# Former Miss USA 1991 Kelli McCarty goes the XXX route. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111 "2009-01-20T06:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/1 "2009-01-20T06:10:59Z")
[Kelli McCarty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelli_McCarty) [Miss USA Drops the Soap – Takes Up Porn](http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/19/miss-usa-drops-the-soap-takes-up-porn/) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/2 "2009-01-20T06:32:08Z")
I’d never heard of her… but you know, Miss USA + porn, had to have a look. 1. She’s [not all that pretty](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c215/hoeray/f4.jpg).\* 2. She’s from “Liberal, Kansas”. What did you expect? \*She’s not pretty when she was young. I think she looks better now, but I prefer brunettes. > [@](#): > > So, why the career move? Here’s the explanation – “I enjoy acting,and I really like sex … so this was the perfect opportunity to combine two of my passions.” Hey, if that’s what you like and you can get paid for it, more power to you! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/3 "2009-01-20T08:31:26Z")
See, that’s my problem, I don’t enjoy acting. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/4 "2009-01-20T08:52:32Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > 1. She’s [not all that pretty](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c215/hoeray/f4.jpg).\* That’s [Kristin Chenoweth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth). ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/5 "2009-01-20T08:53:42Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > 1. She’s [not all that pretty](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c215/hoeray/f4.jpg).\*! Wait… isn’t this girl Kristin Cheno… Schez… Cheznz… uh-- Olive from _Pushing Daisises_? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/6 "2009-01-20T09:21:41Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I’d never heard of her… but you know, Miss USA + porn, had to have a look. > > 1. She’s [not all that pretty](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c215/hoeray/f4.jpg).\* [Yeah, she is](http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7335/640nk6.gif). (Slide show) Extremely stupid move though, given that she has had up until now a pretty successful career in acting - one which many porn stars would have loved to have but could only dream of. Reminds me of a line from Michael Crichton about the way his family and friends viewed his decision to quit medicine and become a writer: “It struck most people like quitting the Supreme Court to become a bail bondsman.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/7 "2009-01-20T10:34:48Z")
Honest question: Did the Miss USA gig actually ever get any bills paid? Not to be snarky, but I’ve never heard/seen any professional tours or shows of past Miss USAs. Come to think of it, I’ve never heard/seen anything of the Miss Americas either\*. It’s not like they’re touring with Van Halen, playing right wing for my beloved NJ Devils, or have their own stand-up routine on the _Tonight Show_. To _be_ snarky, I wouldn’t exactly fall all over myself to meet one. I’d be like, “Wow. You won a frickin’ tiara. Whoopdeedoo.” The contests have never held any relevance for me and as I understand it, had lost any relevance to modern pop society for quite some time. But hey, if it’s more or less a launching platform for other careers, great. If she launched it into a career she’s happy with, great! She worked for it, she earned the right to the choice! Tripler - Note: IIRC, the Miss USA and Miss America contests are bitter, bitter rivals. Would be cool if there were a unicycle joust between them to ‘unite the heavyweight titles’. ---
**Author:** ![mecaenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/8 "2009-01-20T13:35:51Z")
Link to the video’s official website which as the fact that it’s XXX means that while the home page is probably SFW, the rest is guaranteed not to be. www dot kelliusa dot com ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/9 "2009-01-20T15:37:24Z")
Omygawd! She really looks like a vampire! Still, work is work…although I wonder what washed up porn starts put on their resumes? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/10 "2009-01-20T15:43:35Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > That’s [Kristin Chenoweth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth). D’oh! I got it from a page that also had the other woman on it. Apparently they were in the same sorority (probably not the same chapter) as was Reese Witherspoon, Kirstie Alley, Gwyneth Paltrow and a lot of young hotties who like to ho it up. I’m sure they’ll be quite proud and leave her on their website [Gamma Phi Beta](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c215/hoeray/f4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.myspace.com/gammaphibetaucr&usg=__K99tGmArgALkb5PTmNGmb9JDwOo=&h=400&w=277&sz=41&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=RoTDEQZqt2o1lM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3DChenowerth%2BKelli%2BMcCarty%2BGamma%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG), I think. Sorry for the confusion, they both have freakishly wide mouths, I figured it was just the same woman with blond hair. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/11 "2009-01-20T15:55:45Z")
