None of us are perfect, but to have such a spectacular fall from such a high place in such a way is comical.

In the grand scheme of things, she 'blew it'. She blew it in a venue that is a disgrace to young women a peep show that should have ended decades ago.

Beauty contests are what the Tour de France is turning in to: a display of what modern pharmacology, surgery and well placed money can provide.

Pushup bras, padding, lifts, Vaseline, rouge in the cleavage. It's all part of the sideshow of humanity... Get your tickets...

In the end, Bush and the corporate media will do more damage. This just reinforces how shallow and inept Americans are to the rest of the world...

OK so I agree that most people probably have something better to do that watch and comment on viral videos but I think this article is just silly. the video is hilarious. She gives a response that is so far beyond "dumb, blond, southern and female" that it hurts. it is incoherent and completely nonsensical. these things are funny. no matter who does it...but yes, the fact that she is pretty and blond and from the south doesn't hurt.

why should we feel bad for laughing at this girl. she is taking part in one of our most foolish traditions and she surpasses our expectations by appearing far more retarded than we could even expect. we are still laughing at the president for his numerous idiotic speech gaffes. all political correctness aside, it is fun to laugh at people's mistakes...and yes, we all make them, but some are worse than others.

why can' most Americans find their own country on a map? because they are mostly educated as well as or worse than she was. she is a fool and she is a very real representation of the sad state of our education system. its not our fault for laughing.

As a young (23), pretty, blond, and Southern (from South Carolina, no less) female, I can speak for myself in saying that my laughter over the response came from neither sexism nor self-hatred, but from horror: If I hadn't have laughed I would certainly have cried at the perpetuation of the stereotype that all Southerners are ignorant by someone who purports to represent my home state.

thank you! thats great that you wrote that. why is it that laughing at her implies that we are perpetuating some stereotype. I'm sorry your state is being so poorly represented in the all important world of teen pageantry. Im glad you can laugh at her too.