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Nicky's Vegas Surprise!

Originally posted Thursday August 19, 2004 12:00 PM EDT

"It was a beautiful, small wedding with an amazing energy," says a guest at the nuptials of Hilton and Todd Meister (partying in N.Y.C. in June). Photo by: Billy Farrell / PMC

The newlyweds next surfaced at the Beverly Hills hotel on Aug. 15, where they checked into a private bungalow and dined at the Polo Lounge. "They were a little bit tired," says ET executive producer Linda Bell Blue, "but from the way they looked into each other's eyes, you could tell they were very happy." But the honeymoon was short-lived: Nicky, who with Paris plans to appear in National Lampoon's Pledge This!, was due to fly to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, later in the week for a Maxim photo shoot; her husband, meanwhile, was heading back east for business meetings. Still, says Nikki Haskell, creator of StarCaps diet system and a longtime friend of Meister's, "This is a perfect place to start. They are both young, attractive, sophisticated. They might have a real chance."

By MICHELLE TAUBER. SEAN DALY in Las Vegas, TODD GOLD, MARISA LAUDADIO and KWALA MANDEL in Los Angeles, LORI ROZSA in Miami and RACHEL FELDER in New York City