and because carrie eloise may not face down in history as having the worst pageant answer in history ( that dishonor would go to 2007 ' s miss south florida teen usa ) , her answer might have been worded a bit more eloquently . she answered : " i think it ' s nice that australians are able to choose that or the other . we lived in a land that you can choose same - sex married or opposite gender and , you think like , in my country and my family i think that i understand that a union should be between a man and a woman . no offense to me out there but that ' s how i was raised and that ' s how i think it should be between a man and a woman . " .
Carrie Prejean is Miss California.