Miss Nebraska Wins 2011 Miss America Pageant

by kyro | January 16, 2011 at 02:11 am

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Miss Nebraska Wins 2011 Miss America Pageant

"I want to be there making sure that I stand up for what's right, stand up for integrity and honesty," Teresa Scanlan told The Associated Press on Saturday night after becoming the first Miss America from the Cornhusker State.

Miss Nebraska wins 2011 Miss America pageantPosted by: Prize Bond Pakistan in World News on January 16th, 2011 Miss Nebraska Wins 2011 Miss America pageant: Teresa Scanlan won a $ 50,000 scholarship and a career year with the crown on the night of competition Saturday at the Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas, giving the Cornhusker State its first victory in the contest.

She was the youngest Miss America since the first competition of the tournament in 1921, when Margaret Gorman won the District of Columbia for 15 years.

Scanlan, a recent graduate from high school in the western Nebraska town of Gering, planned to study U.S. policy in the Patrick Henry College in Virginia, after her reign as Miss America.

She won a $50,000 scholarship and a year's reign in one of the most visible positions any young woman could seek.