Three years ago, at the 2009 Miss USA pageant, horrible hater Carrie Prejean opined, in response to a question from Perez Hilton that:
Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And, you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that, I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that’s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.
Ugh.
Things were a whole lot different tonight.
A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant after embracing transgender beauty queens.
Olivia Culpo topped a field of 51 beauty queens on Sunday to take the title at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. She strutted across the stage in a purple bikini and a purple evening gown with sparkly belt.
In the dreaded final question round, Culpo was faced with the most difficult question of the night: would it be fair for a person born a man to be named Miss Universe after becoming a woman? Culpo never stumbled as she embraced the Miss Universe Organization's recent decision to admit transgender contestants.
Denver Post
How far have we come? How lovely was this?
Olivia Culpo, Rhode Island, fielded a question from Twitter. Rob Kardashian read it:
"Would it be fair if a transgender woman won the Miss USA title?"
"I do think it would be fair..." she replied, because "there are so many people who have a need to change for a happier life. I do accept that because I believe it's a free country." The crowd erupted with cheers.
USA Today
Miss Rhode Island:
And, well OK: