Mr. Gardiner is no stranger to beauty pageants in The Bahamas. His grandmother the late Doris Jane Brown-Saunders and family organized the Miss Commonwealth Bahamas Beauty Pageant for over thirty years. During his nine-year tenure of the Miss Commonwealth Bahamas Beauty Pageant, Miss Bimini, Jody Weech placed in the top 10 and was crowned Continental Queen of Beauty for the Caribbean in the 1992 Miss World contest held at Sun City in South Africa.

Doug's extracurricular activities are numerous but he enjoys music, theatre, meeting people, experiencing different cultures, traveling and most all poetry. An avid published poetry writer, he won the Editor's Award for the National Poetry Society of America in 1995. He's also had the opportunity to produce and direct the 1995 production of "Weddings For Us" bridal show in Atlanta, Georgia. "Weddings For Us" is the largest Afro-American bridal extravaganza in the United States.

Mr. Gardiner is an executive at The Solomon Group of Companies, the largest Apparel Company in The Bahamas. He's also the general manager and buyer for Faconnable Men and Ladies Boutique and acts as a consultant with The Body Shop. Mr. Gardiner, also is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Nassau, Executive Advisor for the Infinity Junior Achievement Group and also acts as the public relations advisor to St.Thomas More Parish.