Miss USA pageant chief Donald Trump says Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, will retain her crown despite semi-nude photos of her that recently emerged.

Prejean, 21, failed to divulge before last month’s Miss USA pageant that she had posed in her underwear as a teenager in the photos. In announcing his decision, Trump said the pageant had determined that while some of the pictures were “risque,” they were still acceptable under pageant rules.

Prejean also sparked controversy when she answered a pageant judge’s question by saying that she believes marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Trump told reporters there was also nothing improper about this, saying Prejean responded to a tough, controversial question with “an honorable answer from her heart.”

Watch the video to hear Prejean respond to criticism about her answer on same-sex marriage and why she feels the question was “politically charged” and was posed based on “a personal agenda.”

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