MISS AMERICA 1948
1948 September 11
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
55 entries
Results
1 MINNESOTA Beatrice Bella “BeBe” Shopp
2 WYOMING Carol Held
3 ALABAMA Martha Ann Ingram
4 KANSAS Vera June Ralston
5 OKLAHOMA Donna Jane Briggs
Top 15
ATLANTA (GA) Jerry Long
CHICAGO (IL) Lois June Nettleton
DETROIT (MI) Doris Evelyn Johnson
FLORIDA Rosemary Carpenter
MASSACHUSETTS Barbara Louise Laughton
MEMPHIS (TN) Lois Jeanette Welsh
MONTANA Patti Anne Luer
NEW YORK CITY (NY) Connie Inge Ronde
OREGON Joyce Davis
UTAH Marilyn Robinson
Awards
Miss Congeniality HAWAII
Lifestyle and Fitness ATLANTA, KANSAS, MINNESOTA
Talent MONTANA, TENNESSEE, UTAH
Remainder
ARIZONA Donna Lea McElroy
ARKANSAS Van Louis McDaniel
BIRMINGHAM (AL) Marjorie Orr
BOSTON (MA) Barbara McGrath
CALIFORNIA Reba Watterson
CANADA Betty Jean Ferguson
COLORADO Virginia Smith
CONNECTICUT Fairfax Bushnell Mason
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Joann Virginia Miller
GEORGIA Gwendolyn West
GREATER PHILADELPHIA (PA) Betty Jane Bruce
HAWAII Yun Tau Zane
ILLINOIS Viola Hutmacher
INDIANA Patti Grubbs
KENTUCKY Mildred Hollinger
MAINE Muriel Applebee
MARYLAND Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh
MICHIGAN Linda Carroll
MISSISSIPPI Virginia Hollingsworth
MISSOURI Dorothy Jean Smith
NEBRASKA Betty Love Booth
NEW HAMPSHIRE Lillian Elizabeth “Betty” Taylor
NEW JERSEY Barbara Anderson
NEW MEXICO Sara Bertha Young
NEW YORK M. Yvonne Fix
NORTH CAROLINA Patsy Ann Osborne
OHIO Maxine Waack
OMAHA (NE) Serena McKinney
PENNSYLVANIA Ruth Douglas
PITTSBURGH (PA) Sarah Cromwell
PUERTO RICO Irma Nydia Vasquez
SOUTH CAROLINA Esther Ruth Greene
SOUTH DAKOTA Myrna Elaine Clemensen
TENNESSEE Dorothy Jane Free
TEXAS Bonnie Jean Bland
VERMONT Jean Peatman
VIRGINIA Bobby Joe Wilson
WASHINGTON Lorraine May Lowder
WEST VIRGINIA Jane Ellen Queen
WISCONSIN Marvene Fischer