MTV has named 23-year-old Gabi Gregg its first Twitter Jockey.
Gregg won the position on Sunday night after a nationwide vote. The TJ position is the updated version of the network's VJ job, and Gregg will report on pop culture news using Twitter, Facebook, blogs and MTV's website.
Gregg graduated from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts in 2008, where she studied international relations and African American studies. Gregg is the founder of the fashion blog Young, Fat and Fabulous. She was raised in Detroit and lives in Chicago.
Gregg won the show after she got the popular votes from fans who watched the show live. This is the first ever show of its kind and MTV and Twitter will surely continue the show.
Gabi Gregg, who is a plus size fashion blogger tweets with the handle @gabifresh and she will now use @mtvti. Gregg belongs to Detroit. After the announcement last night, Gregg is going to speak to the media about her new job on Twitter. She has also posted several pictures on TwitPic. She has invited her fans and followers to check out her photos about her new experience as TJ on the Social Networking site. Gregg will pick up her official title as TJ next week and she will be moving to New York to start her new role.
Gregg was interviewed by the New York Times and TV show Good Morning America, and has been featured fashion magazines such as French Glamour and Vogue Italia.
After narrowing it down to the finalists, the five were brought to Manhattan and put through four challenges. At Tweet-up Meet-ups, for instance, they staged events including Gabi's fashion show, Dannielle's waterfront artsfest, Xavier's concert, Ryan's swanky charity drive, and Jose's swanky charity drive, and Jose's benefit performance.
In June, MTV teamed up with Zync from American Express to launch the competition for MTV's TJ. Twenty finalists competed for fans' votes through Aug. 7.
"It's a very surreal moment. I'm letting it sink in," said Gregg after it was announced she had won the competition. "When they said my name I kind of blanked out. Right now I'm just trying to remember that this is real life and I'm actually MTV's Twitter jockey. It's been a long ride."
The prize is $100,000. Gregg will report on pop culture news using Twitter, Facebook, blogs and MTV's website.
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