Dorothy Benham
Dorothy Kathleen Benham is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Edina, Minnesota who was Miss Minnesota in 1976 and Miss America in 1977.
Early life
Benham was born to Archie and Mary Dorothy Tuomi Benham. She attended Southwest [High School (Minneapolis)|Southwest High School] in Minneapolis, MN and graduated in 1973. She sang in her high school choir. She has one sister named Totiana and two brothers, named Sean and Archibald.Personal life
On May 26, 1978, she married Russell Anderson, an American ice hockey defenseman in the NHL who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The couple had four children, Adam, Russell, Ben, and Mia.On December 31, 1991, she married Michael McGowan with whom she has two children, named Madeline and Richard.
On August 28, 2001, she married Paul Shoemaker. The couple divorced in 2011.
On February 22, 2022 Dorothy married Luis Martin Perez.