This should be good for a laugh: Caitlin Upton, the geographically-challenged Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, is hoping to redeem herself with a trek around the world. The blonde and her boyfriend Brent Horne will compete for $1 million dollars on the 16th edition of CBS’ The Amazing Race. Caitlin rose to YouTube infamy with her awkward response to about question about American’s ineptitude with geography during the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant. The gaff garnered over 39 millions views online that year, but Caitlin’s hoping her first soiree on reality TV will help change public opinion about her.
“People always picture me as the typical pageant girl, and I’m not at all,” she told The Associated Press. “I’ve only been in five pageants. I’m actually a very athletic person. I’m just tired of being represented from that standpoint. I want to show people who I really am as a person, that I am capable of accomplishing anything and doing anything I put my mind to.”
The Amazing Race 16 premieres Feb. 14 @ 8 PM EST on CBS.
