Some girls blossom into beauties as they grow older, whereas others are just born with it -- case in point, Teresa Scanlan.

The Nebraska teen, who was crowned Miss America 2011 on Saturday night in Las Vegas, was an absolutely gorgeous baby, and Breaking Celebrity News has the exclusive pics to prove it.

In one of the pictures, young Teresa, now 17, from Gering, Nebraska, was fulfilling her destiny even though she was still in diapers as she placed an over-sized silver crown on her own head.

As a little girl, Teresa already had the warm smile, blond curls and sparkling eyes that melted the pageant juges' hearts.

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Teresa was winning beauty pagents before she was out of braces, when she was first crowned at the Scottsbluff County Fair in 2006.

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