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By Truth B Known

May 12, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

Lets see it

By J

May 12, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Ugh, that is one fugly dress. I could totally see half of the high school students from south ATL wearing it though.

By Nita

May 12, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Yes, they were right!!!! I can’t beleive her mother let her out the house that way. There was nothing classy or elegant about it.

By vern50

May 12, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

Most definitely. She should be dancing in a strip club rather than going to a high school prom.

Where were her parents?

Baltimore, MD students wear some pretty outrageously tacky dresses to their proms.

By Britney

May 12, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

That dress was skank. She or her mother should have known better.

By JT

May 12, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

The “dress” was entirely inappropriate for a high school prom and I agree with the school officials sending her home, but it’s ridiculous that the issue couldn’t be resolved without calling the police.

By Jeff

May 12, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

Absolutely they were correct to deny her access. They had a stated policy and she was in violation of it. PLUS, she looked horrible in it. They should have denied entry just for being stupid, which is rather obvious when you watch the interview.

By John

May 12, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

Absolutely. Why does anyone even question the school officials’ decision?

By Jozef

May 12, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t consider the dress to be too risque, but seeing it on the girl makes me think that maybe there ought to be a law against ugly people wearing ugly dresses.

By Truth B Known

May 12, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

I saw it. It would be OK for a hooker convention or a fetish show but not a prom. NO WAY WOULD I ADMIT HER SHE IS CLASSLESS ALONG WITH HER PARENT (S) IF SHE HAS 2.

By momtoAlex&Max

May 12, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

I was prepared for something low cut, but this….I have no words.

It looks like something to dance around a pole, not a prom.

By katielenn

May 12, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

Why are these mothers shocked when these girls turn up pregnant?

There is a stripper somewhere looking for her dress…

By AmazonRed

May 12, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

Where is her mama?! Yikes. She should have been denied. Looks like there were clear dress code rules handed out so if she chose to violate them, she should not have gotten her money back.

By prom king

May 12, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

What a circus freak! I wouldn’t have let her in the prom either. She looks ready to turn some tricks for her favorite nose candy.

By Fontavious

May 12, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

She said she axed her teacher. I hope her teacher is okay.

By Becky

May 12, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

She must of thought that she was going to a Halloween party istead of her prom..As somone else wanted to know, where was her Mother when she left the house in that?? Is that a tattoo on her chest?? Seventeen, already has tattoo’s & wanted to go out wearing that dress…That explains everything you need to know about the parents…

By Ron

May 12, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t care if she was a model student with a 4.0 GPA, she couldn’t be THAT STUPID to think the dress was acceptable. A prom has been, and always will be, a formal affair. It is not an event where bathing suits or thongs will ever be accepted. And what kind of parents would actually allow their daughter to attend a prom in something as trashy as that?? It reflects poorly on her, and her family’s, morals.

By George P. Burdell

May 12, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

What a great dress…if the prom theme was “Pimps Up, Ho’s Down”.

What was the adult thinking that let her out the door that evening?

By BLW

May 12, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

Maybe they should have called the fashion police in stead.

…I’m just saying what everyone else is thinking.

By southerngirl

May 12, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

That dress is absolutely skanky!! They were correct in not allowing her to enter. There is also a principle involved - the policy is there for a reason and should not be allowed to be violated! It is frustrating to hear these kids act as if the rules shouldn’t apply to them. That is the root of the problem to me - an inability to submit to a set of guidelines and rules. You don’t get to ignore them just because you want to.

By Prof.Higgins

May 12, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

What is infinitely more offensive than her “dress” is her barbarous use of language. Pure ebonics: “prum, “prollem,” “axed.” Et cetera. What a wonder: takes fewer than 60 seconds to spot a tattooed ghetto-dweller.

By Lauren

May 12, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

That dress is beyond ridiculous! Who in their right mind would let their daughter out in public wearing that much less encourage her to wear it to a formal event? I am beyond disgusted. Is there anything such thing as boundaries anymore? Is anything taboo anymore? Unbelievable!

