FYI!! Birth control is 100% effective if used the right way, but the companies that make BC arnt going to be held liable by saying that because there are so many things like medications and alchol and skipping days on the pill that lower the effectivness, and they arnt going to set themselves up to be sued. But honestly who cares if she is pregnant the most important thing is she is putting her child first. I wish her all the luck in the world. And screw everyone else who has a problem with it. She is an adult and she is starting a family. I see nothing wrong.

Nancy, your post was ignorant. Maybe she skipped a pill by accident or took antibiotics or was just that small percent that gets pregnant on the pill anyway. It happens. People are human. I got pregnant on the pill just from 2 days of antibiotics…I remembered on the 3rd day that it weakens birth control but it was too late…Now I have a gorgeous little boy. I commend her for keeping the child and stepping down.

While she holds the title she has to follow the rules, just like no pregnant woman can compete for the title. She is a rolemodel for young kids – it makes sense.

I can understand why it is against the rules for competing beauty queens to be pregnant, but why should a reigning one lose her crown for it?

http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/1997/conceptbl.html

NO birth control is 100% effective. And even if she wasn’t using birth control or was trying for a baby, who are you to judge her current situation? Unless you know her personally and know the exact state of her finances, it’s really unfair to say she shouldn’t be having this baby.

Personally, I applaud her for putting the life of her child before that of her beauty crown.

Who cares how she got pregnant, at least she is taking responsiblity for it. I was on birth control and I got pregnant with my fiancee and my baby who is 18 months now. Let her live her life the way she wants. Its her life.

I think it’s really honorable that she herself stepped down as opposed to having Trump or another pageant official find out later on and have to let her go. Putting her baby before her pageant shows that she already values her child’s life before pageants, so at least this is one beauty queen with straight priorities. I understand why the pageant doesn’t want its young contestants to be or ever have been married or pregnant, but I almost think they should let her compete on the basis of her good judgement.

This is only right. These girls are supposed to be role models for young girls and therefore they need to show some morals – even if we’re now used to seeing unwed mothers, etc.

Personally, I’m pretty sick of hearing about these “beauty queens.” I say that lately these girls have shown that these pageants are nothing but jokes now. In my opinion, it’s time to hang up the tiaras and crowns. But that’s just me.

I’m sorry, nancy, but I’m upset with your post. Birth control is not 100% effective, therefore it IS still possible to become pregnant while on birth control. I know, I’m pregnant right now and was using birth control. I’ve also known people who were on the pill and using the condom at the same time who got pregnant. So birth control isn’t a sure thing that you won’t get pregnant.

And good for her to keep her baby and turn in the crown, I’m sure other “Miss” pageant winners would not do the same thing.

Nothing is 100% when it comes to preventing pregnancy, I know…I got pregnant 4 years after my husbands vasectomy.