Friday, April 11, 2008

LAO: Miss USA, NASCAR Style

From a new post at LA Observed's Native Intelligence:
NBC has begun promoting its coverage of this year's Miss USA competition — set to be broadcast live Friday from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas — as though it were a car race in which anyone could crash and burn.

"Anything can happen!"

A commercial* that aired this weekend emphasized the event's unpredictability with a clip of Last year's Miss USA winner, Rachel Smith, as she fell on her rump during the Miss Universe competition. But the centerpiece of the spot was a sound bite from last year's Miss South Carolina, Caitlin Upton [see inset], now infamous for becoming horribly tongue-tied during her Miss Teen USA performance (That's TEEN, as in, like ...
Read the rest at LA Observed's Native Intelligence


— TJ Sullivan in LA

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