By SOMA

May 12, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

I saw the dress on CNN and it is horrible. She didn’t have a date. As a male I would not take her out anywhere…

Where are the parents? If someone would have made an of the wall comment about her, she would have have said something to them.

Again, I glad she could not go to the prom looking like she was dressed for ‘TRICK’ -without the treat….please don’t ever dress like that again…its say alot about YOUR image…..

By Alison

May 12, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Um yeah good for the school officials. Rules were clear and that shows way too much! (does anyone need to see her boobs being size A?)

By Rich

May 12, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS NO GAY FRIENDS. THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE LET HER WEAR THAT…….OH NO!

By Sarah

May 12, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

That dress was awful…but honestly, not a whole lot worse than some of the recent prom photos that were sent in to the AJC

By Denise

May 12, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

J, Yes…it is a unattractive dress. But the instructions were for you to comment on the dress not what you feel students in South Atlanta would wear. Because of this over-sexed society we live in, unfortunately, there are MANY young girls…north, south, east and west who wear things that are too revealing. I agree with you Nita, where were her parents??? Her mom needs her butt whipped along with the child.

By Alex

May 12, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

HA HA HA What a thug! Her parents let her wear that? Unreal! You blacks wonder what is wrong with the black community? P A R E N T I N G!!! Yet another example of bad parenting. She should not even be allowed to wear that out of her bedroom. She looks even more stupid then those thugs that walk around with their pants at their knees. So what day do you think racist Jackson and racist Sharpton arrive and claim this to be racist? I say by Wednesday.

By kassie

May 12, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

WTF?! Get the girl some fashion magazines! How much did that cost? $20? Looks like she’s headed to The Blue Flame after the prom!

By Torpedo

May 12, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Yes, over did it, a lot.

By earl

May 12, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

If she ‘asked’ a teacher did anyone check into whether or not she and said teacher are engaged in ‘extracurricular’ activities? That seems to be the rage these days (esp in Florida).

By K.

May 12, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

What dress? That was more like a halter top and a micro mini skirt with a cape. That was awful.

By Boing

May 12, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Bow chicka bow bow!!!

By Mr Charlie

May 12, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Deny access? YES. Call police? Well, I don’t know. But I do know that her “dress” looks like a bunch of rags pieced together. And I’m sure mommy allowed her to leave the house looking like that. And I’m sure her friends told how lovely she looked in it.

By Lisa

May 12, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

Trash on trash!

By Rusty

May 12, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

Of course they had to call the cops!Look at her. What do you think her reaction was when she was denied entry and told she wouldn’t be given an “immediate” refund? The cops were called so her “cousins” wouldn’t do a drive by for her ” gettin disrespected” LOL! Next?

By jamie

May 12, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

Most schools have clear policies on prom dress expectations. I think this particular dress attempted to violate all of them.

By kc

May 12, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Poor, mistreated little prostitot!

By Becky

May 12, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Yes!! That dress was not appropriate for a HS prom.

By Becky

May 12, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

Yes!! That dress was not appropriate for a HS prom.

By Nicole

May 12, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show you that the parents of Generation X obviously have to qualms about their daughters looking like common street walkers. And the fact that she is fighting this on national television and her parents are not stopping her also shows their stupidity.

By Kate

May 12, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

What’s more impressive to me is that every person on here agrees! I’ve never read an AJC blog where everyone actually agrees!

By Hayda

May 12, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

A pole Pacman Jones The Law

Carnac says: What will this girl be dancing around in 3 years?

By Al Sharpton

May 12, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

They discriminated against her because of her race. Oh wait…the principal is the same race. Nevermind.

By Denise

May 12, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

Okay Jeff, Jozef and Prof. Higgins…comment on the dress and not the individual. Learn to not make comments about people directly unless you know them personally. And Lauren…no, there are no boundaries in this country anymore. The problems with teens in America…black and white, are caused by adults…parents who do not parent. This dress fits into the same category as kids who tattoo and pierce their entire body.

By Nicole

May 12, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show you that the parents of Generation X obviously have to qualms about their daughters looking like common street walkers. And the fact that she is fighting this on national television and her parents are not stopping her also shows their stupidity.

