Miss Nebraska wins 2011 Miss America pageant

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 17-year-old from Nebraska has become the youngest winner of the Miss America crown in 90 years after beating 52 other young women from across the United States.
Teresa Scanlan won a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run with the crown at the competition Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood casino and resort in Las Vegas.
She is the youngest Miss America since the pageant’s first competition in 1921, which Margaret Gorman of the District of Columbia won at age 15.
Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady won $25,000 as first runner-up, while Miss Hawaii Jalee Fuselier won $20,000 for third place.
It was the pageant’s 90th anniversary.