Mary Worth:  1626 days ago

Last years Miss Teen USA winner, also messed up when it came time for the final answer. But the contestants were told there was "no right or wrong answer" before hand.

What bothered me was that the host, Mario Lopez said, earlier in the evening, that he would keep his opinions to himself; that he wouldn't interfere with the process.

He didn't keep his word. He sabotaged Miss West Virginia's chances, after she gave a sharp, short answer to her question. After she walked away, he thanked her, then looked at the camera, and basically dissed her efforts by focusing on HIMSELF!

The effect was to make her look foolish!

The judges were not too sharp, anyway!

ohnoudient:  1626 days ago

This girl is a ding bat! Didn't she realize she would be on TV before they went live? Even with Ann and Matt, she had no idea what she was talking about. Matt and Ann both try to guide her in her responses. She should NEVER appear anywhere live again for her own sake!

fulger:  1626 days ago

good for miss s. carolina... the good thing is she's an instant celebrity and she can only move up from here. A year from now will anyone remember who actually won miss teen? nope, but they'll remember Caitlin.

blondetoo:  1626 days ago

how dare she insult south africas education ,she has no wrote-dumb blond!

Larry:  1626 days ago

It won't be to much longer she will be living at Heff's mansion so I really can't say anything about this poor kid..............

Skeeter 17:  1626 days ago

This girl is a good example of a DUMB BEAUTY! In succeeding interviews, she was said to have redeemed herself---but of course...she has been coached this time.

stan:  1626 days ago

To me it showed that this girl has gotten by from her looks. She is an idiot. The only person I think that could top her is Kathy Ireland. That woman said the word "worser" 2 times in one sentence.

Lerch:  1626 days ago

This broad is just palin stupid. People dont watch a beauty contest to hear what the contestants have to say anyway. People watch them for what the chicks look like. The dig-bats in these contests have been groomed from a young age by their sick parents to be fake and full of crap.

dollpartz:  1626 days ago

How did she redeem herself? They asked her the same question! She was up all night preparing the answer already, or her mom was. They should have asked her a different question! If they asked her a different question, a really difficult one, I'm sure she would have tried to cut and paste stock answers to other questions she prepared for.

L:  1626 days ago

She didn't understand the question?!?! That's even worse! No wonder the rest of the world think we're such idiots. It overwhelmed her? I could be hanging upside down by a thin rope -with my ankles and wrists tied together-over Niagara Falls and I still wouldn't have given such a stupid answer!

Gracie:  1626 days ago

I do not think she understood the question, But.... If she was smart enough she would have been able to "wing it" better than she did. I still cannot see why she talked (or what ever that was) Iraq and South Africa. I mean there is no right and wrong answer, But that was a mess.

smart blonde:  1626 days ago

She claims to have "not understood the question"?? Funny, since she repeated the whole fricking question as the first sentence in her response. Face it, she's just stupid.

what ?:  1626 days ago

she was on the today show and still was an idiot , and then she said what she said she meant to say in the pageant but she had trouble concentrating and i think her parents made her practice it all night . the sad thing is that this brain challenged individual will be rich cause she wil marry someone who wants a trophy wife ... and that the way life goes? lol

Donald Keyballs:  1626 days ago

I bet she reads TMZ daily.

Clinton:  1626 days ago

She had a "Britney".