On the heels of the premiere of her Oxygen docu-series, Douglas Family Gold, two-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas has announced the next expansion of her brand: custom emojis.
Excited to announce #gabbymoji!!You'll love it!Available for iPhones and Androids.Go get it! https://t.co/GQWPstkXT5 pic.twitter.com/y8d8JWbwHW
— Gabrielle Douglas (@gabrielledoug) June 9, 2016
The "Gabbymoji" app includes a keyboard with customizable "Gabby-inspired expressions, images, audio, video and GIFs," according to the App Store description. Douglas told Teen Vogue, "My dream was to create a fun app that is full of emojis for anyone to use to express their feelings with entertaining pictures."
Fans (and Douglas' mom, Natalie Hawkins) have embraced Douglas' creative new emoji app.
A photo posted by Natalie Hawkins (@nathawk07) on
Obsessed with new #gabbymoji pic.twitter.com/jS4Ou2IzkW
— kelly cummings (@kelkole) June 10, 2016
@gabrielledoug I enjoy the realism of the taped ankle. #gabbymoji pic.twitter.com/9qPj6xMRot
— jovialjacki (@jovialjacki) June 9, 2016
Currently obsessed with the #Gabbymoji app pic.twitter.com/fewUCxI38y
— GymCastic (@GymCastic) June 10, 2016
We LOVE #gabbymoji! #bekindchampion @gabrielledoug @NatalieLHawkins #RoadToRio pic.twitter.com/sNwbiN9jsp
— Be Kind People Proj (@BeKindPpl) June 10, 2016
In hopes of making a second Olympic team, Douglas will next compete at the P&G Gymnastics Championships on June 24th and 26th, and then the women's Olympic Trials on July 8th and 10th.
Gymnastics and emoji fans got more good news when the Unicode Consortium, the official creator and distributer of emojis, approved dozens of new emojis for release this summer. These include a person doing a cartwheel to symbolize gymnastics, and a variety of gold, silver and bronze medals.
