Michelle Obama to appear on Project Runway Junior

Published on September 10, 2015 12:00PM EDT

Michelle Obama is hitting the runway. Project Runway Junior, that is.

Lifetime has announced that the First Lady will appear on the inaugural season of the show, which is a spinoff of the original Lifetime competition series focused on young designers aged 13 to 17.

Obama will appear in the Dec. 10 episode to present a challenge in support of Let Girls Learn, an initiative to help adolescent girls stay in school.

Tim Gunn will mentor and co-host Project Runway Junior along with supermodel Hannah Davis. Kelly Osbourne, designer Christian Siriano and magazine editor Aya Kanai will serve as judges, with a guest appearance from Bella Thorne in the final challenge episode on Feb. 4

Project Runway Junior will premiere on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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