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 a serious issue and what has, ...

© Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, April 19 – Animal-rights activists may have met their match in Nebraska's Teresa Scanlan, crowned Miss ...

Some girls blossom into beauties as they grow older, whereas others are just born with it -- case in point, Teresa Scanlan. The Nebraska teen, who was crowned Miss America 2011 on Saturday night in ...

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 ...

She may only be 17 years-old, but Teresa Scanlan wowed the Miss America judges, and Saturday night she walked away with the coveted title. You can watch a clip of the moment she received her crown in ...

Congressman Jeff Fortenberry recalled asking Teresa Scanlan what was the most interesting place the Nebraskan had visited during her time as Miss America. Her answer? The Duct Tape Festival in Avon, ...

It isn't often that a Miss Nebraska becomes Miss America. In fact, Teresa Scanlan of Gering, Neb., is the one and only Nebraskan ever to accomplish the feat. Jeweler Darold Karmazin, owner of Darold's ...

Teresa Scanlan sits with her 2-year-old son Jace. Scanlan is a Gering, Nebraska, native. In 2011, she was crowned Miss America. Now she's joined the National Guard and will move to California for law ...

LAS VEGAS -- A 17-year-old Nebraskan too young to cast a ballot has captured enough votes to win the Miss America crown, kickstarting her hopes of going to law school and eventually becoming a ...

2011 Miss America Teresa Scanlan announced on Instagram that she's joined the United States Air Force. Ever since my year as Miss America, I had a dream of joining the military. ...This summer, that ...

Teresa Scanlan knew her life had changed when Chris Harrison called her name at the Miss America pageant earlier this year. Scanlan, 18, summed up her emotions best: “I think at that moment you know ...