Amar’e Stoudemire to Judge Miss America Pageant


New York Knicks star forward Amar’e Stoudemire has been named on of the judges of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Per the AP: “Joining (Amar’e and former ‘N Sync singer Lance Bass) will be Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell; comedian and performer Mario Cantone; and Barbara Corcoran, an investor from ABC’s entrepreneurial competition show ‘Shark Tank.’ Also on the panel are Carla Hall, co-host of ABC’s food-and-talk show ‘The Chew,’ and Deidre Downs Gunn, an obstetrician and gynecologist who was the last Miss America to be crowned in Atlantic City. Pageant officials announced the list of judges Tuesday. The pageant will be broadcast live from Boardwalk Hall on Sept. 15. It had been held in Las Vegas the past six years before returning to New Jersey.”