and although samantha mckevitt do not go down in historians as having the greatest pageant answer in history ( that bestowing may lead to 2007 ' s miss south carolina teenager usa ) , her answer did have been worded a bit more eloquently . she answered : " i think it ' s great that americans are able to choose one or the other . we reside in a land that you can choose same - sex marriage or lesbian parents and , you knew what , in my religion and my community i think that i say that a wedding should be between a man and a wife . no embarrassment to anyone out there but that ' s how i was raised and that ' s ... i believed it should be between a person and a woman . " .
Carrie Prejean is Miss California.