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August 24, 2007 at 11:22 pm · Filed under TV

Miss South Carolina in tonight’s Teen USA pageant had to answer the following question as part of the competition: “Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?”

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

She didn’t win. What a shock.

Posted by Dr. Disney on August 24, 2007 at 11:22 pm · Permalink

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A US American wrote @ August 25th, 2007 at 1:16 am

I saw this, and wished I had recorded it. Truly spectacular. Classic.

Greg wrote @ August 25th, 2007 at 2:43 am

Here’s a Youtube link to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdhMSEqhfg

Matt Boom wrote @ August 25th, 2007 at 9:10 am

Sounds like she got some good key words in there. She just needed to put them together better.

stevent5 wrote @ August 25th, 2007 at 11:27 am

She’s no doubt one of the fifth that can’t locate the US on a map.

Ricky wrote @ August 25th, 2007 at 9:07 pm

My wife and I watched this as well… and weren’t sure what she said. She definitely didn’t answer the question. We usually make a game out of these pageant shows and try to pick the winners at the beginning just from seeing their intros. Michelle picked the winner correctly (as she usually does) and I picked… South Carolina.

Van wrote @ August 26th, 2007 at 8:20 am

I’m impressed that Mario kept it together during that. Hilarious!!

Matt Boom wrote @ August 26th, 2007 at 8:29 am

Watch the look on Mario’s face when she finishes. You can tell he’s trying hard to hold it in.