Laura Upton

[admin]

"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 that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and 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 Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us."
-Laura Upton, South Carolina Miss Teenage America, when she was asked why one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the U.S. on a map.

[jmyrick13]

What??

I hope for her sake that part of this is missing!!!

[marc]

It isn't.  I posted a link to the video of that on the news board back when it happened, if you want proof.

There were some interviews later that put her in a better light, fwiw.