Attempts to look less stupid fail for Miss Teen South Carolina

Ann Curry and Matt Lauer went bonkers when Miss Teen South Carolina came on the Today show on Tuesday. The two high-fived and applauded the beauty queen while she used every brain cell she had to try to make herself look slightly less dumb. Lauren Caitlin Upton attempted to look less stupid by explaining her senseless answers from Friday's Miss Teen USA pageant by referring to it as an out of body experience (which she defined as "it's like I'm not in my actual body"). Caitlin went on to say that she was "in complete shock" and "overwhelmed" when she was asked that now infamous map question. Gosh, if this question threw her into shock, I'd love to see what happened when she took the SATs. Caitlin also seemed confused when asked if she found this whole situation to be funny.

She then did a re-do and re-answered the question by saying, "Well personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map." Our map? No wonder, she couldn't answer the question, she has to share a map with all of her friends. Upton the continued to say that schools need to place more emphasis on geography "so people will learn to read maps better."

Well....there's always next year, Caitlin. Try to learn something while you're at Appalachian State University. Although I picture it looking a little like this...


Appalachian Emergency Room Video


Here's the actual Today Show video:




And here's what was going on in Caitlin's head during the pageant:



I heard a rumor that contestants get to hear the questions before being asked them on stage....I really hope that's not true!