Education
She graduated early from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after taking a double load of classes throughout high school.
She graduated early from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after taking a double load of classes throughout high school.
Scanlan is of Croatian ancestry. Her maternal grandparents, Frank and Nives Jelich (Jelić), immigrated to the United States from Ilovik, Croatia. Scanlan was home-schooled until her junior year of high school, before attending Gering High School part-time for half of her junior year.
Teresa was named a Salutatorian for the Scottsbluff class of 2010.
While at Scottsbluff High School, she played the lead role Sharpay Evans in Disney"s High School Musical Onstage. She also participated in choir, show choir, and speech.
In 2012, she enrolled as a student at Patrick Henry College. Mission Nebraska 2010
Scanlan’s platform is “Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk.” Scanlan’s passion to combat eating disorders stems from a friend who struggled with bulimia.
Scanlan did research about eating disorders for her friend and discovered how rampant it was across the nation.
She hopes to educate children and adults alike as to the signs and risks of eating disorders, as well as how and where to get help for themselves or a loved one. Her competition talent was piano. At 17 years of age, she is the youngest Mission Nebraska ever crowned.
After winning the title of Mission Nebraska, Scanlan announced that she was taking a year off from school to fulfill her duties as Mission Nebraska, and that she had deferred enrollment to Patrick Henry College until the fall of 2011.
Mission America 2011
Her platform for the national pageant was "Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk."
Mission World America 2015.
She won the title of Mission Nebraska on June 5, 2010, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Brittany Jeffers. Scanlan was Nebraska"s representative at the Mission America 2011 competition held in Las Vegas, Nevada in January 2011. In the preliminary competition, Scanlan won the talent portion and a $2,000 scholarship for her piano performance of "White Water Chop Sticks." Scanlan beat out first runner-up Mission Arkansas 2010, Alyse Eady, for the title of Mission America 2011 and was crowned by Mission America 2010 Caressa Cameron on January 15, 2011. With this win she became the first Mission Nebraska ever to claim the Mission America title, as well as the youngest winner in 74 years. Along with the title of Mission America, she also won a $50,000 scholarship. Furthermore, Scanlan was the first titleholder from Nebraska to win Mission America, Mission United States of America, or Mission Teen United States of America. Scanlan was a Nebraska"s representative in Mission World America 2015 and placed first runner up behind Mission Arizona World, Victoria Mendoza.