Miss Teen USA South Carolina

[T@T]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

Her lack of intelligence totally made her unattractive.

I love them like that...they just say OK i can do that

[suegate]

Well, all I can say is that Cheryl did just as poorly in Miss Congeniality and she still won...oh wait, that was a movie. But a very funny movie at that!!

[DuffMan]

There was a write up in the paper today about this, and just how popular she has become. She could probably parlay this overnight fame into a successful acting/singing carrer.

[fredr123]

http://mapsforus.org/

[HockeyPuck]

Sounds like Jim Rome and his clones are having some fun at her expense...

[HockeyPuck]

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[worth]

Originally Posted by HockeyPuck

Sounds like Jim Rome and his clones are having some fun at her expense...

haha Rafer Alston is a U.S. American

Tha I-Rack therefore, such as.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

I aced Public Speaking in college and never wrote a single speech. Off the cuff everytime. (demostration speech aside).

Some people have a natural abilty to think on their feet, preparation or not. I wouldn't say they are stupid.

I'm with DFF on this. If you're 17, and have all the cameras on you, the question announced over the PA in front of hundreds of people, freezing wouldn't be uncommon. She would never have been in that situation before. If all her prep was done on, as someone previously mentioned, AIDS in Africa, and the War in Iraq she could have froze.

The question was probably far easier than she anticipated. It's funny, when I see guys who are amazing at hockey trivia. You can ask them to recite the Stanley Cup winners dating back to 1900, and they'll do it without batting an eye. Ask them who played Left Wing on the 1932 Detroit Red Wings' 4th line, and they'll answer it like it's a joke. Ask them who wore #9 for the Boston Bruins, they'll freeze and wait a minute or two before saying "Bobby Orr". Why? Because the question seems too easy, it must be a trick.

Alas with the spotlight on live TV you don't have a minute or two for your brain to go "wait a second, that was an easy question, what was it again, it couldn't be simply 'why can't Americans locate themselves on a map' it must be tricker than that".

The amount of vocal fillers she used would lead me to believe she was thinking about everything but the question due to its simplicity.

I, like DFF, have whipped off speaches off the cuff (once gave an emotional speech to a class about how a pop vending machine changed and enriched my life). Some people can do it, some can't. It's not a sign of intelligence. The general public's biggest fear is public speaking, I won't fault anyone for freezing while doing it.

I'm a far better speaker than I am a writer. When I type on message broads I have speling mitokes all over the palce. When I speak I'm much more articulate (Maritime accent available upon request)

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

I, like DFF, have whipped off speaches off the cuff (once gave an emotional speech to a class about how a pop vending machine changed and enriched my life). Some people can do it, some can't. It's not a sign of intelligence. The general public's biggest fear is public speaking, I won't fault anyone for freezing while doing it.

Jerry Seinfeld: I read a thing that actually says that speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. I found that amazing - number two was death! That means to the average person if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.

[fredr123]

Miss South Carolina, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

The question was probably far easier than she anticipated.
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Alas with the spotlight on live TV you don't have a minute or two for your brain to go "wait a second, that was an easy question, what was it again, it couldn't be simply 'why can't Americans locate themselves on a map' it must be tricker than that".

The amount of vocal fillers she used would lead me to believe she was thinking about everything but the question due to its simplicity.

Just out of curiosity what is the simple answer? It seems like a pototential loaded question that is more deserving of a 30 second answer. And I think it's more complicated than, as someone so articulately put it, "people are morons".

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

I'm with DFF on this. If you're 17, and have all the cameras on you, the question announced over the PA in front of hundreds of people, freezing wouldn't be uncommon. She would never have been in that situation before. If all her prep was done on, as someone previously mentioned, AIDS in Africa, and the War in Iraq she could have froze.

I think you're wrong. The Girls have quite a few beauty contests before they get to the level where she was competing. She would have done this before.

[flip]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Or maybe she can't find it on a map either and didn't realize people should be able to?

ha just what i was about to post before i read it.

she's probably one of the 1 in 5 so this question confounded her.

[flip]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

There was a write up in the paper today about this, and just how popular she has become. She could probably parlay this overnight fame into a successful acting/singing carrer.

guaranteed she's in maxim by the end of the year.

damn i hate it when the same person posts twice in a row. just edit your original or multiquote dammit...wait a minute.

[Staypuft]

Originally Posted by fredr123

Miss South Carolina, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

I think you're wrong. The Girls have quite a few beauty contests before they get to the level where she was competing. She would have done this before.

I would have to agree. Pageantry is an entire sub-industry unto itself like figure skating or ballet. Creepy as it sounds, some of these kids start out as young as six years old. Public speaking is a major component of "coaching." While "pageantry" obviously doesn't attract the same crowd as the High School Debating Club, they do effort to impart some public speaking skills.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Live, National TV?

Really?

While I agree they'd be in situations in front of a number of people, with that production value, cameras, and at-home audience?

I'm not being a prick asking for examples, as I very well could be wrong, I'm just curious.

Other than Miss America/Miss Universe, what else has the production, and audience of Miss Teen USA?

[corporatejay]

Ask them who wore #9 for the Boston Bruins, they'll freeze and wait a minute or two before saying "Bobby Orr". Why? Because the question seems too easy, it must be a trick.

wasn't bobby orr #4?

[Save Us Sutter]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Sure it is...but how often do you or I at age 17 and with a live audience and TV cameras in our face......have to think on our "feet" like she did.

Think on your feet? That implies that answering the question actually involves some sort of thought. She could have still stumbled and rambled but used the words "funding" and "public school" instead of "South Africa" and "the Iraq" and at least it would have made SOME sense.

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Poor kid. Odds are this is what she'll be remembered for. Tough to have that kind of infamy when you're 16.

Not to be picky... but she's 18. At least according to the article Transplant posted.

Originally Posted by LeftWing

So did the judges, apparently she was third runner up!

I absolutely could not believe this. Sympathy vote? Were the other contestant's answers worse than this? Or did she do the swimsuit competition topless?

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Some people have a natural abilty to think on their feet, preparation or not. I wouldn't say they are stupid.

Again this implies she had to think to answer. I realize it's easy to feel bad for this girl... but even freezing and saying NOTHING AT ALL would have been better than what came out of her mouth. How hard is it to say "Perhaps our government should invest more money in public education" or even "Perhaps people should have paid more attention in GRADE ONE!!"

Originally Posted by Burninator

Just out of curiosity what is the simple answer? It seems like a pototential loaded question that is more deserving of a 30 second answer. And I think it's more complicated than, as someone so articulately put it, "people are morons".

I think the answer lies somewhere in between the two answers I gave above. Heck, she could have thrown in "take even 2 billion from the military and put it towards educating the children of our country" and really scored some points.... depending on who the judges were I suppose.

A ten second answer... during a beauty pageant? I think I would have gone with "some Americans don't take their education seriously, which is sad, but I personally would use my position as Miss Teen USA to teach kids to STAY IN SCHOOL!!!!" (Big Smile)

Originally Posted by flip

guaranteed she's in maxim by the end of the year.

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As much as some are mocking her, and some are feeling bad for her, the truth is she is now not only young and good looking, but (in)famous. And in America that's got to be worth at least a couple million bucks.

[Hemi-Cuda]

i love the "for our children" part at the end. realize you've just given the most incoherent answer to a question ever recorded on TV? make it all about the children, easy out