Carrie Prejean sex tape video: 'It was the biggest mistake of my life' says the former beauty queen

Carrie Prejean sex tape scandal

After reports started circulating that former Miss California Carrie Prejean had a sex tape, the beauty queen confessed, saying making that tape was the "biggest mistake of my life."

“It was me by myself. There was no one else with me. I was not having sex,” Prejean revealed on the 'Today' show.

Prejean said she made the video of herself when she was 17 years old and that it was for her long-distance boyfriend at the time. "I was a teenager," she said. "I cared about him. I trusted him. I think now they call it ‘sexting.’ Did I think it would come back now and haunt me? No. But I think that a lot of young people can learn from this. Nothing is private anymore. Nothing is private." said Prejean.

Carrie Prejean's new book, 'Still Standing'

Carrie Prejean was on the 'Today' show to promote her new book 'Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate and Political Attacks' Prejean claims she has been under constant attack since the Miss USA pageant last April when she told judges that she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman.

"They tried to embarrass me. They tried to humiliate me. They tried to attack me. And I’m still standing." Prejean says of all her critics. Prejean recently took a lot of heat after saying she thinks women shouldn't get attention by showing off too much skin, but by their views and opinions. Shortly after making that statement photos emerged of a barely clothed Carrie Prejean.

"I’m a model. I was in a beauty pageant. If people want to call me a hypocrite, that’s their prerogative," she said. "But I’ve learned from my mistakes. No one is perfect."