FASHION DESIGNER CYNTHIA ROWLEY JOINS NBC'S KATHY HILTON

RENOWNED DESIGNER CYNTHIA ROWLEY JOINS KATHY HILTON TO INTRODUCE CONTESTANTS TO HIGH FASHION ON NBC'S "I WANT TO BE A HILTON" TUESDAY, JULY 12 , 9-10 P.M. ET

Contestants Get Makeovers and Walk the Runway in a New York City Fashion Show

NEW YORK - July 11, 2005 - NBC's Kathy Hilton, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and model Frederique Van Der Whal, greet the "I Want to be a Hilton" contestants at a luncheon and give them pointers in fashion and style. Hilton reorganizes teams "Park" and "Madison" for their next task: to create a fashion line and model their clothes in a fashion show, on NBC's "I Want to be a Hilton" (Tuesday, July 12 , 9-10 p.m. ET).

As newly formed teams "Park" and "Madison" embark on their task, tensions rise between Vanessa and her new teammates, as she assumes a leadership role giving orders to her team. The contestants visit a vintage store and are given a certain amount of money per team to buy clothes, which they can modify for a fashion show they will be in the next day. Creativity and originality are the keys to success, and the team that puts on the best runway show wins a photo shoot with world-renowned photographer Antoine Verglas. The losing team faces the elimination room, where Hilton will declare two contestants "off the list."

"I Want to be a Hilton" is produced by Endemol USA, a leading producer of television programming specializing in reality and non-scripted genres for network and cable television. Endemol USA is a division of Endemol Holding, a prominent international content developer, producer and distributor of television and online programming. David Goldberg is the President of Endemol USA. The series is executive produced by Paul Buccieri, Danny Salles, Jason Hervey and Rick Hilton.