Considering my graduation date was approaching quickly, I could not fly out to Las Vegas until the Friday before the telecast of Miss USA. However, I left early Friday morning to be sure to get to Vegas for all the events that the Miss Universe Organization had planned for the teen state titleholders. When I arrived at the airport, my wonderful dress sponsor from the Crowning Touch, Maria, was on the same flight as us! It was nice to talk with her and talk about my preparations for Miss Teen USA. After a long 6 hour flight from Providence to Las Vegas, I met up with one of my sister states and her family, Miss Vermont Teen USA, Shelby Gregoire. They had been there for a week already so we all went to lunch and they showed us around Planet Hollywood. That night all the teens that were currently there, gathered for a group photograph in front of the Planet Hollywood and Miss USA 2010 sign. From that point we went into one of the conference rooms to have a "meet and greet" with the other teens. I had met several girls at the Standout Productions; however, it was so great to finally meet the others! Everyone is so beautiful and so welcoming! On top of that, we even got to meet Stormi and speak with her briefly. She looked absolutely fabulous and spoke about her experience at Miss USA last year. After meeting all the other wonderful contestants, Shelby (Miss Vermont Teen USA, her parents, Emma (Miss California Teen USA), her mom and aunt, and my mom and I went to grab dinner! Our dinner was nice and relaxing and it was so great to catch up with Emma seeing as I hadn't seen her since Standout. The first day was a great one, and wait until you all see all the other beautiful girls!