Jayroe, Jane (c. 1947–)
Jayroe, Jane (c. 1947–)
Miss America and news anchor. Name variations: Jane Jayroe Gamble. Born Jane Anne Jayroe c. 1947 in Laverne, Oklahoma; University of Tulsa, MA; m. Gerald Gamble; children: one son.
Named Miss America (1967), representing Oklahoma; served for 16 years as prime-time news anchor in Oklahoma and on the NBC affiliate in Dallas/Fort Worth; serves as executive director of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Dept. Frequent contributor to magazines.
See also Frank Deford, There She Is (Viking, 1971).
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