THURSDAY, MAY 2

**TWO-HOUR SPECIAL**--"MISS USA(R) 2019" - (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

LIVE FROM RENO TAHOE DON'T MISS THE 2019 MISS USA(R)" COMPETITION THURSDAY, MAY 2, LIVE ON FOX

Vanessa and Nick Lachey Host the Competition

The 2019 MISS USA(R) competition is a two-hour special event, airing live from the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in the "Biggest Little City in the World," which concludes with Miss USA 2018 Sarah Rose Summers crowning her successor. Actress, host and former pageant winner Vanessa Lachey and multi-Platinum recording artist and television personality Nick Lachey return as hosts for the annual event, marking the second time the two will take the Miss USA stage together. Holding the title of Miss Teen USA 1998, as well as Miss Congeniality, Vanessa is a pageant veteran and has also served as a backstage correspondent for MISS USA(R) in 2001 and co-host of MISS UNIVERSE(R) in 2007. Women representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia will compete for the opportunity to become the next Miss USA. Discover who will take the coveted title on the "2019 MISS USA" competition airing LIVE on Thursday, May 2 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. (SP-1915) (TV-14 D, L)

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