Television personality and "Dancing with the Stars" co-host Brooke Burke will help preside over the Miss America Pageant in January, ABC said Tuesday.

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Burke will join Chris Harrison from "The Bachelor" as co-host of the event, which will air live from the Planet Hollywood Casino Resort Las Vegas Jan. 15 on ABC.

"We are thrilled to be working with Brooke for the 2011 Miss America Pageant and look forward to her joining us for the 90th anniversary celebration of this great American tradition. We welcome Brooke into our Miss America family, and we know she will be a wonderful co-host for this exciting milestone in our organization's illustrious history," Miss America Organization President Art McMaster said in a statement.