The Lila Rose Show E249: From Pageant Stage to Parish Pew: Carrie Prejean's Journey | Lila Rose Show
Sep 16, 2025
In this engaging conversation, Carrie Prejean Boller, Former Miss California and advocate for religious liberty, shares her journey from a controversial moment in the Miss USA pageant to becoming a champion for faith and family. She discusses the challenges of standing firm in her beliefs amid cancel culture and the importance of protecting religious liberties in schools. Carrie also opens up about her transformative journey to Catholicism and her dedication to guiding her children with objective truth in an ever-changing society.
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Answer That Changed Her Life
- Carrie Prejean describes being asked the same-sex marriage question on the Miss USA stage and feeling God prompt her to tell the truth.
- She answered that marriage is between a man and a woman and immediately sensed her life and pageant dreams would change.
Refusing To Recant On National TV
- After the pageant Carrie faced intense backlash and media pressure to apologize but refused to recant.
- She later told Matt Lauer she had no regrets and preferred being 'biblically correct than politically correct.'
How Marriage Followed Controversy
- Carrie met her husband Kyle at a public event shortly after the controversy and he told her he admired her courage.
- They married within six months and had children soon after, which she describes as God’s blessing.
