MISS EQUALITY

Miss Equality - Brook Lee, Miss Universe 1997 (Photos: Adam Bouska)

Shanna Moakler, Miss USA 1995 and current co-executive director of the Miss California USA pageant has made it very clear how "hurt and upset" she was when her candidate Carrie Prejean voiced that she believed "marriage should be between a man and a woman" at the Miss USA pageant last weekend.

But this time it is Moakler who is standing up for what she believes in – the right for gay and lesbian couples to marry. This past Tuesday, she brought together Miss California USA and Miss USA 2006 first runner-up Tamiko Nash and Miss California USA 2008 Raquel Beezley to shoot a NO H8 Campaign in the hope of raising awareness and eventually having Proposition 8 over-turned in California.

Miss Universe 1997, Brook Lee, also shot for the ad and took on a "Prejean Pageant" inspired theme by donning a white evening gown and sash that said "Miss Equality."

"Being a former Miss Universe I was at Miss USA last week, I was there when everything went down and experienced the blow-back afterwards. People were really shaken up," Lee said. "When I came back to L.A. it was prevalent in everyone’s mind and I wanted to do this campaign because a visual image lasts so much longer than words. I also brought my two-year-son to do it, activism stars early. My husband was here with us and he shot too."

And although the stunning pageant princess acknowledged that "everyone is entitled to their own opinion", Lee believes Carrie definitely did not deserve the coveted crown of Miss USA.

"The judges I spoke to said they applaud her for being so vocal, but she didn’t answer the question, she wasn’t consistent. They didn’t mark her down because they are some liberal majority and were trying to punish her for her Christian values," she explained. "But for her to go in the press and say she lost the crown because of her answer is playing with the truth. I heard she’s saying she wants to run for office now? Maybe she’ll team up with Palin."(Source: FOX News)