Teresa Scanlan
Teresa Scanlan (born February 6, 1993 in Gering , Nebraska ) is an American beauty queen and Miss America 2011. Miss Nebraska 2010 is the youngest female title holder since Bette Cooper in 1937.
biography
Scanlan is of Croatian descent. Her maternal grandparents, Frank and Nives Jelich, immigrated to the United States from the island of Ilovik , Croatia.
Scanlan received extracurricular instruction through her first half junior year of Gering High School . She graduated from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after repeating a year there.
She won the Miss Nebraska title on June 5, 2010 and received the crown from her predecessor Brittany Jeffers.
Scanlan is interested in eating disorders and plays the piano. At 17, she was the youngest Miss Nebraska ever. After winning the Miss Nebraska title, Scanlan announced a year off from school to fulfill her duties as Miss Nebraska and that she had postponed her enrollment at Patrick Henry College until fall 2011.
She won the Miss America title on January 15, 2011 as the first Miss Nebraska and youngest female winner in 74 years.
Scalan has been studying at Patrick Henry Evangelical College since 2012 .
Web links
- Focus online: 17-year-old blonde is "Miss America"
- Welt online: 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan named Miss America
Individual evidence
- ^ At 17, Teresa Scanlan shows that Miss America can be kid's stuff . Las Vegas Sun. January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Najmlađa Miss Amerike Teresa Scanlan porijeklom per Hrvatica ( Croatian ) Novi list . January 16, 2010. Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Najmlađa Najmlađa Miss Amerike ima hrvatske korijene ( Croatian ) Večernji list . January 16, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ^ Gering's Teresa Scanlan youngest Miss Nebraska at age 17 . KNEB. June 6, 2010. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Minor lady named Miss Nebraska . North Platte Bulletin. June 6, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Minor teenager crowned Miss Nebraska . Low courier. June 10, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Miss Nebraska 2010! . Teresa's Travels and Tidbits. June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ http://teresastravelsandtidbits.blogspot.com/2010/06/miss-nebraska-2010.html
- ^ The Elite University for America's Religious Fundamentalists DIE ZEIT No. 46, November 8, 2012
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SURNAME | Scanlan, Teresa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American beauty queen |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Low , Nebraska , United States |