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It is the stuff of nightmares. The moment when, on live national television, you are asked a question, the answer disobediently flies out of your head, and something oddly-born comes out of your mouth.

For Lauren Caitlin Upton, an apparently upbeat 18-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the time came on Friday evening during the tricky on-stage interview section of Miss Teen USA. Three per cent of America's television audience was watching.