22nd Miss America Pageant.
Held in Atlantic City New Jersey on September 11th, 1948.
55 Entrants total.
Miss America 1948, Minnesota - BeBe Shopp
1st runner-up: Wyoming, Coral held
2nd runner-up: Alabama, Martha Ann Ingram
3rd runner-up: Kansas, Vera J. Ralston
4th runner-up: Oklahoma: Donna Jane Briggs