Still promoting (Carrie Prejean)

Washington Times ^ | 11/12/2009 | Amanda Carpenter

[markomalley]

California beauty queen Carrie Prejean continued promotion for her book, "Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate and Political Attacks," while withstanding the embarrassment of a steamy tape she made being leaked to the press the week of the book's launch.

But, she reveals in her book, some of those who have criticized her for being too sexy are the same high-ranking pageant officials who pressured her to vamp up her looks.

In the book, Miss Prejean said Miss California Pageant Director Keith Lewis pressured her to get breast implants after physically examining her hips and breasts while she was wearing a bikini at his request.

"He told me the pageant would pay for it and it had to happen soon," she wrote. "He also said he knew a doctor in Los Angeles who could give us a discount."

She said Mr. Lewis would also follow her into dressing rooms, where she would strip down to her underwear, to watch her change clothes. Miss Prejean said she didn't think he ever meant anything sexual by it, because he was gay, but that doing these things sent the message that "you're mine now, and I'm going to fix you, and shape you and mold you however I want."

Another official, who later turned on her, she said, ordered her to dye her hair the same shade of actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

Miss Prejean also recounted an occasion in which Miss USA co-owner Donald Trump pitted the pageant girls against each other, asking them to say who was "hot." Miss Prejean said he divided them "between girls he found attractive and those he did not," causing some of the young women to sob after he left.

[markomalley]

Yes, I know there are rules about this type of thing.

I still wonder why nobody has brought up the kiddie porn angle on the tape.

[BallyBill]

Good thing she has the looks. Ain't got the brains.

[malkee]

How can she seriously call herself a conservative if she made a “sex tape” of herself? I don’t care how old she was.

[malkee]

I get sick seeing Hannity slobber all over her. At least Steve Doocy is able to maintain some dignity.

[kittykat77]

She said [Miss California Pageant Director Keith] Lewis would also follow her into dressing rooms, where she would strip down to her underwear, to watch her change clothes.

Apparently it's good to be the Miss California Pageant Director. Unless he's gay, in which case he was probably more into the clothes.

[markomalley]

I get sick seeing Hannity slobber all over her.

Fixed it.

[muddler]

Trump is pond scum.

[henkster]

Let the first among you without sin....

[bahblahbah]

The story is fake... Carrie Prejean is acting... and there are PR people forcing this story to stay in the news...

[trumandogz]

Good thing she has the looks. Ain't got the brains.

It may not have been a good idea to select a Beauty Contest Contestant as a leader of conservative clause.

Nor was it a good idea for Carrie to step out of the Beauty Contest business and into the leader of a moral cause when she knew she had a sex tape floating around out there.

[malkee]

I’m not casting any stones. I’m just asking a question.

[agere_contra]

She’s not allowed an opinion about small government and liberty because she made a sex tape?

Is this an accurate portrayal of what you believe?

[supremedoctrine]

Yeah, this is as good an example as any of Hannity looking and sounding like a ‘meathead’. One could think of a far better ‘symbol’, if symbol is indeed what he is looking for, for ‘conservative values’ being subjected to what he LOVES to call ‘vicious attacks’ than the admittedly very good looking Ms. Prejean.

[agere_contra]

And are you saying that she can’t express an opinion about gay ‘marriage’ because she made a sex tape?

She refused to worship at the altar of Gayness. I don’t care if she’s made a stream of porn videos with Newt Gingrich. She has a right to her opinion and to make it as loudly as she wishes.

Neither she nor I live in Iran. Apparently you do.

[ryan71]

She answered a question well about marriage in a beauty contest.

That’s it.

Now she needs to hush because she’s embarrassing herself.

[mlizzy]

How can she seriously call herself a conservative if she made a “sex tape” of herself? I don’t care how old she was.

Chances are she didn't call herself a conservative when she made the tape. If one thought their past errors should follow them until death without the opportunity of forgiveness or correctness, well ... how dark is that?

Now, I don't imagine her new book is anything close to the "Imitation of Christ," but many did, however, like her answer that she gave to Miss USA pageant judge, Perez Hilton, as it was, at least, a bold step in the "right" direction.

[malkee]

That's not what I said. I said she's not a conservative if she made a "sex tape" of herself.

con⋅serv⋅a⋅tive  [kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] –adjective 1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. 2. cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate. 3. traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness: conservative suit. 4. (often initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Conservative party. 5. (initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Conservative Jews or Conservative Judaism. 6. having the power or tendency to conserve; preservative. 7. Mathematics. (of a vector or vector function) having curl equal to zero; irrotational; lamellar. –noun 8. a person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc. 9. a supporter of conservative political policies. 10. (initial capital letter) a member of a conservative political party, esp. the Conservative party in Great Britain. 11. a preservative.

I don't think she meets that description

[Non-Sequitur]

It may not have been a good idea to select a Beauty Contest Contestant as a leader of conservative clause.

At least Joe the Plumber kept his clothes on.

[iowamark]

A lot of people wise up/get right with God as they mature. The idea that you can never be a Christian, a conservative, etc. if you have ever done anything wrong in the past would preclude anyone on earth from being a Christian.

[DuncanWaring]

"Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate and Political Attacks,"

Poor title.

Sounds uncomfortably like "Four and a Half Years (of Struggles) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice".