Josh Lyon

Miss Teen USA 2007 – South Carolina

I saw this on Letterman the other night and couldn’t help but crack up. She was trying so hard to come up with something that had a global perspective.

Question: "Recent polls have shown 1/5 of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?" 

South Carolina: "I personally believe that you as Americans are unable to do so because (um) some people out there in our nation dont have maps. And I believe that our education, such as South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should– our education over here in the US should help the US, (uh-b-err-uh) should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future… for our children…."