Miss Teen USA tonight... kinda icky, but still a pageant! - FSUniverse:
South Carolina's answer to why can't a large percentage of Americans find the US on a world map - 'I believe that a lot of people don't have maps . . . ' I couldn't quite follow the rest of her answer, but somehow this country full of mapless people are supposed to use our education to help Africa, and maybe Asia too.
that seemed really bad...
is colorado the one w the sophie's choice of a question - who do you prefer paris lindsey or nicole?
Yes, the audience applauded when she said none of them are her role models.That's why she won! good for the judges then, that was a good reason. she spoke by far the best.
and then she said something, like, well Paris, because she faced reality, or something like that. If she had to pick one, great answer. she said that at the end Paris showed she knew the diff btw right & wrong
and then W Va said she tht you wee an adult when you cld tell right & wrong without parents' help. which seemed too much of an echo, wld have been good to use at lst slightly diff words, when you know what the moral choice is. or sth. which is not a bad answer, I guess. you're an adult when you've internalized the outside influence on you to do good. superego.
I expected New Jersey (red head, wanted to be an actress) to be the best spoken, tht she seemed intelligent. but no, not that great. Colorado spoke the best, seemed most real. so when these two were the final two, winner and 1st runner up, I thought they picked well.
but not in the earlier eliminations. I liked Illinois, who made top 15 but not top 10. she was tall, very pretty, healthy and real seeming. and two people here mentioned Montana, who I think was the *only girl* without long locks. shorter, above the shoulder curly blond. she did not make the top 15.
I liked Kansas, who said in video clip that she is shy and has had to come out of her shell. I thought she seemed much more real than others. and looked like Sasha who I knew in Annapolis. but I was not surprised when she did not make top five.
was surprised that Alabama did not. she looked like a movie star. and I think I placed who specifically: Reese Witherspoon. but with long coiffed hair. glamourous.
the other one who looked famous, I think N Carolina, maybe resembled Tiffany Amber Thiessen. but did not speak well. I think she's the one who said the biggest risk she took was snowboarding somwhere where the hills where very different from at home, that was "definitely a risk for me" when of course seemed like an un-profound thing to say. but better, I'd say, than a hocus pocus stagey profound answer. and this girl looked so nervous when they were calling the runners up that I was endeared to her, seemed so young.

Miss Teen USA 2007 - Wkp:
Miss Teen USA 2007: Hilary Cruz (Colorado)
1st runner-up: Alyssa Campanella (New Jersey)
2nd runner-up: Kaitlin Coble (North Carolina)
3rd runner-up: Caitlin Upton (South Carolina)
4th runner-up: Chelsea Welch (West Virginia)

Contestants who placed in the top ten and competed in both swimsuit and evening gown: Canden Jackson (Alabama), Vanessa Vonbehren (Minnesota), Emily Bruce (Virginia), Rochelle Rose (Rhode Island), Jaymie Stokes (Kansas).
Contestants who placed in the top fifteen and competed in the swimsuit competition: Mollie Smith (Wyoming), Liz Kranz (New Mexico) looked like?, Victoria Davis (Illinois), Serena Karnagy (Hawaii) she was fun , Macy Erwin (Tennessee).