Bream has been vocal about her conservative upbringing growing up in Florida . She was raised by a strict mother and her former Marine and police officer father . In an account , she cited how secular music was forbidden in the household . She often accompanied her parents to church and also attended a Christian school . While attending Liberty University in Lynchburg , Virginia , she won the beauty-pageant title Miss Virginia in 1990 . She participated in the Miss America 1991 pageant . Her scholarship award covered much of her education
Miss America 1991
Miss America 1991
Shannon Bream