27 Facts About Carrie Prejean

Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean Boller is an American model, former Miss California USA 2009, and Miss USA 2009 first runner-up.

Later that month, Carrie Prejean released a book relating events from her point of view.

Carrie Prejean was born in San Diego, California, to Francine and Wilbert Carrie Prejean.

Carrie Prejean's mother is an Italian American, and her father is of French descent.

Carrie Prejean was raised in an evangelical household in Vista, California.

In 1996, Carrie Prejean's parents separated and subsequently started divorce proceedings.

Carrie Prejean stated in her autobiography that her parents "were being selfish" when they broke up the family and that the divorce "put distance between me and my parents".

Carrie Prejean explained that the divorce took a severe financial toll on the family, tarnished her childhood, and motivated her to provide her own children with a stable home.

Carrie Prejean studied at San Diego Christian College, an evangelical private school located in El Cajon, California, and attends the Rock Church, where she volunteers with their outreach ministries, including JC's Girls.

Carrie Prejean has modeled for Target, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, and Nordstrom.

Carrie Prejean has been an ambassador for the San Diego Padres as a member of the Pad Squad since 2006.

Carrie Prejean returned the following year and won the Miss California USA 2009 title, succeeding Raquel Beezley as California's representative to the Miss USA pageant.

Carrie Prejean competed at the nationally televised Miss USA 2009 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19,2009, and placed first runner-up.

Carrie Prejean received nationwide attention over her response to a question about same-sex marriage during the 2009 Miss USA pageant.

Carrie Prejean was asked by pageant judge Perez Hilton whether she believed every US state should legalize same-sex marriage.

Carrie Prejean has stated that she believes that her answer cost her the crown.

Carrie Prejean stated that she was told by Miss California USA pageant officials that she "need[ed] to not talk about" her faith and was pressured to apologize for her statement.

In late April, Carrie Prejean presented an award at the Gospel Music Association's 2009 Dove Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.

Carrie Prejean spoke at Liberty University's final convocation of the year on April 29,2009.

Carrie Prejean has stated that she would be willing to meet with representatives from California's largest gay rights group "as long as it's not political".

Pageant organizers investigated Carrie Prejean for violating the terms of her contract after a photograph of Carrie Prejean partially nude with her back turned to the camera appeared on a celebrity gossip blog.

Carrie Prejean claimed that K2 Productions, producers of the Miss California USA pageant, wanted her to pose for Playboy and appear on the reality television show I'm a Celebrity.

K2 Productions and pageant officials filed counterclaims seeking the profits from Carrie Prejean's forthcoming book, which it claims was written in violation of the Miss California USA contract, and the return of $5,200 loaned to Carrie Prejean for breast implants.

In November 2009, Carrie Prejean released a memoir titled Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks through conservative publisher Regnery Publishing.

On July 2,2010, Carrie Prejean married former NFL quarterback Kyle Boller in San Diego, California.

In late August, 2021, Carrie Prejean spoke at an Encinitas, California school board meeting, announcing her plan to campaign against some of the school board members when they ran for reelection.

Carrie Prejean decried the mandatory masking at schools that was taking place in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, stated that she would unmask her children, and that the pandemic was over.