I can’t wait for the gossip columns to run a blind item about a ‘Christian actress-turned-porn star’ (with ShibbOleth as the ‘close friend’ who tipped them off). ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/12 "2009-01-20T16:03:38Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Honest question: > > Did the Miss USA gig actually ever get any bills paid? Not to be snarky, but I’ve never heard/seen any professional tours or shows of past Miss USAs. Come to think of it, I’ve never heard/seen anything of the Miss Americas either\*. It’s not like they’re touring with Van Halen, playing right wing for my beloved NJ Devils, or have their own stand-up routine on the _Tonight Show_. > > To _be_ snarky, I wouldn’t exactly fall all over myself to meet one. I’d be like, “Wow. You won a frickin’ tiara. Whoopdeedoo.” The contests have never held any relevance for me and as I understand it, had lost any relevance to modern pop society for quite some time. > > But hey, if it’s more or less a launching platform for other careers, great. If she launched it into a career she’s happy with, great! She worked for it, she earned the right to the choice! > > Tripler > > - Note: IIRC, the Miss USA and Miss America contests are bitter, bitter rivals. Would be cool if there were a unicycle joust between them to ‘unite the heavyweight titles’. [Phyllis George](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_George) was a Miss America, and became quite successful. [This page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Miss_USA_titleholders) lists Miss USA winners, and frankly, not a lot of them are household names, at least to me, so you may have a point. I’d think most of them would’ve gone into modeling at least, if not acting. I think more Miss America winners ([link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Miss_America_titleholders)) have become well-known, from Phyllis George to Lee Meriwether, to Vanessa Williams. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/13 "2009-01-20T16:04:15Z")
ok, to be fair, I have no idea who Kristin Chenoweth is. I’m not really up on today’s celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/14 "2009-01-20T16:54:19Z")
I’d rather it be Miss Maps from South Carolina who went into porn. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/15 "2009-01-20T16:58:53Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > ok, to be fair, I have no idea who Kristin Chenoweth is. I’m not really up on today’s celebrities. Well she is not a big celebrity (and I don’t mean the fact that she is about 4-10). Though she has worked steady on TV her biggest roles have been on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/16 "2009-01-20T17:09:27Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > ok, to be fair, I have no idea who Kristin Chenoweth is. I’m not really up on today’s celebrities. The thing about Kristin Chenoweth is that she’s 4’10" with a gorgeous voice which has to be at least 7 feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/17 "2009-01-20T17:15:10Z")
Nobody else has mentioned that this is Beth from _Passions_, which makes it 10 times as funny. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/18 "2009-01-20T17:43:32Z")
I think this is kind of sad. Granted, the Miss USA isn’t nearly as popular as Miss America (and the publicity around that has even died down in the past few years), but I imagine that there are _some_ young girls out there that might look up to these women. This whole “porn goes mainstream” thing doesn’t sit right with me. I like porn, don’t get me wrong, but the fact that so many porn stars are becoming household names (and, like, celebrities) is very troubling to me… which is especially weird since I’m not a religious person or anything. It just doesn’t feel right. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/19 "2009-01-20T17:50:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Well she is not a big celebrity (and I don’t mean the fact that she is about 4-10). Though she has worked steady on TV her biggest roles have been on Broadway. She won a Tony as Glinda in Wicked. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111/20 "2009-01-20T17:54:28Z")
Chenowith is also [prettier](http://images.google.com/images?as_st=y&hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22kristin+chenoweth%22&spell=1) than the photo above makes her seem. (Some probably NSFW) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-miss-usa-1991-kelli-mccarty-goes-the-xxx-route/482111.md?page=2)