LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she lost her crown because of a comment she made about gay marriage and not because she had been skipping appearances.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy when she said gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry, got the word from pageant poobah Donald Trump on Wednesday: “You’re fired.“