Caroline Michelle “Carrie” Prejean (pronounced /preɪˈʒɑːn/; born May 13, 1987) is an American → model, author and former → Miss California USA 2009, and → Miss USA 2009 first runner-up. She received nationwide attention over her answer to a question about same-sex marriage. Prejean was dethroned nationally on June 10, 2009, for continued breach of contract. Prejean called those claims false, and filed a libel suit in which she alleged that she had been discriminated against because of her religious views. Pageant officials countersued and demanded that Prejean repay the money spent for her breast implants.

The legal battle between Prejean and the pageant officials was later settled out of court on November 3, 2009 following the revelation of a sex tape involving Prejean.[6] Prejean has appeared as a model for → Target, → Saks Fifth Avenue, → Bloomingdale’s, and → Nordstrom. She has also appeared in Bliss magazine, as a model for E!: Entertainment Television, at the → 81st → Academy Awards, and in an interactive model search competition for the → NBC game show → Deal or No Deal.