Teresa Scanlan had just turned 17 when she won a local-level pageant and became Miss Southeast 2010. She looked forward to the Miss Nebraska Pageant, viewing it as a practice run — and then she won.

In this file photo, Miss America Teresa Scanlan holds a baby African pygmy goat while touring Hedrick's Petting Zoo with owner Joe Hedrick during the opening day of the 2011 Nebraska State Fair in ...

Teresa Scanlan was 13 when she entered her first pageant at the county fair in Scottsbluff. She won. That same year, she discovered her best friend was struggling with bulimia -- an eating disorder in ...

The issue of mental health for Miss America winners was front and center during the season finale of A&E’s Secrets of Miss America, including discussions about why it’s being affected and what has, or ...

VENTNOR - Even though Miss America is no longer crowned in Atlantic City, she continues the tradition of visiting the Atlantic City area at least once after earning the title. When Miss America was ...

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When Teresa Scanlan of Gering won the title of Miss America this past Saturday evening, she probably didn’t realize one of her biggest fans was rooting for her from Hawaii. Sharon Kay Ritchie, a 1954 ...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan got an unexpected surprise as the New Year began — dengue fever. On Wednesday Scanlan said her throat was hurting to the point she was staying away ...

Before Miss America was Miss America, she came to Lincoln to have her hair done. Teresa Scanlan -- a mere Miss Nebraska 2010 at the time -- would sit down at The Strand in the Haymarket. Cassandra ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Teresa Scanlan is no longer Miss America. The Nebraska beauty turned over her Miss America crown to a new winner Saturday night, 23-year-old Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler (KEP'-ler ...