Miss South Carolina Teen USA causes flap over maps

Tuesday August 28th 2007
Filed Under Current Events 

Miss South Carolina Teen USA when asked during the Miss Teen USA contest this past why one-fifth of Americans couldn’t find USA on a map gave a bumbling answer that news pundits are still trying to decipher.  Her response to the question “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map.  Why do you think this is?” was:

 “I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and that I believe our education, such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should our education over here in the US should help the US, or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.”

As was to be expected, the 48 second video clip was posted to YouTube and has been viewed over 4 million times.


In explanation, Lauren Caitlin Upton has responded by saying:

“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.”



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