Carrie Prejean appears to have been subjected to severe sexual harassment by Miss USA pageant officials.The legal definition of sexual harassment is “unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive and affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment.” In practice, this definition includes discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The Pageant wanted her to make inappropriate appearances in Playboy, and to "secretly" attend the premiere of a gay movie so they could issue a press release saying she attended the premiere.Both are set-ups by Pageant officials to ruin her. According to Prejean, the pageant did not attempt to schedule appropriate events for her.Unless there was a sexual harassment waiver in her contract,.It appears the Miss USA Pageant may be facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.