Miss Teen USA Hopeful -- Say What?!

76. Well ... a lot of people don't have access to maps! She must've grown up in South Africa or Iraq.

I saw this live. Wow.

Posted at 3:09PM on Aug 27th 2007 by omg is she dumb

77. Like, it's no surprise, like, she sounds like a dumbass, like, forget the question, like, just take off your top!

Posted at 3:05PM on Aug 27th 2007 by huh?

78. Maybe she is related to George Bush!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:12PM on Aug 27th 2007 by Suzanne

79. huh? I just don't get it? I thought her answer was fine. I don't see what is so funny or stupid about her answer.
I understood everything she said. Where's the joke??

Posted at 10:09AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Tabitha

80. Tabitha... if you understood her answer could you please explain it to the rest of the world...

Because being a U.S. American (opposed to being a Canadian or Mexico American)... like mumble mumble IRAQ like mumble mumble South Africa, like South Africa... No maps.

Hmm why can't 1/5 of Americans find the US on a world map... perhaps Our Country's education program is poor, that we are more concerned about test scores than what children and teenagers are actually learning. OR perhaps these young people are so concerned about APPEARANCES and convinced that will get them through life that picking up a book would literally kill them (I say literally because the mere thought process would implode their tiny minds. Where is Darwinism when you need it.)

I would have paid to see her try to point out the US on the map...

Posted at 3:27PM on Aug 27th 2007 by Playne Jayne

81. Okay. This from a European perspective...it's good to live in a "socialist" country (says my friend living in San Diego), cause education is free of charge and our schools can afford not only maps but geography teachers as well.

Hails from Finland...

Posted at 3:29PM on Aug 27th 2007 by Del

82. Talk about perpetuating the "dumb blond" stereotype ....

Posted at 3:35PM on Aug 27th 2007 by Lilly

83. Vanna...you're wrong...this was on live television. You can't judge her answer as indicative of her intelligence. She's a mere teenager on live national television, scared to death, realizing that every word coming from her mouth is being judged. Who wouldn't be frightened out of their minds? To another poster, I'm sure her parents are VERY proud of her, and they should be. She did very well to have placed fourth in a national contest with so many talented teenagers.

Posted at 3:33PM on Aug 27th 2007 by dttown

84. Can someone PLEASE find a way to sterilize her so those genes absolutely can NOT get passed on to the next generation!!!!!

Posted at 9:19AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Harry A. Smith

85. Can she even M-A-P? She'd probably need help.
They ought to make sure she learns geography before she graduates. And pity the college who accepts her.

I realize some folks might say she was nervous, but hasn't she been through this stuff before? Thank GOD she isn't representing the USA in the Miss World or Universe pageants. We'd really be a laughingstock to the rest of the world then.

Posted at 8:08AM on Aug 28th 2007 by JEWISH PRINCESS

86. dttown, you've got to be kidding me.

These "ladies" get their fair share of hardcore coaching, just so they can actually say the right things, or at least SPEAK.

Posted at 3:37PM on Aug 27th 2007 by Del

87. I think she speaks very coherently and looks great for a girl that was recently lobotomized.

Posted at 3:37PM on Aug 27th 2007 by TMZ Pervs

88. Tabitha you must be joking, right??!!!

Posted at 3:41PM on Aug 27th 2007 by Lilly

89. Holy Crap! So much for Bush's - 'No Child Left Behind' educational agenda. That's just sad, borderline retarded. (sorry, challenged... pc)

Posted at 3:51PM on Aug 27th 2007 by LiquidLQ

90. GOOD LORD.

I am a Southern girl, product of SC public schools, raised in SC and now raising my family in SC. Hopefully, I am considered literate and articulate.

This video makes me want to beat the hell out of my 3 children with a large atlas, homeschool them for 14 hours a day and dye their naturally blond hair into the darkest brunette hue I can find.

Posted at 4:09PM on Aug 27th 2007 by zenmom