Miss Boo-S-A

Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, AP


1st runner up, Carrie Prejean of California, AP

Yes, you are looking at two different women, not even twins, who sport equally fetching boob jobs. I did not actually watch the 2009 Miss USA pageant in its entirety, but tuned in for the last few minutes during the interview portion, where things got... interesting. How does one decide between two such obviously qualified Miss-USA-wannabees? Ask them a question?

Unfortunately for Carrie Prejean, Miss California, she was given the most difficult task. Her judge questioner, Prop 8 opponent Perez Hilton, asked "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit, why or why not?"

Will Miss California show brains and poise to match her beauty? Here is what she said.

I think it's great Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody there, but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be, between a man and a woman.

A few moments later, Miss North Carolina, Kirsten Dalton, got the tiara upgrade. She had been lobbed a softball during her interview and only had to say that taxpayers need not bail out failing companies.

Did Miss California shed loser tears because of her anti-same-sex marriage stance and/or the way she stated it? I am inclined to say yes, as her answer is poorly constructed and was the opposite of what Perez Hilton wanted to hear. One can imagine a more tactful response, where she doesn't say "I think that I believe" and offers up civil unions as a compromise, reserving marriage as a religious institution. Mr. Hilton would not have liked that answer either, but she might have scored for being a worthy opponent.

Update: Perez Hilton posted a video blog following the pageant where he called Miss California a "dumb bitch." According to ABC, he later apologized for the remark.