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Gabby Douglas Joins Judging Panel for 2017 Miss America Pageant

Gabrielle Douglas of the United States poses for photographs with her gold medal after the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gabrielle Douglas of the United States poses for photographs with her gold medal after the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Team on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

*Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas is used to being judged – both as part of her profession and sadly outside of it – but will turn the tables and be a judge herself at the 2017 Miss America competition.

Douglas and musician/actress Laura Marano have been added as celebrity judges, according to the Associated Press. Pageant officials made the announcement Monday.

The two will join NBA team owner and businessman Mark Cuban, actress Sara Foster, singer-songwriter Cole Swindell and former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes.

Douglas was the first all-around Olympic gold medalist in U.S. history to earn a spot on a second Olympic team. She also is one of two American gymnasts to win gold medals in back-to-back Olympics.

Marano played Ally in the Disney Channel’s “Austin & Ally” show and will release a new album this year.

The pageant finale will be broadcast live from Atlantic City on ABC on Sept. 11, hosted by Chris Harrison and Sage Steele.

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