Miss California sues Pageant Officials

Ok, here is a case that has been going on since June 2009. It looks like Miss California USA Carrie Prejean wanted to sue Pageant officials and accused them of libel and religious discrimination. These accusations occured after Prejean was "dethroned" in June, which she believes was do to her beliefs on same-sex marriage. Her thoughts on that subject were shared through a question she answered during the Miss USA competition in April. It seems like Prejean never backed down from her traditional beliefs, but Pageant Officials say they "dethroned" her because of her failure to follow through with a contract agreement. That included failure to make appereances, etc. Also, some inappropriate pictures came up prior to the Officials "dethroning" Prejean.

So, is there really a case of libel?

I don't think so as long as the claims they have made against Carrie Prejean are true. I am pretty sure they have proof of her missing appearances and the nude photos of her are possibly a violation of Pageant rules. I do think this is more of a matter of Carrie Prejean's feelings being hurt that her title was taken away.

Overall, anyone involved in this kind of business has to be more careful with how they portray themselves, whether it be in the past, present or future. It is clearly a business of image and if it doesn't look good, one can expected to be dismissed. I personally think Prejean knew of the posssibility of those pictures getting out and the consequences to not showing up to an event (regardless of what kind of even it was)....and she took a chance to do what she wanted.

Any thoughts? Check out the links for the articles:

www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/11/04/miss.california.usa.settlement/index.html

www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/08/31/miss.california.usa/index.html



To follow up: It looks like there was a settlement between the Pageant and Prejean made within this month. Details have been made secret but it seems like Carrie Prejean will still no longer carry the title of Miss California USA.