August 26th, 2007

Beauty Queen blunders! The most watched online video this weekend?

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March 14th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (32)

Posted by: Nate | around 11 months ago

Either that one or this one ;-) http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/leopard_build_9a527_intro_movie?id=hG7sAwv5Sj8

Posted by: SteveintheUK | around 11 months ago

Nearly 800,000 views on its first day... how much does YouTube pay per view again? Does anybody understand what she is talking about and please somebody buy her a dictionary so she can look up what 'MAP' means. L&L, Steve

Posted by: Jim H. Moreno | around 11 months ago

Wow. Just... wow.

Posted by: mace | around 11 months ago

What?

Posted by: Allyn | around 11 months ago

Good lord....I hope she didn't win!

Posted by: digitalucifer | around 11 months ago

Did she mean IMAP? Oh wait, this is MACarthur turf. That should be iMAP.

Posted by: eric f. | around 11 months ago

I know this is bad, but on the upside, the announcer is thinking..."I totally have a chance to bang this chick tonight".

Posted by: Amber Mac | around 11 months ago

I don't know what she is thinking...it's one of those vids where you really want her to say something smart, but it NEVER happens...

Posted by: Rebecca | around 11 months ago

Poor girl! Am I the only one who pity her?

Posted by: WolvenSpectre | around 11 months ago

... (speachless)

Posted by: Jason Nulph | around 11 months ago

That is what happens when you cruse though life depending on your looks. Check it out? When was the last time you met a really hot doctor? Umm right never. And hot shes not a poor girl she just polishes her looks more than her mind. She needs a mashup.

Posted by: Tim Barber | around 11 months ago

1) Be nice if she answered the question! 2) It seems to me she had some rehearsed answers for questions they may have asked and gave one or a combination of what she had rehearsed reqardless of the question asked! 3) It is a sad situation!

Posted by: Sina Motamedi | around 11 months ago

It almost hurt to watch this. Like nails on a chalkboard.

Posted by: John | around 11 months ago

I bet Amber would give a good answer

Posted by: Patrick John O'Mahony | around 11 months ago

Blond. What else can you say? Pat

Posted by: Chaf | around 11 months ago

This is painful to listen to! Nice attempt on filling tv time though !

Posted by: g1 | around 11 months ago

I don't know how anyone can watch this, I mean don't you feel embarrassed for her? Or at least uncomfortable? I always turn the channel when stuff like this is about to happen on a show. :D

Posted by: Chris | around 11 months ago

The really sad part is that she probably went to an expensive private school where thinking is discouraged and networking is encouraged... She'll be at Yale or Harvard soon

Posted by: John | around 11 months ago

Never at McGill for sure.

Posted by: Pete Prodoehl | around 11 months ago

Everyone on this site is now dumber for having watched her.

Posted by: John | around 11 months ago

Not at all dumber. When she attends Yale I'll take the occasion to invite her over for a game of checkers. (By the way isn't Amber a blond? Checkers Amber?)

Posted by: SteveintheUK | around 11 months ago

Just found out that this girl finished 3rd... How bad where the others then? As for Amber being a blonde too, that is true but she's Canadian, the USA smarter neighbours.

Posted by: John | around 11 months ago

Pageant Contestant Re-Answers Question AP Photo AP Photo/PATRICK PRATHER U.S. Video Advertisement Buy AP Photo Reprints COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- This time, the question was a little easier for Miss Teen South Carolina. After being stumped by a Miss Teen USA pageant question on live television Friday night, Lauren Caitlin Upton's confused, mangled response has been drawing a lot of attention. The 18-year-old got a chance to redeem herself Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show when she was again asked why one-fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a map. "I would love to re-answer that question," Upton said. "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. And if the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography." That was much better than her previous response, which included "U.S. Americans" and mentions of South Africa and "the Iraq." A YouTube video of Upton has drawn a couple million hits and thousands of comments, many of them with harsh remarks for the Lexington High School graduate who plans to attend Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. Upton was taking her flubbed answer - and the attention - in stride. "Everything did come at me at once. I was overwhelmed and I made a mistake. Everybody makes a mistake. I'm human," she said Tuesday. "I seriously think I only heard about one or two words of the actual question." Upton's former principal Creig Tyler remembered her as a well-rounded student. "She took college-prep and honors courses and performed well," Tyler told The (Columbia) State newspaper. Miss Teen Colorado Hilary Carol Cruz won the crown. Upton was third runner-up.

