Pageant Press: Miss Universe Hosts Announced

'Access Hollywood' Co-Anchor Billy Bush and 'Celebrity Apprentice' Star Claudia Jordan to Host the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant Live From Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas on August 23rd

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization, announced today that Billy Bush, co-anchor of "Access Hollywood" and Claudia Jordan of "Celebrity Apprentice" and "Deal or No Deal," will host the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant live on NBC on Sunday, August 23rd at 9:00 p.m. ET from Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas...

Fans reactions are mixed; many are sick of Billy Bush, who has hosted several pageants. Most recently, he emceed Miss America, although he was sick and looked terrible! Claudia is not a surprise, as she's a former Miss Rhode Island USA and contestant on Trump's Celebrity Apprentice. And didn't she recently judge? Miss USA perhaps? Some folks are happy about her, while others question her abilities as a host and her attitude.