By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 13:52 EST, 7 September 2013 | UPDATED: 07:23 EST, 8 September 2013 Prim and proper: Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, is now attending the ultra-conservative Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va. The contrast is startling: from a bikini-clad 2011 Miss America, Teresa Scanlan has transformed into a prim and proper student at the ultra-conservative Patrick Henry College. The school requires students to dress modestly and ‘seek parental counsel when pursuing a romantic relationship.’ But the match has been a good one. Scanlan returned to campus in late August to begin her sophomore year. Among the things she loves about her classmates and her campus is her relative anonymity.
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Teresa Scanlan won Miss America in 2011, at age 17 becoming the youngest woman to do so
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Now she is a sophomore at Patrick Henry college in suburban Washington DC
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School founded in 2000, offering home-schooled Christians education in fields of government, journalism and law and
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