Miss teen usa 2007 south carolina biography
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| Caitlin Upton | |
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| Name: | Caitlin Upton |
| Born: | March 27, 1989 |
| Occupation: | Real estate agent |
Lauren Caitlin Upton (born March 27, 1989), also credited as Caite Upton, is an American fashion model and former beauty queen from Lexington, South Carolina.
Career[]
2007 Miss Teen USA pageant[]
Upton became Miss South Carolina Teen USA for 2007 in the November 2006 state pageant. She went on to place as third runner-up in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant. She gained international notoriety for her convoluted and nonsensical response to a question posed to her during the August 2007 national pageant. During the pageant, Upton responded to a question posed by host Aimee Teegarden: "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?" Upton responded.
As a guest on NBC's The Today Show, Upton told Ann Curry and Matt Lauer that she was overwhelmed when asked the question and did not comprehend it correctly. The Today Show hosts gave Upton another opportunity to answer. She responded:
Both Curry and Lauer, along with unseen crew members, applauded her response.
Post pageant career[]
Since then, she has modeled in advertisements for companies such as Nautica and Wrangler and has appeared in
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"I personally believe...that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because...uh-some-uh people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like 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 the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children." Rather than the pageant itself or even the winner, it was these words uttered by Miss South Carolina Teen USA, Lauren Caitlin Upton when asked why a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a map. This statement was analyzed to death by every talk show and at its peak was the most downloaded video on the YouTube website. It led to a seemingly endless string of parodies and Lauren was given the chance to redeem herself on the Today Show and ended up parlaying this little absent-minded moment to becoming a presenter on the MTV Video Music awards making fun of her own answer. I just could not believe that it blew up into what it did. A lot of it has to do with the newfound instantaneousness of video uploads on the internet like on websites like YouTube and everywhere like such as... One can only imagine what would have