Drew Lachey to Cohost Miss USA Pageant

By Stephen M. Silverman

Friday March 24, 2006 09:15 AM EST

Clark Samuels/startraks

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Dancing With the Stars champ Drew Lachey has a new gig lined up: cohost of next month's Miss USA pageant, where he is being paired with Nancy O'Dell of Access Hollywood.

The 29-tear-old, former 98 Degrees singer – whose wife Lea is due to have the couple's first baby, a daughter, any moment now – won the second season of ABC's ballroom hit last month, when he was partnered with professional dancer Cheryl Burke.

The Miss USA 2006 Pageant will air live from Baltimore over NBC on April 21. Carson Kressley of Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy will take the Ryan Seacrest role as commentator of the pageant.