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Miss Teen South Carolina probably can't find the US on a map, either...
Joined: 12/31/69
#25The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 7:44pmWow. She reminds me of a girl I use to work with. Everything she said started with "In my personal honest opinion" and then made no sense. I feel bad for this girld though. She must be hiding in a hole somewhere.
#26The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:04pm
I do feel for her. This is ALL over the internet.
The funny thing...well, another funny thing...is that parents of pageant contestants usually defend the whole pageant concept by claiming it helps girls develop poise and confidence.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#27The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:41pm
Don't know much about ... geography?
Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, whose mangled response to a pageant question has become an Internet sensation, will have a second chance to answer it on Tuesday morning's Today show.
"I didn't do anything wrong," she told South Carolina's The State newspaper. "I wasn't expecting [the question]. I lost my train of thought."
She added she "completely misunderstood" the question, which she'll get a second stab at on Today.
The show's host, Mario Lopez, tells PEOPLE he wanted to help her, but was told that he couldn't talk to the contestants while they were answering questions.
"It was a very intense moment. It's live TV. You don't know what the question is until you get up there. And I believe that she misunderstood it. She went down the wrong road and couldn't figure out how to get back to the right one," he says. "I felt really badly for her."
The beauty contestant's video on YouTube has received more than 2 million hits thanks to her amazingly off-the-mark answer at Friday night's pageant, when she was queried about why Americans are so bad at geography.
Specifically, she was asked why one-fifth of Americans can't find the United States on a map.
"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps," she ventured.
During her meandering response, she also tossed in out-of-the-blue references to "the Iraq" and "Asian countries" and their need for the support of the American educational system in identifying the United States on the map.
Upton is described as a varsity athlete and student leader at Lexington High School, where she graduated in June with a 3.5 GPA.
Despite the on-camera gaffe, Upton finished as third runner-up.
---------------------That is from People.com---------------
3.5 GPA? Student leaders in my high school have higher GPAs...but I'm just sayin.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#28The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:17pm
This was so typical a "pageant" answer. The fact that she couldn't answer the question notwithstanding, she did remember to always mention things like "my mother is my idol", and" world peace", etc. So she said we must help Iraq to keep within the spirit, lol.
oy vey. I don't feel sorry for her at all.
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AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#29The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:20pmAh you did not get the memo. It's not "Iraq" anymore. It's "the Iraq"
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#30The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:21pmShe's even dumber than I thought!
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AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#31The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:23pm
Poor girl.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#32The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:30pmJane2, I was waiting for your response!!!
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#33The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:33pmWhen I was a kid, MAD ran an article on ways to improve the Miss America pageant's viewership. One suggestion was to broadcast the IQ of each contestant as she spoke. Maybe Miss Teen USA should start doing that...
http://community.livejournal.com/ltd_brands_suck/
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#34The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:36pmThe fact that a teenager lost her cool while in a very stressful and nerve wracking position is NOTHING compared to the fact that 1/5th of all Americans are unable to find the country on a map. The problem is MUCH larger than what happened to this kid.
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AnnaK<3LMIP
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#35The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:38pm
I know that's what I meant before on the first page!
1/5 ?!
Glenn Beck loves making jokes about this now. It's his new favorite thing to do.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#36The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 12:06amhaha that was hilarious. I knew it was all downhill from "U.S. Americans". haha I love how stupid she is.
#37The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 12:09amDottie-I'm away on the weekends so I missed the pageant! Wish I had seen it as it happened. I LOVE when the bimb-I mean contestants have to answer questions!
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#38The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 12:15amWhat does she mean she wasn't "expecting" that question? What question was she "EXPECTING?"
PEACE.
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#39The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 1:21am
Maybe..
What is your favorite color?
Answer: Red White and Blue!
Who is your role model?
Answer: My mother and the Virgin Mary.
Who will you vote for...if you were 18 in the upcoming elections?
Answer: Whoever will best serve the country and bring help to Africa!
What do you want most?
Answer: World peace!
What is your least favorite thing in the world?
Answer: Besides poverty and terrorists? MISS CONGENIALITY! It was crude, rude...and...dis..taste..ful.
THAT is what she was expecting.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#40The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 4:34am
Dramaproxy, your forget to insert "[bell rings]" in your transcript.
I just copied & pasted from another site, because "I personally believe" I couldn't have listened to that enough times to make sure I got her words down correctly.
The fact that a teenager lost her cool while in a very stressful and nerve wracking position is NOTHING compared to the fact that 1/5th of all Americans are unable to find the country on a map. The problem is MUCH larger than what happened to this kid.
If everyone who watches this clip understood that, I don't think it would be a problem anymore. =]
"I felt really badly for her."
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Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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#41The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 7:10amAnna and Drama, absolutely hilarious!! I can't wait to see her on the Today Show this morning.
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#42The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 4:44pmWe talked about this in my History class this morning. My Professor thought it was the funniest thing she'd seen in a long time... I might have to agree.
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#43The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 8:06pmi saw a clip of it today!! wow!!! poor girl. cant say to much since she was only representing the state i live in!!!! o well we all get nervus i guess.
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#44The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 8:31pmThe really problematic thing about all this is that it makes one wonder if she is in that 1/5. It sounded a little bit like she considered Iraq and South Africa parts of the US (or its empire, which is only half true).
#45The Next Attorney General!
Posted: 8/28/07 at 8:45pmOh geez. When I thought S.C. could not make itself look any dumber . . . she had to come along.
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