Gail Renshaw Explained

Gail Renshaw (born c. 1947) is an American beauty pageant titleholder.

She was a teen model and by 22 was competing in national pageants. Her first marriage ended in divorce.[1]

She won Miss World USA 1969.[2] Renshaw was 1st runner-up at the 1969 Miss World competition. After the pageant, she resigned her title in order to get married, and was replaced by the runner-up in the USA contest, Connie Haggard from Texas. Gail graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia in 1965.

She was briefly engaged to Dean Martin. Later her name was Gail Renshaw Blackwell. She studied and became a registered nurse, specializing in dialysis.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Man in Arlington - Falls Church News-Press Online. 8 July 2014.
  2. Web site: 1969 Miss World-U.S.A. . 2007-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070412164220/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/World_USA_1969-1971.htm . 2007-04-12 . usurped .
  3. Web site: Our Man in Arlington - Falls Church News-Press Online. 8 July 2014.