Still Standing

by Carrie Prejean

She has been threatened, ridiculed, smeared and vilified in the liberal media -- but beauty queen Carrie Prejean is still holding her head high. Now, in Still Standing, Prejean tells her side of the tumultuous story of how a beauty pageant contestant became nationally notorious, a villain of the amoral Left, and a hero of those who have faith in God and sound moral values -- which are more valuable than any earthly crown.

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Prejean swallowed hard and did the right thing, answering: "I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman." She explained later: "I knew immediately that I would lose the competition because of my answer, because I had spoken from my heart, from my beliefs, and for my God. I also spoke for the majority of people of California, but not, I was sure, for the majority of judges on the panel. They as a group represented the values of Hollywood; those aren't my values, and though I didn't want to offend anyone, it was more important to me to be biblically correct than politically correct."

Even though she was not crowned Miss USA, Prejean was soon subjected to a virulent Leftist campaign of personal destruction, culminating in her being stripped of her crown and publicly humiliated. An angry detractor vowed that Prejan was "going to die broke, drunk, and lonely. We are going to destroy her. She doesn't know what she is up against." And did their worst. "It's a sad fact of life," says Prejan, "but I knew political correctness was was powerful enough to deny me the opportunity to be Miss USA. As painful as losing is, especially for a competitor like me, I could live with that -- because the crown was not worth winning if it meant compromising my beliefs." What she didn't know was that merely for expressing a point of view identical to that of most California voters, the President of the United States, and most Americans, she would be publicly labeled a bigot, a Nazi and worse.

Carrie Prejean became the victim of a succession of well-planned dirty tricks -- in which, to take just one notorious example, the same people who put her on an airplane to New York would then hold a press conference to bemoan the fact that I was not with them in Los Angeles. Her personal medical information and emails were publicly released without her knowledge or consent. Embarrassing mistakes of her past were aired publicly. She received a televised death threat from a prominent British politician -- and no one she worked with in the Miss California or Miss USA pageants dared to stand up to say a word in her defense. Within weeks, she was fired as Miss California in a manner calculated to maximize her public humiliation.

In Still Standing, she tells her whole story, unblinkingly laying out all the horrifying facts surrounding her ordeal as Miss California, and showing the full price that adherents of traditional morality must pay in America today in order to stand up for the truth. But throughout her ordeal, Carrie Prejean proved to be a truly heroic soul: she paid that price, and paid it without complaint -- and in so doing became an inspiration for all those who are still standing with her for the truths of God and man that are being relentlessly assailed every day in our ongoing culture wars.

Along the way, Carrie Prejean learned something about America. She learned that there is something broken in our culture when a majority of Americans are afraid to speak out on what they really believe about a prominent issue. Prejean's story, so indelibly told here, demonstrates that there is something sick about a political correctness smear machine that can be turned on so instantly and can throw so much hatred at a young woman who dared to speak her mind.

Carrie Prejean also learned something about herself. The Leftists who determined to destroy her didn't know who they were messing with. Her story shows that conservative women, Christians, and people who believe in traditional values are not fair game; that they cannot be mocked and pilloried at will. After telling her remarkable story, Prejean concludes: "All this stuff, from Las Vegas to the studios of New York -- all this drama -- is not real to me anymore. What is real is the love of God and how we express that love when we're tempted, discouraged, or challenged. Keep your eye on the prize, for the only crown that truly glitters is the one you get to keep forever."

Still Standing is Carrie Prejean's ringing testimony to that great and eternal truth.

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Carrie Prejean writes a good book. She reveals what goes on in the beauty pageant industry that people don't realize. Carrie stands for America and defends herself well against slander and lies thrown at her. She is really an admirable and strong woman. I wish her the very best and believe she will accomplish a lot in her lifetime. Hopefully we will see Carrie Prejean speaking out in the future.