Al Roker Entertaiment

One-Hour Special Produced by Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Chaos, the Comedy and the Drama at the 2006 Miss USA Pageant

(June 7 - Los Angeles, CA)

With sequined gowns, silky sashes and one coveted tiara, the Miss USA Pageant is the glitziest competition of the year. Viewers adore it and little girls dream about it. But the backstage drama at Donald Trump’s dazzling event is far from perfect smiles and Cinderella stories. The stakes are high and nerves are raw as 51 young women primp, rehearse and compete in a cutthroat battle for the crown as E! follows the beauty queens to reveal the real backstage antics in a one-hour special Uncovered: The Hidden Lives of Miss USA premiering Wednesday, June 21 at 9 pm ET/PT on E! Entertainment Television.

With unparalleled access to Miss USA 2005 as she prepares to relinquish her title, Uncovered: The Hidden Lives of Miss USA also follows Miss California USA and Miss Florida USA - who have sacrificed it all to vie for the crown. >From severe stage fright to emotional apologies, E! gives viewers a peek inside the often misunderstood lives of beauty queens and captures the fun, the frenzy and the fury of pageant night as it has never been seen before on television.

Uncovered: The Hidden Lives of Miss USA follows contenders from their arrival in Baltimore, Maryland three weeks before the pageant through a flurry of fittings, photo sessions, rehearsals, press events and public appearances. The grueling schedule and lack of sleep takes its toll and it’s every beauty queen contestant for herself. Accidents on stage, a frantic tattoo cover-up and more than a couple beauty queens with two left feet keep the choreographer on his toes. The pressure mounts as the top 15 finalists are selected a week before the actual Miss USA show on NBC. Just hours before the Miss USA pageant goes live, backstage chaos is at a peak, from a coach’s desperate final instructions, to the panic of a missing shoe.

Finally, it’s show time, but what unfolds backstage is perhaps more dramatic than the competition itself. And the drama does not stop when the pageant ends. The action continues backstage after the new queen is announced and every moment of the behind-the-scenes commotion is revealed in Uncovered: The Hidden Lives of Miss USA.

Sharing their personal adventures exclusively with E!, Miss California USA and Miss Florida USA keep camera “diaries” throughout the mayhem. From the camaraderie to a little cattiness, they reveal their honest feelings about life as a beauty queen and their secret strategies to become the next MISS USA.

Also throughout the special, viewers get a close-up look at 22 year-old, Chelsea Cooley, Miss USA 2005, who spent the past year living in a Donald Trump-owned high-rise apartment in New York City with Natalie Glebova, the 23 year-old stunner who defeated her for the Miss Universe crown, and 17 year-old Allie LaForce, Miss Teen USA.

Uncovered: The Hidden Lives of Miss USA is produced for E! Entertainment Television by Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. Executive producers for the special are Al Roker, Lisa Sharkey and Sara Nichols for Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. and Paula M. Shugart for the Miss Universe Organization.

About Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. Formed in 1994, Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. (ARE) is a thriving multimedia company involved in the development and production of network, cable, home video and public television projects. Al Roker is CEO and Lisa Sharkey is President. ARE produces programming for a diverse clientele including NBC News, E! Entertainment Network, Lifetime Television, A&E, The History Channel, Discovery Networks, PBS, TV ONE, Oxygen, The Cartoon Network and NBC Television Stations Group. Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. clients include real estate superstar Barbara Corcoran, fitness guru Jorge Cruise, model/actor Tyson Beckford, celebrity dog trainer and handler Tamar Geller, designer Elaine Griffin, and the Wilhelmina Model agency.

About E! Networks Based in Los Angeles, E! Networks is the world's largest producer and distributor of entertainment news and lifestyle-related programming. The company operates E! Entertainment Television, the 24-hour network with programming dedicated to the world of entertainment; The Style Network, the destination for women 18-49 with a passion for the best in relatable and inspiring lifestyle programming, and E! Online, located at Eonline.com. E! is currently available to 87 million cable and direct broadcast satellite subscribers in the U.S. The Style Network currently counts 42 million subscribers. Internationally, E! programming can be seen in more than 120 countries worldwide, reaching 600 million homes. In addition to its ventures for locally programmed E! branded channels outside the U.S., the company operates the E! International Network, a 24-hour English language global entertainment channel available via satellite in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

About the Miss Universe Organization As MISS US®, she will also spend the year championing the official causes of MISS USA, which include breast and ovarian cancer education, research, and legislation. She will travel nationwide as an advocate for organizations such as the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, the National Breast Cancer Coalition, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and Gilda’s Club, among others. The Miss Universe Organization, producers of the MISS UNIVERSE, MISS USA and MISS TEEN USA Pageants, is a Donald J. Trump and National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC) partnership.

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