
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, got the message loud and clear today -- "you're fired!"
Pageant poobah Donald Trump on Wednesday said Prejean was being sacked not because of the remarks on gay marriage but because she hadn't been holding up her end of the agreement she signed when she entered the pageant.
"This was a decision based solely on contract violations, including Ms. Prejean's unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization," the California pageant's executive director, Keith Lewis, said in a statement.
He had complained at a news conference last month that Prejean was skipping Miss California USA events while speaking out against gay marriage at unsanctioned appearances.
"I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA Organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so," Trump said in a statement. "Unfortunately it just doesn't look like it is going to happen."
Pageant officials said Prejean would be replaced by the Miss California pageant's first runner-up, Tami Farrell, 24.
During the Miss USA competition, Prejean was first runner-up after answering a judge's question about gay marriage by saying wedding vows should be reserved for men and women.
"No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised," she said.