Posted by: Amber Mac | around 11 months ago

OK, for the record, I'm naturally a brunette! :)

Posted by: Eray | around 11 months ago

What a beautiful girl...Did she say something by the way?.. (;

Posted by: RK | around 11 months ago

-- Off-topic -- Amber, all Cocoa apps on the Mac, including TextEdit, do have spell check functionality. Under Edit > Spelling, choose Check Spelling or just turn on Check Spelling as You Type. You can also right/control- click on a text area to access the Spelling menu. -- End Off-topic --

Posted by: Leon | around 11 months ago

When I first saw it I was like WHUTDAFCUK? How blond can you get! We all know people don't use old fashioned maps anymore. GPS is the way to go. Get with the times Amber!

Posted by: SteveintheUK | around 11 months ago

"OK, for the record, I'm naturally a brunette! :)" Amber, you mean your blond hair comes from a bottle?... but then from the looks of it so did Miss Teen South Caroline got her blond hair the same way. By the way, are any women naturally blond these days?

Posted by: Smith | around 10 months ago

The Today Show made an effort to make up for the humiliation by having Miss South Carolina on the show Tuesday. I think Caitlin Upton made the most of it and had some fun, go to the link shown below to see the text and video. Paul http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20473692/ Miss Teen USA contestant tries to explain herself Caitlin Upton botched the map question because she was ‘overwhelmed’ By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributor Updated: 9:57 a.m. ET Aug 28, 2007 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.” TODAY’s Matt Lauer and Ann Curry gave Caitlin Upton a do-over on the now infamous question during an exclusive interview Tuesday. And this time the 18-year-old from South Carolina nailed it. But first Upton was forced to relive the moment she will likely never forget. She watched the embarrassing video clip for the first time with Lauer and Curry, and could only shudder and laugh. “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.” Upton admitted that she totally froze on national television last Friday during the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Asked why a fifth of Americans could not locate the United States on a world map, she stammered out an answer that made Paula Abdul’s worst “American Idol” moment seem like a model of cogency. 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.” Caught off-guard The question clearly caught Upton by surprise. She explained Tuesday that she was so overwhelmed by the moment she barely heard any of the question. “Everything did come at me at once,” she said. “And I made a mistake — everybody makes a mistake — I’m human. Right when the question was asked of me, I was in shock ... I would love to re-answer that question.” Curry obliged, reading the entire question as it had been asked during the pageant. This time, Upton was ready. “Personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on a map,” she said. “I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. If the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography in our education so people will learn how to read maps better.” She came back later in the show to deliver a flawless explanation of lunar eclipses. Held up on the Internet as the quintessential dumb blonde, Upton was an honor student in high school who played varsity soccer for four years. This summer, she traveled to Germany with an elite soccer team that placed second in a tournament involving teams from a number of European countries. In her junior and senior years, she was her school’s president of SkillsUSA, which describes itself as “a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force.” She’s taking a break between high school and college to pursue modeling opportunities. Advertisements she’s modeled for have been placed in such national magazines as “Seventeen,” “Cosmo Girl” and “American Cheerleader.” She has modeled for Wrangler, Soffe and Nautica. She has said that she entered the Miss Teen USA pageant, which is co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC Universal, in part to improve her communication skills. Despite her attack of brain lock on the geography question, she finished fourth in the competition, which was won by Miss Teen Colorado Hilary Carol Cruz. Upton’s long-term goals include enrolling in Appalachian State University to major in graphic design. On graduation, she wants to study special effects at the International Academy of Design Technology in Los Angeles and embark on a career designing special effects for movies and television. “I am 18,” she said. “I believe I am a very strong person with a strong character and my parents raised me really well.” Curry and Lauer assured her that everyone who does live television commits verbal gaffes and that they often wonder at the things they sometimes say during broadcasts.

Posted by: Paul | around 10 months ago

There's hope for South Africa, The Iraq and other Asian countries @ http://mapsforus.org/

Posted by: usaFan | around 10 months ago

USA, USA, ...!!

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