Deal or No Deal and Celebrity Apprentice star Claudia Jordan is set to host the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant alongside veteran host Billy Bush on Sunday, August 23rd, live from Atlantis, Paradise Islands in the Bahamas.

The two are no strangers to pageants: Bush hosted the Miss USA competition in April and also hosted the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants in 2003, 2004, and 2005.  Jordan was crowned Miss Rhode Island in 1997.  She went on be a model on The Price is Right and Deal or No Deal, has recently appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, and has her own radio show, The Claudia Jordan Show. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!