Miss Teen USA's geographical insight

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Old 08-27-2007, 12:42 PM
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Miss Teen USA's geographical insight

Maybe wtlw but good for a laugh nonetheless.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=0

Kinda sounds like she's reading a mad lib or something...
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So insanely bad.
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So insanely bad.
yes. that is just horrible.
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I don't really know if I believe that 20% of Americans can't point out their own country on a map. Maybe they polled pagent members...
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Panda bear on go-kart makes more sense than her.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTjaY...elated&search=

Same thing but with a billy madison clip on there...

Did she say, "Osama people out there in our nation that don't have maps?"
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Originally Posted by skeeler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTjaY...elated&search=

Same thing but with a billy madison clip on there...

Did she say, "Osama people out there in our nation that don't have maps?"

That's what I thought at first but I think she said "Some a... people out there... " I think it was a combination of her accent, nervousness and stupidity.
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Even dumbass Mario was trying not to laugh.
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lmao...does she even know wtf she's talking about? hahahahahah, i love how she throws in "such as" after random words
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She tries to explain herself:


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.

http://www.people.com/people/article...s-topheadlines
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omg.... what the? I'm scared for my children's future...
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Some better answers could have been...

- "I for one would dispute the claim, my circle of friends could easily point out USA America on a map."

- "Our public schools suck, funding for private schools is less, and they retain higher SAT's."

- "Teacher tenyur doesn't motivate teachers to teach, or children to learn."
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Originally Posted by Matrix021
omg.... what the? I'm scared for my children's future...

Don't let them watch MTV or log on to Myspace. I have younger cousin in laws who don't do anything but add friends and watch wildn n out. Needless to say, they are morons.
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Originally Posted by VIBEELEVEN
Some better answers could have been...

- "I for one would dispute the claim, my circle of friends could easily point out USA America on a map."

- "Our public schools suck, funding for private schools is less, and they retain higher SAT's."

- "Teacher tenyur doesn't motivate teachers to teach, or children to learn."

-"im a fawking moron"
id go with option 4
seriously, if she was any more stupid she'd grunt instead of speaking
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Originally Posted by nKoan
This is clearly a case where she was coached by someone before-hand

coach: Ok, dumb-dumb, no matter what they ask, throw in some stuff about Iraq, even if you just mention it. If you have time, mention something about Africa and Asia. They'll eat that **** up!!!!
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