Defending SC Girls

August 27th, 2007
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This is not Japan-related. This is a quick post in defense of girls from my home state of South Carolina. The following video showing Miss Teen South Carolina is a travesty. A travesty of monstrous proportions. I went to school with lots of girls far more gorgeous and far smarter than this. What happened? I feel misrepresented. Anyway, don’t judge us South Carolinians by the stereotypes…spoken or demonstrated in video form…

Now, while I’m being defensive, let me say that I don’t know Lauren Caitlin Upton, or whether or not she was just having an off day. Poor girl. I hope that’s the case. (Though, to be fair, I think it would be understandable if “US Americans” who had no maps couldn’t locate the US on one…after all, they need one to do that…right?) Anyway, point made, I guess. Thanks. Hat tip to Hot Air. And for those of you who are done cringing, you can look forward to some new posts this week. Got a new camera. Got back from Monster Bash. School’s starting. Things are moving rapidly now. Just gotta hold on while the new schedule sets in.

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  • I'm so embarrassed! Not just as a South Carolinian but as an American. She must be an Upstater.
  • Happily Not From South Carolin
    It is my personal belief that such questions, such as the aforementioned ones, uh, should not be presented, such as they are, to, uh, contestants. In place of such questions, it is my personal belief that they should have simply asked the dingbat to point to the US on one of these maps that a fifth of us Americans aren't privy to. Bonus points if she can located South Carolina.

    Beauty AND brains?! THESE PEOPLE ASK TO MUCH.
  • Nic
    Should read *can locate. and *too much. Don't go correcting my mediocre typing/spelling skills, lacking as they are, Richardson.
  • Greg - I know. It was pretty horrendous, huh. I can't figure out where her weird accent comes from either. It's kind of faux-valley, isn't it? The "uh" on the end of her words? Like a strange, vapid, female xerox of the bad Mario accent? It's-a like-a me-a, Miss-a like-a Teen-a South-a Carolina-a, such-a as-a and-a so-a. Yikes. It's like the sign that I had in my old bedroom - written in stamped gold foil in Olde English font, the wry admonition:

    "Be sure brain is engaged before putting mouth into gear."

    Sigh. At least some of us know that there are some really amazing girls in South Carolina. I remember them. I grew up with a weird complex thanks to the girls I had crushes on who beat me into the cement academically. But, it sort of figures that their interests wouldn't lie with beauty pageants, eh? Ha ha.
  • Nicole - you know me too well. Although I think it's funny to make typos when making fun of some poor girl's complete and utter failure to sound intelligent. :-P Don't sweat it, I know you're cool. And just so you know, if you were from SC, you'd be happy about that too. It isn't NYC, but it has its perks. But I agree - they should have just handed her a map and said "point out the United States, Iraq, and South Africa." If she couldn't, I'd call that case closed.
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