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Miss South Carolina, Lauren Caitlin Upton, tries to explain her nonsensical answer from the Miss Teen USA pageant, which has been viewed more than 2 million times.
Lauren is shown the footage of herself for the first time and explains she was nervous because it was her first time on National TV. She admitted on The Today Show, “I am nervous just sitting here, on national TV again. Everything did come at my once. I was overwhelmed and I made a mistake. Everybody makes mistake. I’m human.
“Right when the question was asked to me, I was in complete shock. I was overwhelmed that I seriously think I only heard one or two words of the actual question itself. I misunderstood and drew a blank.
“Looking back, I am sitting here laughing at myself because I feel like, ‘Is that really me?’ It’s like I’m not in my actual body… Let’s just go back in time and redo everything. [laughs] I am 18 and I believe that I’m a very strong person, very strong character, and my parents raised me very well.”
Today co-anchors Matt Lauer and Ann Curry tell Lauren that she shouldn’t worry as they flub on National TV all the time too. They even give her a second chance to redo answer the original question, which was “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?”
Lauren’s much more sensible, rehearsed answer was: “Well, personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. If the statistics are correct, there should be more emphasis in geography in our education, so people will be able to read maps better.”
As for her future? “My goal is to attend Appalachian State University, major in graphic design. Once graduated from there, go to L.A. and go into the International Academy of Design and Technology and major in special effects, learning to design special effects and movies and television.”
DOES MISS SOUTH CAROLINA even own a computer or a map?
Miss South Carolina’s Second Chance - The Today Show, 8/28
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“Little Miss Sunshine”
If you haven’t seen it - you must watch it!
She’s cute, I like her… she seems nice
lol thank you very much Jekka! Finally a blogger with a brain other than to insult people based on appearance. We live in a shallow society and love to watch people fall flat on their faces when they are down. Give a girl a break. She made a mistake. Now, she had a second chance to redeem herself and as a result solidified why she did NOT win the contest. Better luck next time.
Okay so she freaked. So do the other 1million other teenagers who are on tv, play sports and are put in position of light. She had time to rehearse, she had the questions, and she not only jacked that up, she made the rest of us look like we’re from the same school she and the president came from. The University of Hot AIR!
Does she deserve what she gets? YES, she planted the seeds of vanity and now she dosn’t want to reap the benefits of what she created. Her concsiousness didn’t leave room for that…
Why is it getting press ???…
Answer:
NBC- (The Today show) is co-owner of The Miss Teen USA Pagent
and…
ITS FREAKING FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Media is bias…Throw your tv away.
Are her parents wealthy and socially connected?. Why was air-time wasted on this nonesense?. Her answer was a clear example of why 1/5 of Americans can’t find our own country on a map because, some of us spend more time choosing lipgloss that reading a book.
DOES NBC THINK THIS INCIDENT WILL DRIVE SPONSORS AWAY?. If anything, the next batch of contestants should be motivated to be a little more intelligent in their answers.
did anyone else notice that matt kept calling her Caitlin?
lol never mind - that is her middle name.
wasn’t there a recent article out about how scientists found a part of the universe that is complete, absolute nothingness — and it completely freaked them out? i don’t recall the article mentioning that the location of this vacuum was this blondie’s head though… huge oversight, cnn.
Pretty moron. Nerves she says? How about a culture that tells girls that it’s sexy to act like a drunk nitwit baffoons.
Why is so funny? you make this mistakes too! Once again Canadains “OOOH! WE ARE SOOO SMART! WE ARE OF CHOSEN PEOPLES! WHY AMERICANS SO DUMB? WE ONLY GOOD SMART PEOPLES!” When you time comes an attacked, watch who come savid you sorry A**! “Dumb” Americans, That’s who! “OOOH WE SO GOOD! DON’T NEED SOMEBODY! WE SMARTEST OF HOLE WORLD! Why es you people so obnoxious? “OOOH! LOOKIT ME! I CANADAIN! I SMART! I BETTER! Grow a mole and cry in you igloo!
she was second runner up?
what does that show you about americans?
I cannot believe anyone defending this numbskull!!! And the people not wanting her on the Today show are CORRECT!!! She should be made to fade away, go back to school, and get an education before trying to represent America.
Those who say she’s only 18 and it was live TV - that’s the whole point, dumbasses!!! Could she think on her feet? NO!! Everyone else could, though. When she didn’t hear correctly (yeah, right) did she ask for the question to be repeated? NO!!! Could she stand the pressure? NO!! And even if she didn’t hear correctly, the answer was not a ‘mistake’ it was a rambling, nonsensical collection of random words. She didn’t say something simple that just happened to not pertain to the question. She was a complete DIPSHIT!!!! And so what if a couple of days later after thinking about it she can come up with a completely trite, and equally revealingly stupid answer that just happens to be a complete sentence? SHE FAILED UNDER PRESSURE when asked a reasonably easy question.
Anyone who defends this idiot is just as stupid. There is no excuse for this kind of stupidity except to prove the point that Americans are ignorant.
If the new answer was rehearsed, couldn’t she have come up with something better than that?
Statistics show that Americans can’t find America on a map and all she has to say is that her friends can find America on the map?
Come on.
To El Gordo
I’m not banking on America ever coming to save us if we’re attacked. Mainly because they won’t be able to find us.
Angelina, dont you think that people should know where their own country is located even if the name isn´t shown on the map? I suggest that you and your mum think this through, there is a better answer to this question than the one you came up with.
Ike, you were much kinder than I was going to be!! I was dumbfounded when I read that! So you can’t find the U.S. unless it’s printed in big letters? That doesn’t mean you found the country on the map, it means you looked for a recognizable word! IDIOTS!! And her mom also thinking it’s a normal thing not to be able to find the United States on a globe — no wonder her daughter is so ignorant! At least they were looking for it. Maybe now they can learn where one of the largest and most important countries in the world is located.
Thank goodness they figured out it was in North America! What next? Will they try to figure out if New Mexico is a state or not?
You don’t need to know how to point out America on the map to know that nicely ask the questioner to repeat the question if you didn’t get it the 1st time. I can’t beleive nowaday, there are still girls would like to be a bimbo…God bless America…..
Quit excusing this unitelligent idiot. She is obviously the product of American high schools who are substandard to say the least. Most maps DO NOT say North America only unless you are looking at the political map version. Quit feeling sorry for this spoiled brat. Plus, havent most of your had geography in school?… oh no, I forgot, it’s not mandatory in American high schools so most kids grow up to be ignorant about world affairs, geography, politics, history, etc.
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