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Emily Austin left college for the Super Bowl job

When Emily Austin, a 21-year-old sports and entertainment personality, recently visited the UN, she had her phone set to "do not disturb."
Harry Siuu
By: Harry Siuu

Austin attended Hofstra for three years before deciding that it was ironically not supportive of her job goals. When she left the U.N., she assumed the missed calls were spam. However, it turned out to be producer Michelle Welch who asked her if she wanted to be a judge for the Miss Universe pageant, which is currently taking place. She had previously collaborated with Welch on projects for LiveXLive and MTV. Austin told The Washington Post, "I was like, okay, of course.

She instantly accepted the offer after having her representative, Wasserman's Jamie Stein, review the contract. In reality, there is no pay for the judging role in order to prevent biases and conflicts of interest, but there is a "very nice" per diem and different gifts, according to Austin. Interviewing 86 distinct competitors is required for judging in a series of quick, intense rounds. A preliminary competition when the contestants were judged in swimsuits and gowns came after that. The top 15 made it to the finals, which are on Roku and take place Saturday night in New Orleans.

The participants were there for an additional week to ensure that "jet lag" did not impact their performance, according to Austin, even though the judges' duties only last for a week. When Austin was 18 years old, she began her profession by conducting Instagram Live interviews with various athletes and artists for the program "Daily Vibes with Emily." A producer from MTV contacted her after watching her interview with Immanuel Quickley, a rookie for the New York Knicks, and asked her to join roughly 40 other contestants for an audition for the program "Music Lives On." She was chosen. Another successful audition followed for the "Battle of the Platforms" celebrity boxing match, which featured live fights between prominent YouTube and TikTok influencers. Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, and DJ Khaled.


"At this time, I understood God just loved me, and this would be something that would be worth investing in as a profession," she added. A "domino effect" where one gig leads to another was how Austin explained it. As a Puma brand ambassador, she works on collections for athletes like rapper J. Cole and NBA star Kyle Kuzma. In the upcoming weeks, she will launch an NBA chat program. She became aware that her current aspirations were at variance with Hofstra's restrictions during Super Bowl week the previous year.

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Harry Siuu
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a specialized football specialist with over ten years' experience as a football journalist who works for Betimate.com.

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