Teresa Scanlan Winner of Miss America Pageant 2011

Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan, 17, is crowned the 2011 Miss America at Planet Hollywood on Jan. 15, 2011.

At 17 years old, Teresa is the youngest pageant winner since the first winner in 1921, Margaret Gorman, who was only 15.

The seven finalists in Miss America 2011 were North Platte’s Jessica States (Miss High Plains), Kayla Batt (Miss Lake McConaughy), Devin Howell (Miss Omaha), Amber Leider (Miss River City), Jennifer Curtis (Miss Eastern Nebraska), Nicky Haverland (Miss Douglas County) and Teresa Scanlan (Miss Southeast).

There were 53 contestants representing the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Colombia and the Virgin Islands.

The 2011 judges were Joy Behar, Dr. Debbye Turner Bell (Miss America 1990); Marc Cherry, Tony Dovolani, Marilu Henner,Taryn Rose and Mark Wills. ...........[Check : Winner photos]

List of Winners

Winner: Miss Nebraska – Teresa Scanlan
1st Runner Up: Miss Arkansas – Alyse Eady
2nd Runner Up: Miss Hawaii – Jalee Fuselier
3rd Runner Up: Miss Washington – Jacquie Brown
4th runner up: Miss Oklahoma – Emoly West

America’s Choice

Miss New York – Claire Buffie
Miss Delaware – Kayla Martell

List of Participants of All States in Miss America 2011

* Miss Alabama – Ashley Davis
* Miss Alaska – Abby Hancock
* Miss Arizona – Kathryn Bulkley
* Miss Arkansas – Alyse Eady
* Miss California – Arianna Afsar
* Miss Colorado – Melaina Shipwash
* Miss Connecticut – Brittany Decker
* Miss Delaware – Kayla Martell
* Miss District of Columbia – Stephanie Williams
* Miss Florida – Jaclyn Raulerson
* Miss Georgia – Christina McCauley
* Miss Hawaii – Jalee Fuselier
* Miss Idaho – Kylie Kofoed
* Miss Illinois – Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky
* Miss Indiana – Garbrielle Reed
* Miss Iowa – Pauli Mayfield
* Miss Kansas – Lauren Werhan
* Miss Kentucky – Djuan Trent
* Miss Louisiana – Kelsi Crain
* Miss Maine – Arikka Knights
* Miss Maryland – Lindsay Staniszewski
* Miss Massachusetts – Loren Galler Rabinowitz
* Miss Michigan – Katie LaRoche
* Miss Minnesota – Kathryn Knuttila
* Miss Mississippi – Sarah Beth James
* Miss Missouri – Erika Hebron
* Miss Montana – Kacie West
* Miss Nebraska – Teresa Scanlan
* Miss Nevada – Cris Crotz
* Miss New Hampshire – Krystal Muccioli
* Miss New Jersey – Ashleigh Udalovas
* Miss New Mexico – Madison Tabet
* Miss New York – Claire Buffie
* Miss North Carolina – Adrienne Core
* Miss North Dakota – Beth Dennison
* Miss Ohio – Becky Minger
* Miss Oklahoma – Emoly West
* Miss Oregon – Stephenie Steers
* Miss Pennsylvania – Courtney Thomas
* Miss Puerto Rico – Mariselle Morales
* Miss Rhode Island – Deborah Saint-Vil
* Miss South Carolina – Desiree Puglia
* Miss South Dakota – Loren Vaillancourt
* Miss Tennessee – Nicole Jordan
* Miss Texas – Ashley Melnick
* Miss Utah – Christina Lowe
* Miss Vermont – Caroline Bright
* Miss Virgin Islands – Sheniqua Robinson
* Miss Virginia – Caitlin Uze
* Miss Washington – Jacquie Brown
* Miss West Virginia – Cali Young
* Miss Wisconsin – Kimberly Sawyer
* Miss Wyoming – Alicia Grove

Margaret Gorman became known as the first Miss America after winning a pair of contests in 1921 -- one consisting of women deemed most popular based on photos shown in various East Coast newspapers and the other for the so-called Golden Mermaid trophy.