Miss Teen Babbler -- But I CAN Speak!

31. hey Amanda -

im sorry you can't speak in public or think on your toes. perhaps you should work on it. but don't assume no one else can.

Posted at 10:53AM on Aug 28th 2007 by judith

32. Why would someone's social anxiety and attempt at humor make headline news? Quit avoiding the real world by obsessing on others foibles that make you feel superior!

Posted at 2:24PM on Aug 30th 2007 by Stephen Andersen

33. ugghhh. Her 'comments' made me squirm. Not another SC dingbat! I live in SC and it seems that everytime something happens here, the media picks the worst person to interview or we have the worst representatives of our state. This is most embarrassing to those of us who are educated, can at least speak coherently and in complete sentences.

Oh, the horror. Poor girl. She needs help and more schooling.

I'm going to hide in a hole now. See y'all later.

(How embarrassing! I'm dying down here from the HEAT and the SHAME)

Posted at 10:55AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Blondie2Spoiled

34. South Carolina called; they would like their appearance of having an IQ back.

Posted at 10:58AM on Aug 28th 2007 by jed

35. Number 36:

I echo that. Paaaalease. I swear we aren't all idiots.

Posted at 11:03AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Blondie2Spoiled

36. did neone notice she repeated nbc word for word??????? lololo she IS dumb, but not by choice.......... it happens....... ha ha ha ha

Posted at 11:12AM on Aug 28th 2007 by boooorrrrred

37. I actually was flipping through channels and happened to see the trainwreck happen. Sorry, I just couldn't stop laughing. I had a hard time believing she was one of the runner ups! However, it made me stop and watch the end of the program to (thankfully) see Miss Colorado win. One thing to remember is that these "beauty pageant" girls are trained from early on for just these types of situations. She should have been able to handle the question better. If you don't understand it, ask them to repeat it. (Can you do that?) It would be better than to babble on the way she did.

Posted at 11:08AM on Aug 28th 2007 by SG

38. ....this is what happens when people have good looking kids, and the kids are raised around "you are so pretty" all the time instead of teaching them the values of intelligence and kindness. If your kid is beautiful, stress the internal stuff...the "world" will see the obvious, and the external stuff changes...if that is the basis of their strength and identity, watch out for a fall!!

Posted at 11:07AM on Aug 28th 2007 by too late for her

39. The REAL reason she screwed up is because it was a question that required an actual opinion. And how much of a dolt is Ann Curry - "good girl you" - WTF?

Posted at 5:17PM on Aug 28th 2007 by Grigori

40. Scarred for life! Eventually, she will fade away into obscurity. If not, this is what she'll be remembered for and that would suck! Imagine how many people will be sending her maps and making map jokes forever...such as like. Oh well, she made her bed.

Posted at 11:11AM on Aug 28th 2007 by mg

41. Why do we make celebrities out of these people? Why was she even on the Today show? She fumbles an answer on a beauty pagent and somehow that earns her a spot on a nationally syndicated morning talk show? Stop making stars out of these people. Seriously, its ridiculous.

Posted at 11:18AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Kate

42. What an idiot! If you're a pageant queen you should be able to answer these types of questions because you get grilled by your pageant coach. I guess somebody wasn't working on their interview questions. Her answer should have been "because people are idiots!" lol. I still can't believe Americans don't know how to located the United States on the map!!!

Posted at 11:19AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Talk Much

43. I find it funny that everyone who says "Lay off her." and "Oh that poor kid." Just another example of Americans cutting people slack because of their good looks. Never mind that she just showed everyone in the nation that she can't put together a coherent sentence let alone a good answer. Then going on a show and reading a teleprompter is not, Im sorry, a redeeming act. It just illustrates how ignorant and wrapped up in her appearance she really is.

Posted at 11:20AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Keith

44. Dang! This is one chiled that got left behind!

I hear one of the pageant prizes is a brand new 2008 Blue Bird short bus.

Posted at 11:20AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Gee Dubya

45. Hey Kate, NBC's parent company owns the Pageant so they staged this for some redemption. She is a moron though.

Posted at 11:20AM on Aug 28th 2007 by Pink