Tami Farrell

(Getty Images) So how did Tami Farrell manage to become the new Miss California USA? Well, it probably doesn't hurt that she's been so nice to the boss. When asked by FoxNews about schmoozing up to the Donald , she said it's all true. "Yes I used to bake him cookies and brownies! I’ve got a good working relationship with Mr. Trump, it is always good to have him on your side." Indeed. Though Farrell's good fortune probably has more to do with the behavior of her predecessor. After reading a transcript of the email messages between the dethroned Miss Cali Carrie Prejean and ... Read Full Story

Tami Farrell is more than willing to take over for embattled Miss California Carrie Prejean. Tami Farrell says that she's more than ready to step into the spotlight should the Miss California crown get taken away from Carrie Prejean . Not that she wants to see it taken away, you understand. She just like being prepared we guess. From an article at E! Online: Miss California USA runner-up Tami Farrell —who lost out to Prejean for a chance to compete for the 2009 Miss USA title—tells E! News that she thinks Prejean's biggest mistake was lying to pageant organizers about her checkered photographic past. ... Read Full Story

Farrell is a beauty queen from way back. Born on October 5, 1984 in southern Oregon, Farrell was crowned Miss Teen USA in 2003, where her fellow delegates voted her Miss Congeniality. We gleaned most of this from the Miss Malibu pageant Web site. Farrell competed as Miss Malibu when she finished runner-up to Carrie Prejean in the Miss California pageant. Tami Farrell will assume the state crown, now that Prejean has been dethroned for violating her pageant contract. Tami Farrell can raise money like nobody's business. During her Miss Teen reign, she raised a record $21 million for her charities, more than any ... Read Full Story

Even though Miss USA executives have told this crazy b'otch Carrie Prejean to hang up her tiara and sash, she continues to prattle on to anybody who will listen that she was faultless and that this is recrimination for her defense of opposite sex marriage. Of course, opposite sex marriage needs no defense, since anyone can do that anytime and anyplace, while gay people are seeking equality in the right to marry. Beauty queens are well coached to understand their contractual obligations to the pageant, but the dumped ex-Miss California felt the rules didn't apply to her. She rails on that she was fired ... Read Full Story

Carrie Prejean, the darling of conservative media pundits and the scourge of gay marriage advocates, has been fired as Miss California USA. First runner-up Tami Farrell, a.k.a. Miss Malibu, will take her place. Prejean's termination, according to pageant officials, had nothing to do with the anti-gay-marriage comments that catapulted her from beauty queen to political commentator. Nor was it prompted by the semi-nude photos that won her the attention of adolescent boys across the political spectrum. "This was a decision based solely on contract violations, including Ms. Prejean's unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization," said Keith Lewis, co-executive ... Read Full Story