miss America pageant yearbook- sept 1948 edition. winner, BeBe Shoop, the former Miss Minnesota. She went on to become an Epispocal minister and spokesperson for an electric scooter product. articles within- period advertising, an album of miss America's since 1926, behind the scenes of the pageant, program of events, pictures and bios of 1948 contestants. covers and interior pages are fully bound, intact and unmarked, edges show some minor usage wear.