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Still photo of Miss California answering question from Judge Perez Hilton\u003cbr/\u003e2. Still photo of Miss California and Miss North Carolina as they announce the winner of Miss USA\u003cbr/\u003eMANDATORY COURTESY: Perezhilton.com\u003cbr/\u003eLas Vegas, Nevada, 19 April 2009\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Perez Hilton, Gossip blogger:\u003cbr/\u003e\"She lost, not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage, Miss California lost because she is a dumb 'b**ch'. This is how a person with half a brain answers the question I posed to her, which is: 'Vermont recently legalised same sex marriages. Do you think other states should follow suit. Why or why not?'  Well, if I was Miss California, with half a brain, I would have said, 'Mmm Perez that's a great question, that's a very hot topic in our country right now and I think that is a question that each state should decide for themselves.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California, 21 April 2009\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vahe Simitian, California resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think she could have probably answered it more politically. I don't think what she said was inappropriate. If that's what her true feelings were, so be it. But given that she is trying to be a voice of women all around the world, I think she ought to have used a little better judgement and I think some folks' feelings were hurt, but I'm sure she will learn from this mistake and move on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kasey Anderson, California resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think if she is happy with her answer and she stuck by what she really feels, that's really all that matters.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Cindy Freeny, California resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think she did answer the question right, it was her opinion, if people are afraid to give their own opinion for political correctness and there might be a negative backlash, that is an awful thing. I don't know why that guy was even on the show. Donald Trump should be rolled over for that. That was his mistake.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMANDATORY COURTESY: Perezhilton.com\u003cbr/\u003eLas Vegas, Nevada, 19 April 2009\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Perez Hilton, Gossip blogger:\u003cbr/\u003e\"She gave an awful, awful answer, which alienated so many people and Miss California, Miss USA, she doesn't alienate, she unites, she inspires. I am so disappointed in Miss California representing my country, not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage, because she doesn't inspire and she doesn't unite.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Photos - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile\u003cbr/\u003eLas Vegas, Nevada, 19 April 2009\u003cbr/\u003e8. Still photo of Miss California during the swimsuit competition\u003cbr/\u003eThe runner-up to the Miss USA beauty contest is still a hot topic two days after she failed to win the crown.\u003cbr/\u003eMiss California contestant Carrie Prejean caused controversy with her answer to a question about legalising same-sex marriage during Sunday night's (19 APR 2009) pageant.\u003cbr/\u003ePrejean hesitated a bit before giving an answer that appeared to please some of the audience.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage,\" Prejean said. \"And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offence to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003eSome in the audience cheered, others booed. \u003cbr/\u003eThe answer sparked a shouting match in the lobby after the show.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the judge who asked the question, Perez Hilton, is a well known Gossip blogger and gay man.\u003cbr/\u003eHe took to his video blog immediately after the programme ended to express his disappointment in Miss California's answer.\u003cbr/\u003e\"She lost, not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage,\" said Hilton.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If I was Miss California, with half a brain, I would have said, 'Mr Perez that is a great question, that is a very hot topic in our country right now and I think that is a question that each state should decide for themselves, because that is how our forefathers designed our government.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut not everyone agrees with Hilton.\u003cbr/\u003ePeople on the streets of California understand that in pageants, contestants should be politically correct, but also feel they not be afraid to say what they believe.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think she could have answered it more politically. 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If that's what her true feelings were, so be it,\" said California resident Vahe Simitian.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think if she is happy with her answer and she stuck by what she really feels, that is really all that matters,\" added Kasey Anderson.\u003cbr/\u003eBut another California resident, Cindy Freeny, went one step further, saying she believed Perez Hilton shouldn't even have been allowed on the show to ask the question.\"I am so disappointed in Miss California representing my country, not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage, because she doesn't inspire and she doesn't unite,\" said Hilton.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pageant was won by Miss North Carolina, Kristen Dalton.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pageant had enjoyed a scandal-free year until earlier this month, when Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza was criticised for a blog posting after a trip to Guantanamo Bay. \u003cbr/\u003eThe entry described having \"a lot of fun\" at the base which houses the military detention centre, and it was 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