Getting all prettied up for a Sin City soiree, Eva Longoria was on-hand at the Latin Chamber Of Commerce’s 35th Installation Celebration in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night (February 20).

Decked out in a shimmering silver frock, the “Desperate Housewives” beauty was presented with the Distinguished Business Leadership Award at the annual fete.

As an entrepreneur and owner of two new and successful CityCenter ventures, Beso Steakhouse and Eve nightclub, Longoria also played host at the extravagant ceremony.

In addition, the city of Las Vegas and Clark county proudly declared February 20th as “Eva Longoria Parker Day.”

The ‘Desperate Housewives’ star never dreamed about being an actress when she was at college and is convinced a higher force steered her onto the successful career path.
She said: “Literally one day I said, ‘I’m going to be an actress.’ I never put a thought to it. I never said, ‘When I graduate from college, I want to be an actress.’ That thought never occurred to me. I have a strong faith in God and at that time I felt this amazing guidance coming from above and that gave me strength. It was this special force pushing me to come to Los Angeles and I said, ‘OK, I’m not going to fight it.’ But I always felt very protected. And I felt like this was the place I was meant to be.”
Eva, 34, also revealed she was only led into Hollywood because she entered beauty pageants to pay her way through college to learn to be a sports trainer.
The screen beauty – who is married to basketball player Tony Parker – said in an interview with Prestige magazine: “I paid a lot of my way through college with beauty pageants. Not necessarily for the beauty, but for the money. Fifth place is free books, third place is books and tuition and first place was books, tuition and boarding. Really, that was my motivation. Through one of the pageants I won a trip to Hollywood to compete in this modelling competition. I graduated college and I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll do that trip now before I do my masters.’ I was already enrolled and packed up, ready to get my masters, and I came to Los Angeles and I never left.”

Stepping out for a date night, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker braved the rain to have dinner in Pacific Palisades, Califronia on Friday evening (February 5).

Meeting up with a few close friends, the “Desperate Housewives” beauty and her basketball star beau laughed amongst one another while leaving Giorgio Baldi restaurant following their meal.