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Late-night talk show hosts say thank you to Miss Utah

It seems like every year there's one answer given by a Miss USA pageant contestant which finds its way onto late-night comedy shows for about a week.

This year, that honor goes to Miss Utah Marissa Powell.

NeNe Leakes asked her, "A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American families with children, women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than men. What does this say about society?"

Here's how Miss Utah responded:

"I think we can re...relate this back to education, and how we are...continuing to try to strive to...[smile]...figure out how to create jobs, right now. That is the biggest problem in...I think, especially the men, are, um...seen as the leaders of this, and so we need to try to figure out how to...create education better so that we can solve this problem."

Yes, for Ms. Powell's sake, I certainly wish we had "figured out how to create education better" while she was in school.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/17/miss-utah-marissa-powell-s-facepalm-moment-during-the-miss-usa-pageant.html

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