Ciara Miller's Emmys Dress Has Whitney Houston & DWTS Connection

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Ciara Miller will always love a good fashion moment.

Which is why when it came to attending the 2026 Emmys Sept. 14, the Dancing With the Stars season 35 contestant chose to rock a dress belonging to one of the greats: Whitney Houston.

“This was Whitney Houston's dress,” Miller shared during the Live From E!: Countdown to the 2026 Emmys. “She wore this in 1993, 1994. This is a Mark Bouwer. It was a gift to me, and it's so special because in a couple days on Dancing With the Stars, my first dance is to Whitney Houston's ‘Exhale,’ and so I thought, ‘what a better there's a better event to wear it than now.’”

And if you're wondering whether the Summer House alum felt a transformation, Miller joked that her ensemble brought the greatest love of all.

"When I put it on," she shared, "I was like, hopefully my vocal cords will improve, and I'll be a better singer. but hasn't quite happened yet.”

"Looks are not indicative of being in shape," Miller told E! News in June. "I do huff and puff going up the stairs, so I gotta get back into the gym and work on my stamina."

And with the ABC reality competition series only a few days away from its season 35 premiere, the 30-year-old admitted she's "got a long way to go" in her training.

"I'm just trying to get in shape because I don't want to be wheeled out on a stretcher," Ciara jokingly added. "That'll be the saddest thing that happens."

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