Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is now Mrs Kyle Boller, after marrying the Oakland Raiders quarterback at a San Diego resort.

The Miss USA contestant at the centre of a gay marriage controversy could be stripped of her Miss California crown over a topless photo.

Miss California Carrie Prejean, who became the bombshell of the Miss USA pageant by saying gay couples should not be allowed to marry, said her state sponsors urged her to apologise afterward but she rejected the advice.

Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus have come out in support of gay marriage in the wake of controversial comments by Miss California Carrie Prejean.

Miss California defended her anti-gay-marriage comments, even if they may have cost her the Miss USA crown.