Vanessa and Nick Lachey to Host the 2018 MISS USA Competition

Actress, host and former pageant winner Vanessa Lachey and multi-Platinum recording artist and television personality Nick Lachey will host the 2018 MISS USA(R) Competition, airing LIVE Monday, May 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX, from the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport-Bossier, LA.

Vanessa was crowned Miss Teen USA 1998 and has served as a backstage correspondent for MISS USA(R) in 2001 and co-host of the 2007 MISS UNIVERSE(R).

First appearing together at last year's MISS UNIVERSE(R), TV personality and fashion expert Carson Kressley and supermodel and pageant expert Lu Sierra reprise their roles for MISS USA(R) as competition insiders to provide analysis and commentary throughout the live telecast.

The 2018 MISS USA(R) competition is a two-hour special event which concludes with MISS USA 2017 K'ra McCullough crowning her successor. Women representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia will compete for the opportunity of becoming the next Miss USA.

To learn more about this year's contestants, please visit: www.missusa.com/contestants.