Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA 2013 Sunday night, but Miss Utah, Marissa Powell is also making headlines for her fumble to a question about equal pay for women.

The 21-year-old brunette beauty earned a top five spot at the pageant held at the Planet Hollywood Casino in Vegas, but bombed when she was asked by celebrity judge Nene Leakes about her thoughts on the fact that women still earns less than men in our society.

"A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American families with children, women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than men. What does this say about society?" the Real Housewives of Atlanta reality star asked.

Powell stumbled over her words and provided a response that included the phrase, "to create education better."

"I think we can relate this back to education and how we are continuing to try to strive to," she said, pausing, knowingly, that this wasn't going well, before she flashed a smile and continued, "figure out how to create jobs right now," Powell responded.

"That is the biggest problem, and I think especially the men are seen as the leaders of this, and so we need to try to figure out how to create education better so that we can solve this problem. Thank you."

Despite the flub, Powell came in third place.

Miss Alabama, Margaret McCord came in second place to Brady.

In the final questions of the night, McCord was asked whether or not she believed the government's tracking of phone records was an invasion of privacy or necessary.

"I would rather someone track my phone messages and feel safe wherever I go than feel like they're encroaching on my privacy," she answered.

Meanwhile, Brady had a perfect answer for the night when she was asked her opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold widespread DNA tests.

If someone is being prosecuted and committed a crime, it should happen. There are so many crimes that if that's one step closer to stopping them, then we should be able to do so," she said.

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