By Associated Press | TV | January 15, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 17-year-old from Nebraska has beaten 52 opponents to win the 2011 Miss America crown on the pageant’s 90th anniversary.
Teresa Scanlan won a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run with the crown at the competition Saturday in Las Vegas.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The 2011 Miss America pageant is down to its final five contestants.
The only contestants who were asked a question during the interview portion were Miss Hawaii Jalee Fuselier; Miss Washington Jacquie Brown; Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan; Miss Oklahoma Emoly West, and Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady.
That means the eliminated beauty queens were Miss Arizona Kathryn Bulkley; Miss California Arianna Afsar; Miss Delaware Kayla Martell; Miss Virginia Caitlin Uze, and Miss Kentucky Djuan Trent.
The questions ranged in topics from health care to Wikileaks, the website.
The winner gets a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run with the crown as the pageant celebrates its 90th anniversary.
Here are some interesting facts about Miss Nebraska (via the Miss America Website):
Age: 17
Education:
Scottsbluff High School
Platform Issue: Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk
Talent: Piano
Scholastic Honors: To attend law school
Career Ambition: To become a judge and eventually a politician
Local Competition Sponsor: Miss Southeast Nebraska Scholarship Program
State Competition Sponsor: Miss Nebraska Scholarship Program
Teresa Scanlan competed against several beautiful women in the coveted Miss America competition – not to be confused with the Miss USA pageant – but was ultimately decided as the winner by the panel of judges.
What’s the Difference Between the Miss America Pageant and the Miss USA Pageant?
This is a famous question that has been asked by pageant fans all over the world every year. The difference between the Miss America pageant and the Miss USA pageant isn’t as easy to explain as you might think – but I’ll give it a try: Basically, they are two very similar competitions, just owned by different organizations. It would be like comparing Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey – they’re both popular talk show hosts, just owned by different television networks.
The other notable differences between Miss USA and Miss America are that the Miss America pageant has a talent portion of the competition and the winner of Miss USA goes on to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, the winner of Miss America does not.
Miss Nebraska’s Teresa Scanlan will be responsible for holding the title and representing the Miss America organization over the next year.
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