"We are saddened by the necessity to file a counterclaim today against Carrie Prejean," pageant codirector Keith Lewis said in a statement Monday.

"We are continuing to prepare for our upcoming telecast of the Miss California USA pageant on November 22, but the integrity of the Miss California USA organization and the values it represents requires us to respond and present the truth. Our claim is not about financial reward, and all profits awarded will be donated to a charity that promotes the values of our organization."

Miss Universe Organization honcho Donald Trump relieved her of her Miss California title in June, saying she had violated her contract by being too controversial making appearances as the Crowned One without pageant officials' permission.

Hogwash, she said.

Prejean sued K2 Productions, Lewis, his former codirector Shanna Moakler (who resigned her post amid all the hubbub earlier this year), and pageant publicist Roger Neal for slander, libel, religious discrimination, public disclosure of private facts and infliction of emotional distress for supposedly using her as a scapegoat for any negative attention they may have received over the antigay marriage position she took before she was named runner-up at this year's Miss USA pageant.

Those "private facts," however, referred solely to her boob job, according to the countersuit, which is seeking to have that portion of Prejean's lawsuit dismissed.

"The alleged 'private facts' consist of her breast augmentation (which ceased being private during the swimsuit competition of the nationally televised Miss USA pageant, in which Ms. Prejean walked the stage in a bikini)," the suit states.

What a low, albeit bouncy, blow.