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NBC was really self-promoting in their hosts and judges for the Miss USA pageant:
Andy Cohen - Host & Exec. Producer of all the "Housewives" shows on Bravo, which NBC owns
Guliana Ransic - Comcast owns the E! Network (where Guliana has a couple of shows) and Comcast just bought a major chunk of NBC. Plus, her husband, Bill, won the 1st season of NBC's "The Apprentice"
Kelly Osborne - she's a host on E!'s "Fashion Police and her mom is a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent"
Rocco DiSpirito - had a show on NBC called "The Restaurant" (few years ago); has appeared several times on "The Biggest Loser" & "Top Chef"; now has a show on Bravo called "Rocco's Dinner Party"
Lil Jon - was a finalist on this season's "Celebrity Apprentice"
Penn Jillette - was a guest judge on this season's "The Next Great American Restaurant" (NBC) and was the host of the short-lived NBC game show "Identity"
1 of the Housewives of New Jersey -- on NBC-owned Bravo
(a few other judges too, but these have a NBC-affiliation)
Odd combo of judges! No former Miss USA as judges (though 1 as a host) and only 1 person from the beauty industry (the CEO of OPI nail products). Can't believe there weren't more judges from the fashion or beauty industries.
If they wanted other NBC stars as judges (with more credentials to judge a pageant) , they could have gotten people like:
Kathie Lee Gifford (was Miss Maryland for America's Junior Miss)
Amy Robach (Today show reporter & 1st runner-up Miss Georgia 1994)
Kit Hoover (co-host on NBC's "Access Hollywood" ... & a Chi Omega)
Jenna Dewan (starring in the fall NBC show "The Playboy Club" ... & a Pi Beta Phi). NBC could promote their fall lineup.
Angela Kinsey (stars in "The Office" ... & is a Chi Omega)
P.S. On a Greek note, Kathie Lee Gifford's daughter will be starting college Fall 2011 and I'm sure will be going thru Recruitment. I know they visited USC (where Cassidy's father & brother are in the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity) and Chapman University.
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