By Nicole

May 12, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show you that the parents of Generation X obviously have no qualms about their daughters looking like common street walkers. And the fact that she is fighting this on national television and her parents are not stopping her also shows their stupidity.

By Bobby

May 12, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

One word Xena.

By Nicole

May 12, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show you that the parents of Generation X obviously have no qualms about their daughters looking like common street walkers. And the fact that she is fighting this on national television and her parents are not stopping her also shows their stupidity.

By Nicole

May 12, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show you that the parents of Generation X obviously have to qualms about their daughters looking like common street walkers. And the fact that she is fighting this on national television and her parents are not stopping her also shows their stupidity.

By Bobby

May 12, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

One word Xena.

By Jodi

May 12, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

Very embarassing and that dress was not only messy, but a waste of money. Proms are definitely not what they use to be and I am only 26. Anyway, my child would not walk out the house looking like that.

@ Alex - I doubt Al Sharpton would get involved over someone clearly breaking school rules…now when you get shot at 50 times for no reason thats when he is there.

By We Be Ho's

May 12, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

GURL!! Even the drag queens at Blake’s would not wear that! I think I have larger pieces of fabric that I use to clean my furniture. Just because your mama strips does not mean you are locked into that life as well.

By Nicole

May 12, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show you that the parents of Generation X obviously have no qualms about their daughters looking like common street walkers. And the fact that she is fighting this on national television and her parents are not stopping her also shows their stupidity.

By baddog

May 12, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

what the *&^% was she thinking and her Mother needs to be shot plus she is too young to be tatted up as well now on the real she has the body to pull it off but i am gals that the Teachers knew what to do

By T

May 12, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

I think that the prom was not a place for that dress, and it did look a bit stripperish. But the comments that have been made have been so off the wall, Ok say the dress was ugly but calling her stupid, she is a child still she can only be taught by example. I am a mother and I try and teach my daughter better than that. I would have never agreed to buying the dress but you guys are coming from the angle taht because she is a black girl this is what she would have done anyway. One person said I could see students on the southside wearing this. My niece is an high school sophmore on the southside who also attends college and will have her AA degree when she graduates high school and we would never allow this so what are you saying. I am a black woman who went to a high school where 89% of the school was white and white girls can be just a hoochie and can speak just as stupid as one person commented. Just watch Jerry Springer. Blame the parents for her actions not the child. At least she is in school and is graduating lets talk about that not her prom dress ok she made a very big fashion no no but that she not have caused all of this. Pray for her not judge her in this way.

By nypeach

May 12, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

She looks like a w**. And her parents should be ashamed for letting her leave the house like that.

By oirgt

May 12, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this

momma was paying the tab at the tattoo shop and did not see the dress her daughter bought. the daughter was just trying to get a 2-for, prom dress and hooker outfit.

By MV7

May 12, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

Must be from New Orleans. I forsee stripper in her future.

By A Real Daddy

May 12, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Hell no!!!!

By Denise

May 12, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

ALEX, I pity you. As I keep saying, comment on the dress. I can’t understand how her dress turned into blacks are bad parents. That’s a pretty brazen statement to make. I wish you could meet my dad. He would whip your * for making a dumb statement like that and then make you wash his car. Thank God this is the internet…

By Jo

May 12, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Hey Denise, anyone who’d wear that is public IS all that & more (less) I can’t believe her mama’s “baby daddy” let her out in that. Oh, wait, actually I can. He’s probably her pimp as well.

By bass ackwards

May 12, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

Kids these days do everything backwards. You’re supposed to give the draws after the prom…not before!

By KJ Sampson

May 12, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

Worst prom dress ever.

EVER!!!!

I was bracing myself for something racy but expected it to be a case of prudery over fashion. Not this overdone cheesecake.

Ugh, I hate it when girls ruin their natural beauty by baring so much skin so we can see all the grafitti they’d had tattooed on.

By HotDawgette

May 12, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

That dress is inappropriate and shows her complete and total lack of respect for herself and authority. What were her parents thinking?? Why didn’t they stop her before she left the house looking like a cheap stripper? Doesn’t this child have a mirror at home??

