By Claire Courchane, National Journalism Center Intern
The reigning Miss America, who at 17 was the youngest to win the coveted crown since 1937, has a unique career goal for a pageant winner, an honor even higher than Miss America – president of the United States.
Unlike the stereotypical pageant queens who try to keep their opinions studiously and blandly apolitical, Miss Scanlan – interviewed late last week while visiting the Young America’s Foundation High School Leadership Conference, an annual gathering of politically active young conservatives – doesn’t try to hide her political inclinations or her interest in current events.
