Gabby Douglas Will Be On The Panel Of Judges For The 2017 Miss America Pageant

Gabby Douglas seems like an obvious choice to help judge Miss America. Her sport requires amazing showmanship, precision and poise.  The Rio 2016 gold medalist has been asked to be a part of the celebrity judges panel for the 2017 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City this September.

Douglas will head straight to New Jersey for the final round of competition that will be broadcast September 11th at 9:00 pm EST on ABC.

According to USA Today Douglas was honored to be asked, and looks forward to learning about the girls. “Miss America has been such an amazing event for so many years and I am excited to have the opportunity to judge the competition this year,” Douglas said. “The contestants are a great example of strong women across the USA and I especially look forward to hearing the platforms that each of them will represent!”

Chris Harrison hosts The Bachelor and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and will co-host the 96th annual competition. ESPN host of Mike & Mike In The Morning and SportsNation, Sage Steele, will also co-host the competition with Harrison.

The other judges include Dallas Mavericks owner and businessman Mark Cuban, actress Sara Foster, singer-songwriter Cole Swindell, former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes and musician and actress Laura Marano. There will be more judges announced in the coming weeks.

Fans can vote for their favorite contestant through September 5th 12:00 pm EST online at missamerica.org or facebook.com/missamerica. The winner will be named America’s Choice and will advance with the top 15 contestants if she hasn’t already been selected by celebrity judges.