By fer

May 12, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

It doesn’t even look like a dress. She was trying to make a point. She made it. She knew what the rules were. She wasn’t able to accept the consequences when she didn’t follow them.

By Mrs. Warren

May 12, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

This poor child obviously has no classy role models in her life. This is what MTV and the media have done to kids. Prom is a CLASSY, SOPHISTICATED, FORMAL affair. I think the school systems need to make them take etiquette classes and read Emily Post.

They were right for denying her access to the problem but schools should be teaching these kids what is appropriate for a formal event.

My Jr. and Sr. prom were in 98 and 99 respectively. NO ONE at my high school wore such a skankified dress. NO ONE. Maybe because we all had class (and at a very diversified school thank you).

By Denise

May 12, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

They said it was a custom made dress….I hope she only was charged for 1/2 dress, because that was all she got.

Oh…nice tats and tongue piercing on a high schooler…WTH?

By George

May 12, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

Do you think she left the house in something else, so her parents wouldn’t see her hooker suit? She saw the dress code, so she should not get her money back.

By Leslie

May 12, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

I do feel that the dress was too revealing however she is a teenager and that is the kind of limit pushing that teenager’s do. I don’t feel that it is right to keep a young girl from going to prom because someone didn’t like her outfit. If the school is going to be that strict they should have a day of dress approvals prior to the prom.

By DOM

May 12, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Not only should she have not been let into the prom, she should never have been let out of the house. Where were her parents?????????????? She was asking for trouble.

By GeezG

May 12, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this

Where were her parents when this dress was purchased? This belongs on a stripper or a prostitue, not a high school student! Disgusting and totally inappropriate. Thank you school officials for doing the right thing. Is she trying to look like a ho or what?

By Carrie

May 12, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

Who cares about the dress? Just tell me she didn’t wear those dollar store flip flops…

By Denise

May 12, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

Jo…again, I agree that the dress is inapproriate and in poor taste. The point I am trying to make is attack the dress and not the person. I work with at risk youth…black and white, and I wish you could experience what I face with these kids. At the end of the day, I am used by God to show the love and help get them on track. I’m sorry you can’t understand that.

By Jana

May 12, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

There is really no comment that is appropriate for that costume the poor, uneducated girl chose. I would be amazed if her mother even saw it. Of course, her mother could be as young as 30, also uneducated, and not recognize something inappropriate too. It is just sad that some of the young people today have fallen so far from acceptance. We, as a society, need to regain total control of these young people. It is obvious that their parents (if they have any) are not capable of performing the job. Exactly what avenue to pursue toward helping them is what perplexes me. They are certainly not educated, and graduating from high school? How?

By Darrell

May 12, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

She obviously does not have a mother. If she does, someone needs to go slap her.

By Makingmyeyesbleed

May 12, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

Just another skank looking for 15 minutes of fame, and of course the media gave it to her.

By Michelle

May 12, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

Yep, that’s a bit too much…and besides what does that dress say about her? Why would her parents let her wear something like that. not only did she miss her Prom…she went to jail.

By MzLadyM

May 12, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

I just saw the dress on the news, and there is no way on this earth would I let my daughter wear such a dress. She looked like she was about to perform on the pole at the prom. Were the heck was her mama at? Did she had the nerves to mention that she didn’t have on any underwear. The school shouldn’t reward her anything.

The school did just what they were suppose to do, and the fact of the cops coming was also deserved. The young lady acted so out of control that it her implications that caused the school to call the cops.

I feel bad for any parent that thinks that that dress was appropriate for any affair outside of climbing the poles. This young lady was asking for something to happening to her, and the fact that she didn’t have on any underwear was utterly ridiculous. It’s okay showing off your body, but you can do that without a napkin on.

Take a good look at yourself young lady and look how you just belittled yourself without anyone knowing you. I sure hate to see what she will be trying to wear to the graduation.

By Decaturflyer

May 12, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

I think I saw that girl walking down Memorial Drive last week.

By Johnny age 17

May 12, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

How unfair to keep her out of the prom. We need more dresses like that. Besides, what’s the big deal? She already emailed me and my friends photos of her WITHOUT the dress.

