Jane Jayroe Biography
Jane Jayroe born Jayne Anne Jayroe-Gamble is a well-known broadcaster, author and public official and former American beauty queen from Laverne, Oklahoma, who was Miss Oklahoma in 1966 and Miss America in 1967. Jayroe worked as an anchor in TV News in Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth broadcast media markets for 16 years.
Jane Jayroe Age
Jayroe was born on October 30, 1947, Clinton, OK. She is 71 years as of 2018.
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She is married to Gerald Gamble. She currently resides with her husband, Gerald Gamble, in Oklahoma City. Jayroe has one son, Tyler Jayroe (born 1976).
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Anne Jayroe was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on 30 October 1946 to Pete Jayroe and Helene Smith Jayroe. Jayroe grew up in Oklahoma, Sentinel, and Laverne. She has Judith Jayroe Wieser Elmore, an elderly daughter.
Jane Jayroe Pageantry
Through her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, she joined the competition of the university as a student at Oklahoma City University and then went on to win the Miss Oklahoma Pageant. Then, at the age of 19, Jane has crowned Miss America in 1967 without any prior pageant experience. For her talent, she sang and conducted an orchestra. She traveled around the globe after being crowned Miss America in 1967 and traveled to Vietnam to entertain the soldiers of America overseas.
Jane Jayroe News Industry
In Oklahoma City and KXAS in Dallas / Fort Worth, Jane became a well-recognized and respected primetime news anchor for KOCO and KTVY (now KFOR-TV). During her 16-year career, she won several accolades including the first woman to be awarded “Outstanding News Personality” on the television market in Dallas-Fort Worth. She also hosted on Oklahoma’s PBS network, OETA, a health-related public affairs show, “Health Matters.” Jayroe later co-hosted a famous TV show, Discover Oklahoma promoting tourism in Oklahoma State.
Jane Jayroe Health Advocacy
In 1992, Jayroe became the first spokesman for the Presbyterian Health Foundation’s Oklahoma Health Center and Vice President.
Jane Jayroe Civic Work
She was the first female to be appointed Chairman of the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Breast Health Institute of the University of Oklahoma, the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma City University and the Oklahoma Health Centre. As a member of the Servant’s United Methodist Church Church in Oklahoma City, Jayroe is on the Education and Employment Ministries Women’s Ministries Team and a board member. She has played an active part in problems influencing youth, serving as honorary president for the Teen Pregnancy Conference, Youth Arts Month, and the Parents and Teachers Association of Oklahoma. She is a former Sarkey Foundation trustee.
Jane Jayroe Government Service
Oklahoma Governor George Nigh named Jayroe to the Status of Women Commission in Oklahoma. Gov. David Walters named her to the Legislative Compensation Board of Oklahoma. Gamble was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in the state centennial year. A street in her childhood hometown of Laverne, Oklahoma was renamed in her honor.
Jane Jayroe Keating Administration
Frank Keating named Jayroe as his Secretary of Tourism and Recreation after his reelection as Governor. Besides her service as Secretary of Tourism, Keating assigned Jayroe to serve as the Director of the Tourism and Recreation Department of Oklahoma.
Jane Jayroe Miss America
Jayroe was crowned Miss America 1967. She sang with and conducted an orchestra for her talent. After being crowned Miss America 1967, she traveled around the world and traveled to Vietnam to entertain America’s troops abroad.
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Jayroe is the author of several articles in McCall’s and other publications such as Out of the Blue, Delight Comes Into Your Life and the Mother’s Soul Chicken Soup. She was producer for “Daily Devotionals,” A set of audiocassettes by area ministers and laypeople and lately produced a women’s seminar entitled “Living Gracefully.” Her most recent publications include More Grace Than Glamour: My Life as Miss America and Beyond, and Oklahoma 3, a book written for Oklahoma’s Centennial Year of Statehood and depicting the State’s diversity.
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As millions of television viewers watched the crowning of Jane Jayroe as Miss America in 1967 and Bert Parks serenade her, no one would have thought she was actually a very shy and reluctant winner. Nor would they know that the tears which flowed were more from fright rather than joy. She was nineteen when her whole life was changed in an instant.
Jane went on to become a well-known broadcaster, author, and public official. She worked as a TV news anchor in Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth. Later, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating appointed her to serve as his secretary of tourism. But along the way, Jane’s story was filled with ups and downs. Her struggle with shyness, depression, and a failed marriage unimaginably led to a happy and successful life.
Jane’s many honors include induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in our state’s centennial year, 2007.
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