Are Sanford, Ensign and Vitter attending the GOP "Values Voters Summit 2009" in Washington, D.C.?

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September 18, 2009 4:11 PM

Carrie Prejean Stars at Conservative Summit

Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Mike Huckabee and Bill O'Reilly are just some of the big names that are gathering for the "Values Voters Summit 2009" in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

On the first day of the summit, however, a beauty queen was the talk of the event.

Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California who blames her loss in the 2009 Miss USA contest on the fact that she stated her opposition to same-sex marriage, told attendees that "even though I didn't win the crown that night, I know that the Lord has so much of a larger crown in heaven for me," according to ABC News.

She said Friday morning that "God had a plan for me that day" that she lost the beauty contest because "he knew I was strong enough to get through all the junk that I've been through," Politico reports. Added Prejean, who is releasing a book in November: "I was a woman who stood up for the truth and people don’t want to admit that. I had the courage and the bravery that a lot of people don’t have.”

Prejean became a conservative hero after her answer prompted criticism from liberal commentators. She was introduced today by the leader of a group that opposes same-sex marriage as "our Miss America."