LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Carrie Prejean has been dethroned as
Miss California USA for "contract violations," including missing
official pageant events, state pageant spokesman Roger Neal said Wednesday.

Prejean, 22, retained her title last month despite a controversy over
topless photos and her statements against same-sex marriage.

Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump was involved in the decision to fire
Prejean, Neal said.

Runner-up Tami Farrell, who was Miss Malibu, will immediately assume the
Miss California USA title, he said.

"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," state pageant Executive Director Keith
Lewis said.

Trump brought Prejean and Lewis together in New York for a meeting last
month, after which he announced that communications between the beauty
queen and pageant officials had been repaired.

"After our press conference in New York, we had hoped we would be able
to forge a better working relationship," Lewis said Wednesday. "However,
since that time, it has become abundantly clear that Carrie is unwilling
to fulfill her obligations under our contract and work together."
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Tami Farrell moves from runner-up to Ms. California USA. Ms. Farrell has
a terrific smile.



The modern GOP is little more than an army of moral absolutists led by a
gang of moral nihilists.