Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

[S14DB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

She is going to "explain" herself on the Today show this morning. I'll post that video when it gets posted.

[max2damax]

She would have been better out by just saying, I DONT KNOW. :)

[jrmiller84]

You know.. she'll get more publicity now that she made herself look like an idiot since she probably didn't win the pageant. :keke:

[bamaboy]

she didn't win. she is however winner of the worst answer ever to a question. you could tell she had been coached to try and include the nations of Iraq and South Africa into her answer no matter what.

[ixfxi]

oh....... my.......... god.............





talk about BOMBING.


i just want to pat her on the back and say "dont worry baby, you dont have to think anymore - here, let me take the pain away <unziiiiiiiiiiip>"

[jrmiller84]

^^ Give her the D!!!!! :keke:

[ayuaddict]

at least shes decently hot.

what if she was ugly and stupid...

[fromxtor]

Talk about retarded, I call BS that anyone living in America can't find it on a map anyway.

[backroadtouge]

lol i couldnt resist posying this, for it i amazingly funny!
http://youaremistaken.ytmnd.com/

[steve shadows]

she must be esier than sin to hit on.

"hi"

"hellow im ms. southmacralolinamacha"

huh?"

"southmaracolina"

"sout carolina?"

"yarp thats it"

"oh cool you want me to inceminate you because no on else will?"

"what does 'will mean?'"

"jesus'

"I love me some jesus!"

"im sure you do"

"lets make out!"

"uh naw my stomach's turned thanks to your brutal retardation"

"my moms and dads' r cousins"

"funny I thought your eyes would be spaced a lot closer to gether"

walks away

[silvia_monkey]

i heard about this on the radio this morning on the way to palm springs..... she seemed so confused that she just said anything that came to mind... :tweak:





i heard this

[koukikat180sx]

Sad... So sad... This could have potentially be someone who would represent our country.

[azndoc]

Yeah I heard it on the radio this morning.

Pretty sad shit.

Oh well. Perhaps like she said she just got stage fright.

[irax]

lets discuss the correct answer, or what would of been a good answer.

[drift freaq]

oh man that hurt just watching lol. The epitome of the dumb blonde.

[sikkk240]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4065/jesusdumbassbluegargoylee0.jpg

[illvialuver]

somehow i knew she would be blonde

[steve shadows]

somehow i knew she would be blonde

but is she a real blonde?




discuss

and does this guy screm child molesting meth addict gun toter?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL4OHGMr-M

hes linked in with that youtube. awww

[steve shadows]

some people dont have maps?

[S14DB]

A lot of blogs have called her a racist for going to Africa and Iraq for that answer. White chick thinking the only people that don't know how to read maps are in '3rd world' country's...

Miss South Carolina Teen USA explains herself
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20473692/ (video link)
Caitlin Upton botched the map question because she was ‘overwhelmed’

By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor
Updated: 9:57 a.m. ET Aug 28, 2007

The Miss Teen USA pageant contestant who became a YouTube sensation after butchering a question about why many Americans cannot find the U.S. on a world map says she was overwhelmed by her national television appearance and chalks up the experience to being “human.”

TODAY’s Matt Lauer and Ann Curry gave Caitlin Upton a do-over on the now infamous question during an exclusive interview Tuesday. And this time the 18-year-old from South Carolina nailed it.

But first Upton was forced to relive the moment she will likely never forget. She watched the embarrassing video clip for the first time with Lauer and Curry, and could only shudder and laugh.

“I am sitting here laughing at myself,” she said good-naturedly. “Is that really me? It’s like I’m not in my actual body.”

Upton admitted that she totally froze on national television last Friday during the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Asked why a fifth of Americans could not locate the United States on a world map, she stammered out an answer that made Paula Abdul’s worst “American Idol” moment seem like a model of cogency.

Her answer, in its entirety, was: “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”


Caught off-guard
The question clearly caught Upton by surprise. She explained Tuesday that she was so overwhelmed by the moment she barely heard any of the question.

“Everything did come at me at once,” she said. “And I made a mistake — everybody makes a mistake — I’m human. Right when the question was asked of me, I was in shock ... I would love to re-answer that question.”

Curry obliged, reading the entire question as it had been asked during the pageant. This time, Upton was ready.

“Personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on a map,” she said. “I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. If the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography in our education so people will learn how to read maps better.”

She came back later in the show to deliver a flawless explanation of lunar eclipses.

