Miss America 1944 Candidates

Alabama — Betty Jane Rase
Arkansas — Mineola Graham
California — Shirley Ballard
Connecticut — Barbara Olive Fisher
Delaware — Jacquelyn Vasseur
District of Columbia — Venus Ramey
Florida — Vernell Bush
Florida — Virginia Warlen
Georgia — Mary Ann Linane
Georgia — Trudie Patricia Hayward
Illinois — Betty June King
Illinois — Elaine Steinbach
Kansas — Grace Louise Pittman
Louisiana — Wilhelmina (Willi) Cecilia Hoffman
Maryland — Audrey June Klingenberg
Massachusetts — Lucille Descoteau
Massachusetts — Paulina A McKevitt
Michigan — Iora June Victor
Michigan — Beverly Rae Bennett
Minnesota — Patricia Ann Cummings
Mississippi — Sarah Ann Topp
New Hampshire — Jackie Edson
New Jersey — Janet Louise Garbarino
New Jersey — Janice Hansen
New York — Bobby Blair MacAdam
New York — Betty Jo Dazey
North Carolina — Betsy Marie Dalton
Ohio — Madeline Blanche Bohanon
Pennsylvania — Itha Duerrhammer
Pennsylvania — Margie Dorie
South Carolina — Billie Mae Owens
South Carolina — Gloria Mae Grisso
Tennessee — Marian Nelson Weller
Texas — Joyce Theresa Courrege
West Virginia — Sharon Allyson Scott
Wisconsin — Elyse Sutter