Then and Now: Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007

Date: Oct 11 2019

More than a decade ago, a teenager named Caitlin Upton became one of the world’s first true viral sensations. This was 2007, a few years before “going viral” was a daily occurrence: There was really only one platform responsible for spreading silliness far and wide, and YouTube had only seen a handful of major moments. (For context, Upton’s sudden fame came just one year after faux YouTuber “lonelygirl15” had been exposed as a hoax.)