Held up on the Internet as the quintessential dumb blonde, Upton was an honor student in high school who played varsity soccer for four years. This summer, she traveled to Germany with an elite soccer team that placed second in a tournament involving teams from a number of European countries. In her junior and senior years, she was her school’s president of SkillsUSA, which describes itself as “a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force.”

She’s taking a break between high school and college to pursue modeling opportunities. Advertisements she’s modeled for have been placed in such national magazines as “Seventeen,” “Cosmo Girl” and “American Cheerleader.” She has modeled for Wrangler, Soffe and Nautica.

She has said that she entered the Miss Teen USA pageant, which is co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC Universal, in part to improve her communication skills. Despite her attack of brain lock on the geography question, she finished fourth in the competition, which was won by Miss Teen Colorado Hilary Carol Cruz.

Upton’s long-term goals include enrolling in Appalachian State University to major in graphic design. On graduation, she wants to study special effects at the International Academy of Design Technology in Los Angeles and embark on a career designing special effects for movies and television.

“I am 18,” she said. “I believe I am a very strong person with a strong character and my parents raised me really well.”

Curry and Lauer assured her that everyone who does live television commits verbal gaffes and that they often wonder at the things they sometimes say during broadcasts.

[WERDdabuilder]

Ac Slater!!!

[swiftdrift]

Not only is she stupid, she also thinks there are real time machines to take her back in time and correct her idiotic, unforeseen, and incoherrent mistake!



jk




but wow, thats a lol!

[sikkk240]

Ac Slater!!!

What made you say that?

[azndoc]

Well I'm sure that she was coached on what to say.

Who knows.

I think everyone just wants to see her fail because well she's a hot chick and everyone wants to see something beautiful destroyed.

[exitspeed]

Her answer, in its entirety, was: “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”


Reading it is just as good as watching it.

[steve shadows]

she is rigth humans are weak frail bio-genetic organisms that FAIL

she should be cyborg.

[Farzam]

I really really really want to go to SC and cut someone vocal cords...

[SexPanda]

damn what a stupid bitch...

Just how I like'em....

[exitspeed]

she is rigth humans are weak frail bio-genetic organisms that FAIL

she should be cyborg.

If I could have cybernetic limbs, I would.

[crozzover69]

Wow, this Airhead is retarded as fuck, This really makes that part of the US look even worse. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[s13gold]

that made no damn sense. where the Fcuk did South Afrida and Iraq come from.

[WERDdabuilder]

What made you say that?

maybe you should look at the reaction on the face of who is holding the mic after he hears all that shit coming out of her mouth.

[ixfxi]

Well I'm sure that she was coached on what to say.

Who knows.

I think everyone just wants to see her fail because well she's a hot chick and everyone wants to see something beautiful destroyed.

of course she was coached, which makes it partially funny

whats ESPECIALLY funny is that she royally screwed up a completely STUPID and SIMPLE question. its like asking "hey man, why do farts smell" and then answering it with the most rediculous answer, talking about iraq and south africa. jeez.. what a bunch of bullshit

true, lots of people hate... i hate, thats for sure. but here, its not about seeing something beautiful destroyed - its about her being DUMB, and its a classic moment.

i mean everytime i watch that video, i tell myself... "how come you wont see a girl like singer Jill Scott royally fuckup a simple question like that"

why? because shes smart. shes not the best looking woman (being that shes big and all), but fuck.. atleast shes smart.

you cant have everything in life.

[JRas]

:loco:

msg length

[O3DigitalBath]

the audio clip had me laughing for a long time listening to it on the radio the other day...

[OptionZero]

my friend suggested she shoulda said:

"I may not be able to find America on a map...but I know where it is"

Then point to her heart

BOOM! Instant win!


or she coulda just talked about GPS and shit

[2iv0 sx]

I've been waiting for someone to crack during the questioning part.

LOL at her finishing!

[Dirty Habit]

Bitch had an aneurysm on stage.hahahha.

[Justin Bernstein]

such as msglength

[DrIvEsldEwAyS]

haha ive met this chick a few times at different parties, she isnt the smartest girl you have ever met, but atleast shes hott.

[S14DB]

Seemed like a real bitch on The Today Show.

[chuonthis]

Not sure if this has been posted but in case people haven't seen this:
http://www.flicklife.com/d20ec3c5885d805db8a3/Jimmy_Kimmel_Explains_what_Miss_Teen_said.html