Caitlin Upton Botched The Map Question Because She Was ‘Overwhelmed’

Miss South Carolina Teen USA explains herself
(Caitlin Upton)botched the map question because she was ‘overwhelmed’

By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor

The Miss Teen USA pageant contestant who became a YouTube sensation after butchering a question about why many Americans cannot find the U.S. on a world map says she was overwhelmed by her national television appearance and chalks up the experience to being “human.”

TODAY’s Matt Lauer and Ann Curry gave Caitlin Upton a do-over on the now infamous question during an exclusive interview Tuesday. And this time the 18-year-old from South Carolina nailed it.

But first Upton was forced to relive the moment she will likely never forget. She watched the embarrassing video clip for the first time with Lauer and Curry, and could only shudder and laugh.