XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights Takes the Runway In Boston
IRVINE, Calif.--April 17, 2006--| Nation's Hottest Custom Cars, Celebrity Rides from the Boston Celtics and Top New York Fashion Come Together for a Night of Runway Style, Entertainment and Competition |
Boston welcomes back XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights (HIN) at the Bayside Expo Center on April 29, 5 p.m. to midnight. HIN, the nation's largest lifestyle custom car show, will feature not only some of the nation's hottest cars from Valvoline's Super Street Cars on Tour, but will also host the largest and most prestigious fashion show HIN has experienced yet, featuring top names from the model, photography and makeup world.
In the spirit of high end fashion, the show will also feature a special VIP Auto Fashion element of the ultimate dream cars, concept vehicles, celebrity rides and industry exhibits. Show attendees will get to experience one-of-a-kind cars like Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, Mercedes, BMWs, Cadillacs and more.
HIN presents "The Spring" fashion show produced by NYC runway model, Polina. Show attendees get to experience an exclusive fashion show, as runway fashion models strut their stuff wearing the hottest spring trends. Models will be flying in from all over the U.S. to partake in this high end fashion event.
The unprecedented fashion show will feature Boston's famed photographer and makeup artist, Andrew Swaine and Danielle Federico of Face Designs. Andrew's work has been included in Rolling Stone, Time and Black Enterprise, while Danielle has worked on TLC's "A Makeover Story", NBC's "New Morning Show" and in a variety of music videos and independent films. Models from FHM, Maxim and the Versace and Vera Wang runways will hit the HIN runway wearing designs from some of Boston's hottest designers, including Maria Santana, Lauren Ratta and Olga Kinnard. Santana will present her latest collection straight from the runways of New York, while Ratta will showcase her designs from high-end Boston favorite, Stil Inc. and Kinnard will be supplying Haute Couture.
Returning sponsor Valvoline will present Super Street Cars on Tour with the one-of-a-kind Charge Speed STI straight from Japan, the newly designed, wide-body Tein Civic SI, the full carbon fiber chassis CWest S2000 and the chameleon color-changing HKS-powered IS300. Show visitors can get up-close and personal with the hottest, trendiest cars in the customized world, straight from the pages of the top tuner magazines. In addition, motocross champion Travis Pastrana will feature his Subaru rally car, and Boston Celtics players Paul Pierce, Al Jefferson, Tony Allen, Kendric Perkins and Ryan Green will all display their celebrity rides.
On the XM Satellite Radio Stage, local club DJs and b-boy groups will compete for top accolades. On the Mazda stage, HIN's Glo-Go dancers will show off their go-go skills against Boston's best dancers in the new Rockstar Energy Drink National Glo-Go Dancer Competition, a city-to-city dance rivalry.
Additionally, the search for Miss HIN Boston will take place on the mainstage. Ursula Mayes, Miss HIN 2005, will host this competition to find the next contender in the search for Miss HIN 2007. Ursula can be seen elsewhere this year as one of Maxim's "Sexiest 100" and on the new NBC program, "Deal or No Deal." Miss HIN 2006, Amber Lancaster, a former Seattle Seahawk's Sea Gal, Miss Hawaiian Tropics and last year's Miss Makita, will sign autographs with other top-name models in the M Lounge. The Bombshell Models will also attend the Boston show to challenge anyone willing to take them on at the poker tables for BombSearch, the poker-playing competition that will test the card skills of local ladies across the nation in the search for the next Bombshell Model.
XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights is presented by returning sponsor Valvoline, in addition to returning sponsors Dunlop Tires; Meguiar's; Mazda; Circuit City; Chevrolet; Subaru; NGK Sparkplugs; BombshellPoker.com; and media sponsors Modified Magazine; Modified Luxury & Exotics, Super Street; Import Tuner; Sport Compact Car; Rides; MPH; Performance Auto & Sound Magazine; Road and Track; C-16; XXL; KING; and Car and Driver magazine. New 2006 sponsors include Rockstar Energy Drink; Shell V-Power; Atomic Loud Speakers; and the National Guard. More information on HIN can be found at www.hotimportnights.com.
About Action Media and Vision Entertainment
Action Media, parent company of Vision Entertainment, is the leading media and event company targeting the Gen X-Y audience, integrating lifestyle events including cars, music, video games and fashion. Producing more than 20 annual events in the top North American markets, Action Media and Vision Entertainment are now one of the leading communities for every positive aspect of youth culture. The current portfolio of Vision Entertainment events includes Hot Import Nights, VIP Auto Fashion Show, Nightshift, the RC Expo (RCX), Fresh Tracks Snow and Skate Expo and Holiday Havoc. Action Media's online assets now include Online Showoff and Model Showoff as well as a partnership with IGN.com.
2006 Hot Import Nights/Night Shift and VIP Schedule
HIN Washington DC Dulles Expo Center April 22
HIN Boston Bayside Expo Center April 29
HIN Charlotte Merchandise Mart May 13
HIN Atlantic City AC Convention Center May 20
HIN Indianapolis Indy Convention Center June 17
HIN Orlando OC Convention Center July 8
NS New York Shea Stadium July 15
NS Chicago Soldier Field July 29
HIN Los Angeles Los Angeles Convention Center August 19
NS Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium Sept 9
NS San Francisco SBC Park Sept 23
HIN Seattle Qwest Field Sept 30
HIN Dallas Dallas Convention Center October 7
NS Phoenix Firebird Intl. Raceway October 14
VIP Los Angeles LA Convention Center Nov 18
HIN Honolulu Blaisdell Convention Center Dec 2
HIN Miami Miami Beach Convention Center Dec 16