Miss America 1948 | |
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Date | September 11, 1948 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Entrants | 55 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | BeBe Shopp ![]() |
Congeniality | Yun Tau Zane![]() |
Miss America 1948, the 22nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1948. [1]
The winner, BeBe Shopp, was the first Miss Minnesota to take the crown. Shopp performed a song on a Vibraharp during the talent competition. Later in life, she became an Episcopalian minister.
Third runner-up, Miss Kansas, Vera J. Ralston, and another finalist, representing Chicago, Lois Nettleton, went on to become a successful Hollywood actress.
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Miss America 1948 | |
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Top 15 |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Title | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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![]() | Martha Ann Ingram | Tarrant | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'm vo'" | 2nd Runner-up | |||
![]() | Donna McElroy | Phoenix | Dramatic Monologue | ||||
![]() | Van Louis McDaniel | Forrest City | Monologue, "Spartan Parents" | ||||
![]() | Jerry Long | Atlanta | Tap Dance, "Cherokee" | Top 15 | |||
Birmingham | Marjorie Orr | Birmingham | |||||
![]() | Barbara McGrath | Boston | |||||
![]() | Reba Watterson | Stockton | |||||
![]() | Betty Jean Ferguson | Halifax | |||||
![]() | Lois Nettleton | Chicago | Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan | Top 15 | |||
![]() | Virginia Smith | Pueblo | |||||
![]() | Fairfax Mason | Bridgeport | Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | ||||
![]() | Lorna Edwardson | Dover | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | ||||
Detroit | Doris Evelyn Johnson | Detroit | Vocal, "Worry, Worry, Worry" | Top 15 | |||
![]() | Joann Miller | 23 | Vocal, "An Old, Old Castle in Scotland" | ||||
![]() | Rosemary Carpenter | Miami Beach | Classical Piano & Accordion, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" & "Two Guitars" | Top 15 | |||
![]() | Gwendolyn West | Statesboro | |||||
Greater Philadelphia | Betty Jane Bruce | Philadelphia | Vocal, "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" | ||||
![]() | Yun Tau Zane | Honolulu | Hula | Miss Congeniality | First Asian-American to compete at Miss America | ||
![]() | Viola Ruth Hutmacher | Quincy | Classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" | ||||
![]() | Patti Grubbs | Gary | Vocal, "When You Are Away" | ||||
![]() | Vera June Ralston | Wichita | 18 | Oratory | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Better known as actress Vera Miles |
![]() | Mildred Joanne Hollinger | Louisville | |||||
![]() | Muriel Applebee | Enfield | |||||
![]() | Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh | Cumberland | Hawaiian Hula Dance & Dress Design | ||||
![]() | Barbara Laughton | Reading | Vocal, "The Moon Belongs to Everybody" | Top 15 | |||
Memphis | Lois Jeanette Welch | Memphis | Vocal & Fashion Design, "Gianni Mia" | Top 15 | |||
![]() | Linda Carroll | Grand Rapids | Impersonations of famous people | ||||
![]() | BeBe Shopp | Hopkins | 18 | Vibraharp, "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
![]() | Virginia Hollingsworth | Kosciusko | |||||
![]() | Dorothy Smith | Kansas City | |||||
![]() | Patti Luer | Anaconda | Vocal/Dance, "Gypsy Song" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
![]() | Betty Love Booth | Fremont | |||||
![]() | Betty Taylor | Rochester | Dramatic Monologue | ||||
![]() | Barbara Anderson | Bloomfield | |||||
![]() | Betha Young | Cuba | 22 | Art Sculpture | |||
![]() | M. Yvonne Fix | Niagara Falls | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | ||||
![]() | Connie Inge Ronde | New York City | Dramatic Reading, "State of the Union" | Top 15 | |||
![]() | Patsy Osborne | Lawndale | Vocal & Piano | ||||
![]() | Maxine Waack | Fairview | Rumba Dance | ||||
![]() | Donna Briggs | Tulsa | Painting Display | 4th Runner-up | |||
Omaha | Serena McKinney | Omaha | |||||
![]() | Joyce Davis | Bend | Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Top 15 | |||
![]() | Ruth Douglas | Harrisburg | Vocal Medley, "Let my Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover" | ||||
Pittsburgh | Sarah Cromwell | Pittsburgh | |||||
![]() | Irma Nydia Vázquez | ||||||
![]() | Esther Greene | Greenville | |||||
![]() | Myrna Clemenson | Conde | |||||
![]() | Dorothy Free | Chattanooga | Vocal Medley, "Let my Song Fill Your Heart" & "Embraceable You" | ||||
![]() | Bonnie Jean Bland | Orange | Vocal/Art Display, "Put the Blame on Mame" | ||||
![]() | Marilyn Robinson | Ogden | Dramatic Monologue, "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
![]() | Jean Peatman | Montpelier | |||||
![]() | Bobby Joe Wilson | Hillsville | |||||
![]() | Lorraine Lowder | Aberdeen | Hula Dance | ||||
![]() | Jane Queen | Huntington | Vocal & Piano | ||||
![]() | Marvene Fischer | Milwaukee | 19 | ||||
![]() | Carol Held | Douglas | Piano, Hungarian Opus 9 by Edward MacDowell | 1st Runner-up |
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