Former Miss California Carrie Prejean, who became a conservative darling after saying marriage should be between a man and a woman at the Miss USA pageant, drew a standing ovation at the Values Voter Summit in Washington today.
She said she had learned to stick to her principles even when it’s not easy — even, say, when it costs you a Miss USA crown.
“Even though I didn’t win the crown that night,” she said, apparently trying to collect herself despite a wave of emotion, “I know that the Lord has so much of a bigger crown in heaven for me.”
The crowd got up and cheered.
At the pageant, Prejean told judge Perez Hilton, “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.” In June, Donald Trump fired Prejean from her Miss California gig for failing to make official appearances, which was part of her contract.
Video after the jump.
