrity by the public revelation of her rather racy pictures in a variety of magazines. The suit came to an end when a sex tape involving Ms Prejean surfaced and was aired in court. The revelation has already lost Ms Prejean a major speaking engagement for an anti-marriage equality group in New Jersey. It may, in the end, result in her losing most of her moral issues support.

As was mentioned by one supporter of David Letterman, the reason why he has managed to withstand the recent controversy over his affair with a member of his staff is because he never pretended to be incredibly moral or anything more than human. Ms Prejean’s decision to try to capitalize on her disastrous run for Miss America ultimately set her up for this fall.

Last night, Kieth Olbermann of MSNBC’s Countdown did a pretty good job of explaining the whole mess.

Edit: Corrected the organization. As a note to readers, I do, upon occasion, make mistakes. A simple polite note of correction is welcome. Insulting me in any way in order to either a) insinuate that I am stupid, b) ill informed, c) not doing research, or d) wrong because of a factual mistake is a guaranteed one way trip to the ‘delete’ bin. I welcome constructive debate, but direct attacks upon me in order to disprove my points are not welcome.