At the recent Miss Teen USA 2007 competition, Miss South Carolina spoke out:
Q: Recent Polls indicate a 5th of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?
A: I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because uh some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I uh believe that our education like such as in South Africa and uh the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the US should help the US or or should help South Africa it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for.
I love it! Nothing even resembling a rational thought!
You can watch the whole embarassing thing on YouTube here. After the initial incident she was invited on the Today Show to defend herself; you can watch that here. Unfortunately, she didn't do much better the second time around than she did the first time. She sure does know how to smile at the camera, though.
Oh, she placed third runner-up in the competition.
Ok, granted that she looks like a complete idiot while answering the question. But I think she did a great job handling it on TV later. What did you think was so bad about that?
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