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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Miss dumb blond USA?

Our national embarrassment over a South Carolina teenage contestant's world knowledge.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Thursday, August 30, 2007 01:23 PM

    hahah awesome

    heheh so she gave an answer which ain't exactly worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. But so what? It's the title of Miss Teen USA she's competing for, so to me hey - an answer is an answer, however hilarious it may be.

    Same thing whenever a mike gets shoved in front of a hockey player along with the most difficult questions on earth for the sweaty, out-of-breath player to somehow form an answer to. They give pretty idiotic answers too.

    Same thing.

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