"I don't take back what I said," says Miss California, Carrie Prejean.

The Miss USA frontrunner has no regrets for giving a politically charged answer that   cost her the crown. 

"I do think that a marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there,” Prejean said, giving what she says was her honest answer about same sex marriage.

Carrie Prejean, a junior studying at San Diego Christian College, was in the lead until she answered a question posed by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who was one of the evening’s guest judges, on the always controversial topic of gay marriage.

"Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit. Why or why not?,” asked Perez Hilton during the pageant.

Her response so enraged the openly gay judge he posted an attack video on his website. “She's a dumb [expletive]!"

"He called me a dumb 'b,' so I think he's a little confused right now. My prayers go out to him,” Miss California tells INSIDE EDITION.

Even pageant owner Donald Trump told MSNBC that her answer most likely cost her the title. "It probably did cost her the crown. I don't know that, but I assume Perez [Hilton] probably gave her a pretty low vote and that would have brought her average down."

Prejean is a devout Christian and she says she's not backing down. "I said what my opinion was and I think that everyone’s entitled to their opinion," the beauty queen says.

The reaction to her loss has ignited a firestorm of controversy.

Some say Miss California is a victim of political correctness. Perez Hilton didn’t see it that way. "I do applaud her for being very honest. That was a risky thing to do but then again, she's not running for political office, she's running for Miss USA!"

INSIDE EDITION viewers also reacted, writing in:
“I cannot believe in this country that one is vilified for having an honest opinion on a subject and expressing it."

Claudia Jordan, a former Miss USA contestant who was also judging that night, says Miss California's position against gay marriage did turn off some of the other judges, not just Perez Hilton.

"You've got to give her credit for standing by an unpopular stance at a pageant." "But," Jordan says, "if you really want to win a pageant you may want to give something, an answer that's more neutral."

But Miss California says if she had it to do all over again, she wouldn't change a thing. "I stand by what I said and it's all a part of my faith and it was all a part of how I was raised like I said. And I didn't mean to offend anybody."