On This Day In 2007Miss Teen USA contestant Caitlin Upton had a little trouble during the Q&A portion of the pageant.
While she was still able to snag third runner-up, her televised gaffe made its way onto YouTube, scoring over 7 million views within days, and earning a handful of parodies and late-night jokes.
She was later able to redeem herself with an August 28th appearance on The Today Show, where she gave the question another go:
And by the end of the year, the video had raked in nearly 20 million views and a contract with Trump Modeling Agency, Donaldtelling Howard Stern that Upton was an “eleven” and hotter than Charlize Theron.
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