By Leslie

May 12, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

MV7 - People like you are to ignorant to exist!

By Rusty

May 12, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

Leslie, please don’t try to excuse this little s** behavior by trying to blame the school.This is a parenting issue and the dress code enforcement was a last stand at the door.It was her fathers job to police that smut, not the schools but I’d bet you that she doesn’t even know who her father is. Alway’s somebody elses’ fault aint it?

By Me

May 12, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

For once let’s not make this a race thing. She dressed like a skank. Not a black skank or white skank or latino skank or asian skank. Just a nasty skank, and her parents should be ashamed. There are bad parents everywhere. Race has nothing to do with it. Where is her mama by the way? I would have loved to see that interview. What would she wear?

By Leslie

May 12, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

MV7 - People like you are to ignorant to exist!

By Leslie

May 12, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

MV7 - People like you are to ignorant to exist!

By Denise

May 12, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

Jana, reading your comments, it’s clear that you personally know this young lady and her parents.

By JP

May 12, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

That dress is totally inappropriate for anywhere! 90% of the dresses in the prom pictures in the AJC galleries are not appropriate for 17-18 year old girls to be wearing either! What are the parents thinking letting these girls dress like hookers? And they aren’t all from South Atlanta either. Self-respect and decency are traits that are almost gone from society.

By oh please

May 12, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

Was she supposed to be part of the evening entertainment? Did her prom date plan on providing the pole for her to dance on?

Why not just go in pasties and a g-string.

By NT

May 12, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

Where are her parents?

By KH

May 12, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

I think 3 things:

1. She will need to get a job one day and her interviewer will have seen the her in the dress on CNN.

2. It’s hard to believe that the news would give air to this story.

3. Are those flip-flops she was modeling the dress in? WHACK times STOOPID.

By The Sage

May 12, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

Anyone with half a brain would know this dress is too revealing for a prom. There is no need for an “approval day” for prom attire just because of an idiot like this. The girl is trash and could barely speak English. She’ll be a stripper or posting ads on Craig’s List within the next year.

By Donna Outlaw

May 12, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe anyone has to ask if this dress is okay to wear and school officials obviously tried to get her to leave over and over and she kept refusing trying to make the dress somehow appropriate covering her belly button (but the top was the most skankish part) which is why she left in handcuffs. If school officials had physically tried to remove her, they would have gone to jail so they did what they had to do and rightly so.

By WhitneyH

May 12, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Crack is Whack!!

By Denikse

May 12, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Thank you ME, that’s the point I have been trying to get across. I can’t help everyone overcome ignorance…but I try.

By Idolwillsukin08

May 12, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Whoever sold her that “dress” should be convicted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor!! My favorite aunt always told me that class is something you’re born with, you can’t learn it!!

By Denikse

May 12, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

Thank you ME, that’s the point I have been trying to get across. I can’t help everyone overcome ignorance…but I try.

By Jo

May 12, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Denise, most of us know “at risk” is a touchy-feely, politically correct euphemism for drug-addicted, belligerant teenage thugs & hookers-in-training. The reason teenage crime is so widespread these days is because bad deeds are rewarded, not punished. These kids don’t need “love”, they need to perform community service so they can learn hands-on how to turn their lives around. You can bet this girl with the trashy dress is in that category. No one with any self-respect would dress or act thusly

By Dave

May 12, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Did anyone else pause the clip and read the prom form that each student had to sign. It specifically states only one inch of midriff can show, and states that the violator and their date will not be allowed to enter if they don’t abide by the guidelines. It’s not like she wasn’t forewarned.

By Rusty

May 12, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

It’s just so funny and typical it’s sad. We didn’t even have to be there to know exactly how this went down. “oh no you di’nt, you gone give me my money,you don’t know me”,blah,blah,blah. She’ll probably get a record deal out of it. Has she been interviewed by V103 yet?

