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Teresa Scanlan

Teresa Michelle Scanlan is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Gering, Nebraska who was named Miss Nebraska 2010, subsequently winning Miss America 2011 and becoming the youngest Miss America since Bette Cooper in 1937.  Currently, she attends Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. 

In her spare time, Teresa enjoys singing, acting, dancing, playing piano and guitar, composing songs, baking, hiking, participating in activities with her local church, and making clothes out of duct tape, among many other hobbies. She continues to travel as a motivational speaker and spokesperson and is also in the process of recording an album with composer and pianist Calvin Jones.