Gabby Douglas, Laura Marano join Miss America pageant panel

Tuesday, August 23, 2016
ATLANTIC CITY -- Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas and musician and actress Laura Marano have been added as celebrity judges for the 2017 Miss America competition.

Pageant officials made the announcement Monday.
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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.
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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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