Here's what I think: Miss California

Miss California, Carrie Prejean, has had more publicity as runner-up Miss USA than Miss USA herself! By now we have all heard about her "politically charged" answer to her interview question at the April 19th pageant -- she expressed her views that marriage should be exclusively between a man and a woman.

Here's what I think about that. Good for her for having an opinion and standing up for what she believes in, however, I'm not buying this christian, moral uprightness for a minute.

Here's what Prejean said in a radio interview, she believed that Satan was tempting her with that particular question (whether other states should follow Vermont in legalizing same-sex marriage), and that God was in her head telling her not to compromise her beliefs.

That's all well and good, until partially-nude photographs surfaced of the pageant queen from her previous modeling career. It's hard to believe that Prejean is the picture of morality with these racey photographs splattered across the internet.

Prjean claims that she had one photograph taken when she was 17 and that any others were photoshopped to embarass her. Really? What makes her think that we are all going to believe that she would pose for ONE photograph. I'm sure that photographer took more than one shot!

It's not like the Miss California pageant was the first she had ever been in, and she signed a contract stating that she had not been photographed partially or completely nude in the past. If she is willing to lie about that on her contract, what's to say that she isn't lieing to us all now?

Today, Donald Trump declared that Prejean could retain her crown and continue as Miss California - wrong choice. I'm not saying that he shouldn't offer up second chances, but based on the contractual breech alone, Prejean should have been de-throwned and given up the crown. But, what's done is done. Maybe, now that the issue of her "rule" as Miss California has been cleared up, she can go back to representing the state and leave the rest of the country to Miss USA.

Here's what I think: First Fashion

First Lady, Michelle Obama has certainly made her mark as a fashion icon in the first two months of her husband's presidency. She has dazzled the world with her elegant taste and leaves us all apparently on the edge of our seats to see "what will she wear next."

As a young woman with an interest in fashion, I appreciate Mrs. Obama's style; however, I find it disconcerting that the only interest the nation seems to have in our First Lady is in what she is wearing.

"What will Michelle wear to the inauguration ball?"

"Michelle Obama hosts foreign leaders at the white house, what will she wear to greet them?"

"What will Mrs. O wear to have tea with the Queen?"

Does anyone want to know what our First Lady talks about with these leaders? Does anyone care that she graduated from Harvard Law school? That she was the founding executive director of the Chicago chapter of Public Allies -- an AmeriCorps program that prepares youth for public service?

I do.

Not that I'm not interested in what she's wearing, just like everyone else. I appreciate good fashion and I think Mrs. Obama is an excellent example of classic style. If Elle Magazine, or InStyle wants to do a story about the fashion sense of our First Lady, have at it. If E! News wants to follow the inauguration balls and report on the apparel choices of the presidential couple, that's perfectly appropriate. But let's keep the fashion reports here where they belong and off general news programming.

I would appreciate seeing a story on what platform issues Mrs. Obama tends to focus on during her husband's presidency.

According to www.whitehouse.gov, Mrs. Obama intends to work on issues such as supporting military families, helping working women balance career and family, and encouraging national service. Personally, I would like to hear about how she intends to do these things. She is a smart and capable woman and her opinions deserve to be heard.

Let's all focus less on her wardrobe and more on what she is going to be able to accomplish as the First Lady. The news is the news, and what Mrs. Obama chooses to wear to Sunday mass doesn't seem like hard hitting journalism to me.