Pageant Watch: Miss America 2011

There she is, Miss America 2011 — and she’s barely old enough to drive!

I just LOVE the bimbo head tilt!

I want to wear this gown!

Does he come with the tiara? A girl can only hope.

What super terrific bimbo hair!

On Saturday night, Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska was crowned the latest Miss America at the Planet Hollywood casino resort in Las Vegas. At 17, Scanlan is also the youngest Miss America since Margaret Gorman, the pageant's first winner, won at the age of 16 way back in 1921.

 

Teresa, who completed high school at just 16, begins a year's reign in one of the most visible positions any young woman could seek with a $50,000 college scholarship and opportunity to advance her pageant platform of battling eating disorders. The new Miss America said she planned to defer her university enrollment until she finishes her reign with the crown.

Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady won $25,000 as first runner-up, 

while Miss Hawaii Jalee Fuselier won $20,000 for third place.

Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady

Miss Hawaii Jalee Fuselier

Here was the top 10 :

1. Miss Indiana

2. Miss Texas

3. Miss District of Colombia

4. Miss Michigan

5. Miss Wyoming

6. Miss Florida

7. Miss Rhode Island

8.  Miss Oklahoma

9.  Miss Alabama

10.  Miss Hawaii

The contestants — from every state plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico — started the show by dancing up the aisles while wearing silver cocktail dresses.

In a stunning blonde dressed in an one-shoulder white evening with crystal embellishments at the neckline and shoulder-duster earrings, Teresa received her crown and sash from retiring Miss America 2010, Virginia's Caressa Cameron.

Congratulations Teresa! I wish that I were you, girl!