Having skeletons in one’s closet aren’t always damaging although they many times prove to be. But the damage can almost be guaranteed when skeletons are found in the closets of those who appear holier-than-thou. It is a fact of life Carrie Prejean is quickly discovering, or perhaps even perceived if you care to be cynical about it.
Prejean, Miss California USA, was first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and many believe her answer to a question in which she said marriage should be between men and women only cost her the title. Of course, Prejean got mucho mileage out of that statement and quickly became the darling of the anti-gay crowd. However, her rising to the top of the so-called “traditional marriage” folks may not have been all that incidental and now comes word that she posed semi-nude at age 17.
Not, as Jerry Seinfeld said, that there is anything wrong with it.
Pageant officials are determining whether Prejean violated her contract with the contest by her prior modeling and by her working with an anti-gay group.
While I am sure many of Carrie’s fans are outraged that she is being picked on for her views, let me give you my cynical take on it. It’s got to be the best thing ever for Prejean! Whether her anti-gay stance during the pageant was calculated or not, she got a lot of mileage out of being the “injured party” for speaking her mind, especially talking about something so emotionally-charged. Whether her crown is removed or not, this latest development can only extend her 15 minutes of fame. Like the old saying goes: “There is no bad publicity.”