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#3. Miss South Carolina Teen USA

During the Miss Teen USA pageant's Q & A segment, the contestant from South Carolina, Lauren Caitlin Upton, was asked why Americans are unable to locate the U.S. on a map. In a cringe-inducing ramble, she provided a kind of performance art response to the question: because Americans, like Upton, are stupid. She began, "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 went on to reference "the Iraq" and "Asian countries." The only redemption for U.S. Americans was the sweetly empathetic look on the face of pageant host Mario Lopez as he held the teen's microphone. Stupid, yes, but nice.

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