Teresa Scanlan: Miss America 2011 Winner

Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan was crowned Miss America 2011 during the Las Vegas pageant on Saturday night.
The 17-year old from Gering, Nebraska became the youngest winner of the Miss America crown in 90 years.
Scanlan beat out 52 other beauty queens to win a $50,000 scholarship at the Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
A graduate of Scottsbluff High School, Scanlan will attend Patrick Henry College in the fall. She then plans to go to law school and eventually become a politician, according to her pageant biography.
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# AMLSurvivor -1/31/2011 7:00:16 PM
For such a young age, I wish all the best to Teresa. There is so much to get caught up in, that's not good for you. So many older women have gone awry and have lost out on such a wonderful opportunity. So I hope that she has good people around her, directing her in the right ways.