Miss America 1948 Candidates

Alabama — Martha Ann Ingram
Alabama — Marjorie Orr
Arizona — Donna Lea McElroy
Arkansas — Van Louis McDaniel
California — Reba Lauretta Watterson
Canada — Betty Jean Ferguson
Colorado — Virginia Smith
Connecticut — Fairfax Bushnell Mason
District of Columbia — Joann Virginia Miller
Florida — Rosemary Carpenter
Georgia — Gwendolyn West
Georgia — Jerry Long
Hawaii — Yun Tau Zane
Illinois — Lois June Nettleton
Illinois — Viola Ruth Hutmacher
Indiana — Patti Grubbs
Kansas — Vera J Ralston (Miles)
Kentucky — Mildred Joanne Hollinger
Maine — Muriel Applebee
Maryland — Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh
Massachusetts — Barbara Louise Laughton
Massachusetts — Barbara McGrath
Michigan — Doris Evelyn Johnson
Michigan — Linda Carroll
Minnesota — Beatrice (BeBe) Bella Shopp
Mississippi — Virginia Joyce Hollingsworth
Missouri — Dorothy Jean Smith
Montana — Patti Anne Luer
Nebraska — Serena McKinney
Nebraska — Betty Love Boothe
New Hampshire — Lillian Elizabeth Taylor
New Jersey — Barbara Jean Anderson
New Jersey — Wanda Sullivan
New Mexico — Betha Young
New York — M. Yvonne Fix
New York — Connie Inge Ronde
North Carolina — Patsy Anne Osborne
Ohio — Maxine Marie Ann Waack
Oklahoma — Donna Jane Briggs
Oregon — Joyce Davis
Pennsylvania — Ruth Annette Douglas
Pennsylvania — Betty Jane Bruce
Pennsylvania — Sarah Jayne Cromwell
Puerto Rico — Irma Nydia Vazquez
South Carolina — Esther Ruth Greene
South Dakota — Myrna Elaine Clemensen
Tennessee — Lois Jeannette Welsh
Tennessee — Dorothy Jane Free
Texas — Bonnie Jean Bland
Utah — Marilyn Robinson
Vermont — Jean Margaret Peatman
Virginia — Bobby Joe Wilson
Washington — Lorraine May Lowder
West Virginia — Jane Ellen Queen
Wisconsin — Marvene Margaret Fischer
Wyoming — Carol Jean Held