By Eluthera

May 12, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

Instead of attacking the girl (who, by all accounts mistakenly believed she was in the right) let us look at the entire system. Most (not all) mothers look at their daughters, take pictures then send them off for a night of fun. Maybe her mother was at work, maybe she was passed out drunk. Either way, there is more than “She’s a ho” to be said here. Attacking her character for her choice in clothing? Does anyone realize what people thought of the teenagers in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, etc that chose to wear what they wore. You will always have people who cross the lines (and man did this dress cross it) but to suggest this 17 yo is “Nothing but a w**” goes a bit far. Teenagers make stupid fashion choices, sometimes parents even back them up, but before completely delegating her to a life of prostitution, consider there may be more to this story. I don’t believe most people with high self esteem need to show so much to so many. I think the saddest part to this is she doesn’t realize there are more ways to make an impact without taking it all off.

By M&M's Mom

May 12, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

**THIS IS CRAZY. WE WONDER WHY OUR CHILDREN ARE FOOLISH. WE AS PARENTS ALLOW THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH NO CONTROL FROM US. OUR MOTHERS BACK IN THE DAY WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED SUCH A TRAVAISTY. WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED AND EMBARRASSED THAT WE ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO LOOK LIKE THIS. OUR RACE HAS ENOUGH ISSUES WITH OUT BEING EMBARRASSED BY SUCH FOOLISHNESS. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM STUPIDITY!!!! WE ARE TRYING TO BE A BETTER PEOPLE NOT GO FURTHER TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET. HER MOTHER NEEDS TO BE WHIPPED AND SO DOES HER CHILD. IF THE MOTHER WAS NOT THERE THEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO SPEAK TO HER ABOUT HER PARENTING SKILLS. THIS IS AWFUL AND DEGRADING. I JUST CAN’T EXPRESS ENOUGH. NOT TO MENTION HER DUMB TAIL READ THE FLYER THAT SAID THE ATTIRE WOULD BE CHECKED AT THE DOOR. SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOT TO WEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF SHE HAD GOTTEN RAPED WEARING THAT THEN WE WOULD HAVE WANTED AL SHARPTON TO SHOW UP KNOWING IT WAS HER OWN FAULT FOR FALSE ADVERTISING. THIS IS AWFUL AND DEGRADING AND SAD, THAT SHE HAS NO SPIRITUALITY AND DOES NOT KNOW JESUS, BECAUSE IF SHE DID SHE WOULD RESPECT HER BODY MORE. NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS NO TRUE FRIENDS, BECAUSE TRUE FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS PICK UP UGLY, TRASHY, DISGUSTING DRESSES.

By Amanda

May 12, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

I am only two years out of high school and at our proms girls did push the boundaries on their dresses. But what I don’t get is why prom has gone from looking like a princess to looking like a stripper? Save that outfit for the club when you are trying to convince someone to go home with you, not at prom where everyone is already taken.

I also can’t imagine how she’ll feel as a parent showing her children her prom pictures. I can only pray that she isn’t still proud of her custom made draped fabric.

Class among my age group (I’m 20) is non-existent. When will these girls realize that you wont attract prince charming looking like a street walker? Cover up, leave something to the imagination. Save those clothes for the strippers and prostitutes.

By GeezG

May 12, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

Jana put down the crack pipe and don’t give it to Leslie, she’s already delusional.

By Bulldawg

May 12, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this

Par for the course….

Denise - this comment is for you. Before I opened the video I said to myself “I bet she’s black”. Call me any name you want Denise but stereotypes aren’t stereotypes for no reason.

By Mr Charlie

May 12, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

Well, no one talks about gas prices anymore so we are left with stories such as: This girl and her raga-ma-tag prom dress, David A.’s father being banned from backstage on A Idol, Jenna B’s fairy tale wedding, etc.

By Rich

May 12, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

The blonde girl, Ashleigh something from NHS, in the gold dress looked just as bad but at least it covered her. Why didn’t her friends let her know how bad it looked. Something right out of James Bonds “Goldmember”. Bless her heart.

By Jo

May 12, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Dave, she probably has no idea how to read or write.

By Denise

May 12, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

Jo, I see that I am getting no where with this. When I use the term “”at risk”, I am referring to teens who are on the wrong path making the wrong choices that will have an adverse affect on their future. I’m sorry that you and your cronies only see “at risk” as poor, black kids. Believe it or not…and I’m sure you won’t, the majority of the kids I work with are black and white from upper middle to affluent neighborhoods. Parents are too busy making money to spend time with them. Gotta run. I hope you hae a good evening and get home safe.

