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Miss South Carolina Teen USA explains herself
www.msnbc.msn.com ^ | 08/28/2007 | Mike Celizic

Posted on 08/29/2007 7:28:01 AM PDT by WesternCulture

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.”

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KEYWORDS: absolvedofhercrime; beautyqueens; caitlinupton; education; geography; iforgiveyou; likeiraqyouknow; media; notguilty; pageant; pageants; sc; sheshuman; sonotguilty; tv; whocares
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To: WesternCulture

Public school education on display. How pathetic.


21 posted on 08/29/2007 7:38:20 AM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publici scholae)
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To: WesternCulture
I’d like to see how those who criticize her handled themselves in a high stress situation in front of a lot of people when they were her age.
22 posted on 08/29/2007 7:38:31 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: WesternCulture
“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.”

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23 posted on 08/29/2007 7:38:58 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: WesternCulture

The spoof of “Miss West Carolina” on youtube is very funny. Talking about maps.


24 posted on 08/29/2007 7:39:41 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Choose life!)
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To: ASA Vet
Mrs. Laz (if any) allows you to be chasing girls young enough to be your grandaughter?

WOW! You're right! If I had a child at the age of 13, who had one at the age of 13, she COULD be my grandaughter!

25 posted on 08/29/2007 7:40:32 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: All

I still don’t understand how she worked south africa into her answer..it was south africa, wasn’t it?


26 posted on 08/29/2007 7:40:33 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: JamesP81
I heard her answer four times, and I still have no idea what she said.

As nervous as she appeared to be, I doubt she knows what she was trying to say either.

27 posted on 08/29/2007 7:41:19 AM PDT by Ingtar (The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
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To: WesternCulture
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.”

The question clearly caught Upton by surprise.

What an idiotic question! It would have caught me off guard, too. With time to consider, though, I'd have come up with a great response, such as, "Twenty percent of Americans are either drunk or on drugs at any given moment, and our public schools don't teach geography even to those who are clean and sober."

28 posted on 08/29/2007 7:42:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Gravity! It's not just a good idea, it's the law!)
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To: nygoose

Amen.


29 posted on 08/29/2007 7:43:14 AM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time .)
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To: Ingtar

This isn’t the first time for her. Here she is calling 911 after a car accident.

http://www.break.com/index/miss-teen-south-carolina-calls-911.html


30 posted on 08/29/2007 7:43:36 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: Patrick1

http://www.lockemanagement.com/view.cfm?modelID=199


31 posted on 08/29/2007 7:43:54 AM PDT by Ron in Acreage (Conservative 1st, republican sometime)
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To: Tax-chick
What an idiotic question! It would have caught me off guard, too.

Not me. In fact, I long for the day that I get asked such a question in a public forum, so I can snappily reply, "1 in 5 Americans can't find the US on a map because 1 in 5 Americans are certifiable dumba****s, made so by our public schools and kept so by the Media and Hollywood."
32 posted on 08/29/2007 7:45:18 AM PDT by JamesP81 (Keep your friends close; keep your enemies at optimal engagement range)
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To: WesternCulture

RULES, gentlemen. What has happened to following the rules?


33 posted on 08/29/2007 7:46:37 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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To: JamesP81
My answer: "Clearly somebody voted twice for Bill Clinton. Now we know who."
34 posted on 08/29/2007 7:46:43 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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35 posted on 08/29/2007 7:46:49 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: Uncle Miltie

36 posted on 08/29/2007 7:49:13 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: WesternCulture
Miss South Carolina Teen USA explains herself...

No need to explain herself. She is 17, was essentially "taking a test" on national TV and had a Major League case of stage fright.

When speaking in public without a script, some people have a really hard time putting together a coherent sentence.


37 posted on 08/29/2007 7:50:53 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: WesternCulture; All
Her response sounds much better than most replies I have heard from liberals, Democrats and the Ron Paul crowd when asking them to describe their knowledge of Iraq including our troop Surge.
38 posted on 08/29/2007 7:52:38 AM PDT by april15Bendovr
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To: Lazamataz

Someone told this girl that whatever the question is just make sure you mention Iraq and South Africa. Then it became clear that there was no way to mention them in an educated way and what we have is the final product.


39 posted on 08/29/2007 7:52:56 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: Lazamataz
I'm willing to cut her slack. She was probably just nervous. (if I suck up, can I get a date?)

Sure!

Just remember that she is only 17.


40 posted on 08/29/2007 7:52:57 AM PDT by Polybius
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