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MEDIA ADVISORY PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE 2011 MISS USA PAGEANT CONTESTANTS Jeff Timmons, 98 Degrees Star and Chippendales Headliner, and Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010, Host Welcome Event – 6:30 p.m. June 6, 2011 WHAT: Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino will roll out the red carpet for 51 of the world’s most beautiful women when the resort hosts the official Las Vegas welcome event for the 2011 MISS USA® Pageant. The ceremony, hosted by Jeff Timmons, star of 98 Degrees and current resident guest star of Chippendales at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, and the reigning Miss USA, Rima Fakih, will kick-off two weeks of action-packed activities for the contestants who will reside in Las Vegas until the pageant is telecast live from Planet Hollywood on Sunday, June 19 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino President, David Hoenemeyer, Miss Universe Organization President, Paula Shugart, and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Senior Vice President of Marketing, Cathy Tull, will welcome the contestants and officially launch the start of the MISS USA® pageant. The event will be the first time all 51 contestants will be photographed together, and will serve as their formal media introduction; somewhere within the 51 contestants will be the next Miss USA. WHO: Jeff Timmons, 98 Degrees star and current resident guest star of Chippendales at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010 51 Miss USA 2011 Pageant Contestants David Hoenemeyer, President Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Paula Shugart, President Miss Universe Organization Cathy Tull, Sr. Vice President of Marketing Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority WHEN: Monday, June 6, 2011 6:00 p.m. Press Call 6:30 p.m. Event Start WHERE: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino North entrance of Planet Hollywood along Las Vegas Boulevard, outside Cabo Wabo Cantina CONTACT: Emily Wofford, Caesars Entertainment Brenda Mendoza, Miss Universe Organization [email protected] [email protected] Mobile: 702.290.2127 Mobile: 347.247.8568 .

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