2013 Miss USA photos: The D Hotel, Chinese Laundry at Fashion Show and Pure

PATRICK PRATHER/MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION

Miss Virginia USA 2013 Shannon McAnally, Miss North Carolina USA 2013 Ashley Love-Mills, Miss Tennessee USA 2013 Brenna Mader, Miss Connecticut USA 2013 Erin Brady, Miss Delaware USA 2013 Rachel Baiocco and Miss New Mexico USA 2013 Kathleen Danzer party at Pure in Caesars Palace on Saturday, June 8, 2013.

It was a jam-packed weekend for the 51 contestants in the 2013 Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas that included a trek to Downtown Las Vegas on Friday and a meet-and-greet with the public at Chinese Laundry at Fashion Show mall and a little time for fun at Pure in Caesars Palace, both on Saturday.

2012 Miss USA Nana Meriwether and Miss USA contestants — those ages 21 and older, of course — took over mega-club Pure. The beauty queens hit the red carpet around 11:30 p.m. and posed for photographers. Making their way through the hotspot, the 25 gorgeous contestants took their place at a VIP table located on the left stage.

Upon arrival, the ladies danced and mingled with clubgoers. Later in the evening, Meriwether manned the decks in the DJ booth and quickly became guest DJ.

The weekend for the ladies also included a stop at The D Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas and photographs with owner Derek Stevens, who donned a very bright jacked, plus, for the ladies, they hosted a meet-and-greet at Chinese Laundry in Fashion Show mall.

Thanks to contributing photographers Tom Donoghue (The D), Erik Kabik of Retna (Chinese Laundry) and Patrick Prather of the Miss Universe Organization, the parent company of Miss USA, for their photo galleries.

For more stories and photos of the 2013 Miss USA Pageant, check out our Miss USA section. And check back for our continuing and extensive coverage, which culminates with the pageant this Sunday on Father’s Day from PH Live in Planet Hollywood and airing in NBC.

Don Chareunsy is editor of Vegas DeLuxe and senior editor for arts and entertainment of the Las Vegas Sun.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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