This is being reposted because this is now the hot video all over the radio talk shows and a caller brought up an interesting point. Is it possible she was reading the answer from a prompter or cue cards and just got mixed up? The caller pointed out that she said “U.S. Americans” when the comment would only make sense if she said “us Americans.” And if you watch her she keeps tagging something with her eyes as she tries to answer. Because of various non-disclosures she would probably not be able to tell anyone that she was supposed to read an answer. To keep her quiet they put her on the Today Show this morning. — Editor
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#32 – HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!
You killed me!!
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From the latest reality tv show, Search for the Next Trophy Wife
I love the part at the end when she puts her hands on her hips and smiles like she just explained the single unified force theory.
Oh, imagine if they used pageants contestants on Jeopardy. Ahaha. This would be just like the Will Ferrell SNL sketches with Sean Connery and other Hollywood stars.
Alex, I’ll take The Rapists for $200.
Here’s a bit of follow up on the story… http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article57350.html
No surprise there. Considering most Americans don’t believe they evolved. This is clear proof that they have: Backwards!!!
36–thanks for the link. She actually sounds pretty level headed.
I think when you find yourself speechless, you should stop talking.
If she has good management, this will be/and should be/ her stepping stone for a bright, productive future.
The children am our future.
The text is noted, that she said U.S. American’s and not us American’s. Actually, she is correct, since Americans include North America, Central and South America, but the censes is from the USA, so she is correct in her statement.
She’s a Republican wife in training.
40. Yes, and I am sure thats what she meant. he he.
Would have been even better if she had answered “I like turtles!”
Straight to the pole, honey…
Daniel T. — Yeah right that’s the way we all refer to ourselves. U.S. Americans. Har.
As for the notion that just because the continents are called North and South America doesn’t mean anyone has adopted the term “American” but the citizens of the USA. Or am I missing something? When has a Brazilian called his or herself an American or even a Brazilian American. I just hate this bogus argument. I hope you were just joking.
Absolutely right John! I am a Canadian, NOT a Canadian American. An extremely bogus argument.
Even if she was reading, this still makes her look unintelligent. I can remember how many university grads I know, who, are intelligent, but read out loud at at third grade level. You know, where there’s a coma after each word, based on their reading.
she must be bush’s offspring
You’re all over-analyzing…
It’s simply this: SHE IS DUMB!!
I’ve schooled and worked with plenty of women over the years that look like this. Just by coincidence, most of them were pretty dumb, too.
I wonder if that’s part of the universal balance of nature? If you get the looks, but you’re dog-stupid. You get brains, but you look like Stephen Hawking.
Irony is a universal constant.
48–Rather ignorant to make your personal experience (even if true) into a universal judgment? Maybe you need to be schooled some more. It was “obvious” to me that she got flustered. Probably had memorized responses to about 5-6 questions and tried to apply them while remembering to smile?
Tough things those beauty contests.—and she looked far better than the others in the line-up, so she was judged down quite a bit. Have to admit, the Q&A is my favorite part of the pageant.
#48, #49
She’s a sign of the times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA (~40 minutes, but worth watching)
>>know, who, are
>>You know, where there’s a coma after each word, based
>>on their reading.
I guess if they were reading YOUR prose, they would be reading accurately, eh CommaMeister?
Here’s a thought… she is approaching 10 million YouTube views in less than 48 hours. That’s not counting TV and print coverage or other Internet video sites.
Now consider, she is a model by trade and as such her face and body are the only criteria… unless your magazines talk to you. She could not have paid to get this kind of publicity. Me thinks her price to do a cover shoot just went through the roof. Small wager says she signs photo contracts for over a million within the next 90 days.
There are VERY few models who get confused with MIT grads anyway.
Mister Mustard-Did I not put the comma’s in the right places for you? Are there not natural pauses in the sentence you quoted from me? Did I claim to be a professional writer by trade?
John,
you are a world traveler, as I am. Living in Mexico City, one of the first things you will hear, when you say “I am an American”, or refer to other US Citizens, as “American’s”, I am an American too! I learned quickly, to differentiate myself as US American.
Now, would this pageant contestant know this? Most likely not, but in fact it is correct.
Mario is an IDIOT and he’s not even blond.
She might be able to do some TV Ads for a GPS…
“So easy a beauty pageant contestant can do it!”