Education Digest
Miss America 1975
2026-11-15 10:56:39 · The Daily Ledger
Miss America 1975, the 48th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1974, and broadcast on NBC.
The winner, Shirley Cothran, was a graduate of Denton High School in Texas, the same school attended by the Miss America of four years before, Phyllis George.

Among the other contestants in the 1975 pageant was Miss Florida, actress Delta Burke.

Results
Placements
Order of announcements
Top 10
Awards
Preliminary awards
Other awards
Judges
Eileen Farrell
Dr. Wellington B. Gray
Trudy Haynes
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Eddie Foy III
Colonel Gilbert Mitchell
Jeanne Meixell
Contestants
References
External links
Miss America official website
1975
1974 in the United States
1975 beauty pageants
1974 in New Jersey
September 1974 events in the United States
Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey
