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Mario Lopez to Host Miss America Pageant
Monday December 1, 2008

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Mario Lopez arrives at the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on November 15, 2008 in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Mario Lopez will once again host the Miss America pageant.

TLC and the Miss America Organization announced Monday that the Extra host will serve as master of ceremonies for the live event. The pageant will take place on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas.

Lopez, 35, previously hosted the pageant in 2007.

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"Mario and the Miss America Organization's past relationship has proven beneficial and we look forward to having him in Vegas again this year," Brent Zacky, TLC's programming vice president, said.

More than 12,000 young women competed in the state and local competitions to become their state's finalist for Miss America. In addition to crowning one Miss America, the organization made more than $45 million available in cash and scholarship assistance last year.

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