Donald Trump has declared that Carrie Prejean will keep her Miss California title and crown despite the (multitude of) controversies surrounding her.

“Carrie will remain Miss California,” Trump stated during the press conference today, noting that the answer she gave was the same answer that President Barack Obama has given previously.

The first controversy was over her answer given to blogger Perez Hilton when he asked a question regarding gay marriage rights during the Miss America Pageant.

“She gave an honest answer when asked a very tough question,” said Trump.

“Absolutely, absolutely I forgive Perez Hilton,” Prejean said during the press conference when asked if she would be forgiving towards him after his obscenity laced rant that followed the pageant and her being crowned as the runner-up.

Along the same issue, Carrie Prejean then appeared in an ad for the National Organization For Marriage. There were rumors about her being employed by the organization, all of which were unfounded as she had only met them briefly and did one ad spot for them.

Finally, as what has become a little too common place for beauty queens, photos of her surfaced that showed her topless although not frontally exposed. This set off the latest controversy due to a contract that contestants sign that assure the pageant organization that no such photos exist.

As rumors persisted that Trump was indeed going to “fire” Prejean from her Miss California title, former Miss Teen USA 2003 and runner-up Miss Malibu Tami Farrell made it clear that she was more than willing to accept the crown on behalf of all Californians straight or gay… because it is so very important that Californians be represented in the world of beauty prominently. However as it was made clear by the press conference today, her services are not needed, so she wasted a perfectly good knife in the back of Prejean.

As for the actual Miss USA Pageant winner Kristen Dalton, well not much has been heard from her although you can read her blog posts about all the wild and crazy adventures she’s having on her road to the Miss Universe Pageant.

We can only hope that Dalton took notes from Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner on how to create headlining controversy or history may very well just forget her name or the fact that she was the winner.

Sadly, it sure seems that the American people already have.

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