By HomeFry

May 12, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

This is down right pathetic. I wonder if she has any idea how ridiculous she looks? She’s probably too immature to get that the real joke is on her.

Too bad her parents, friends, someone didn’t care enough to stop her from making a complete fool of herself.

By ellinsgame

May 12, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

The lower the IQ the faster the insults come out. Only Denise reconized the the question was completely overlooked for the opportunity to put this girl (and her race) down. Bulldawg, you don’t need a reason to be racist, only an opportunity. It was a very unfortunate choice, made only to get her 3 minutes of fame in the headlines, more unfortunate there was not one to stop her.

By Midas Touch

May 12, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Okay, will someone please explain to me why this needs some attention? This is pure trash and should probably be in some low budget film. She is clearly on her way to being a star….in a low budget film. She seem to have had a tongue ring when I was watching the video. Which leads me to believe she is a child being raised by a child with no guidance what so ever. A sane parent would never have given the okay to purchase a 1/4 of a yard of fabric for a dress in the first place. Custom made? By whom? Her mom, most likely. Joint effort of two peas in a pod.

By IsThisYou

May 12, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this

Custom-made… must’ve been a shortage on cloth - times are bad folks! Anyway, I guess she didn’t want to take a date so she could be available for everyone else’s at prum? I hope she wasn’t planning on dancing or sitting for everyone else’s sake.

By windywoman

May 12, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

This girl was looking for attention. And she got it! She knew that she was breaking the rules. No telling what other rules she has already broken and will in the future. She steps way over the line of decency and does not really care. Now some idot will offer her a spot on some tv talk show and before you know it, she will be a celebrity because she dared to be different. The best way to handle that would have been to give her the prom money back and ride back home with a note to her parent(s) with the reason she was not allowed in the prom.

By Denise

May 12, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

Jo…one more thing, please don’t ever under estimate the power of love. You sound bitter. I am not your enemy. I am simply someone trying to be a part of the solution instead of being a part of the problem.

By Denise

May 12, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

Bulldawg, I would never stoop down there to call you a name. I don’t know you. That would be ignorant for me to do that. Just as it is to make sterotypes. Come up here and let’s have a reasonable conversation. That’s all. I have to run honey…5:45 tee time. Smooches!!!

By Shay

May 12, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Denise, don’t waste your time. Ignorance is ignorance.

windywoman, you are 100% correct. She knew she was breaking the rules and she knew the end result would be media attention and she will probably make some money off of this some way some how. Her parents were probably in on it too.

She is clearly underdressed and she should have been thrown out and refunded her money and that would have been the end of that.

I think all of our kids are out of control…. black, white, hispanic, asian, etc. So please stop making everything about race and start with your own children.

BTW, the kids don’t get their hair combed anymore before the prom?? I’m just asking.

By Denise

May 12, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

You are right Shay…I give up.

Amanda, great point.

By truthbeliever

May 12, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

…Kinfolk said, “let’s move away from here! Said Califoney is the place she oughta be. Let her load up the truck and move to Beverly…Hills that is; swimming pools, movie stars. Take yo’ shoes off. Ya’ll come back now. Ya hear?

By sgt chris

May 12, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

its always a racial issue isnt it? children of all races rebel so how does this become the latest racial issue?? JESUS…alex definately didnt have his hit of meth today did he?

By rick

May 12, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

We all agree the dress is trashy but the fact that she admits to wearing no underwear as well leaves her open for all these negative comments. Thankfully the school turned her away along with a few STD’s that probably would have been spread around.

By Anonymous

May 12, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Eluthera, wow great points. Also, I’ve only met one person with that name… He’s works in IT at a company in the (ATL)Perimter area. I had a huge crush on him! Well actually I still do :-).

By Anonymous

May 12, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Eluthera, wow great points. Also, I’ve only met one person with that name… He’s In IT at a company in the (ATL)Perimter area. I had a huge crush on him! Well actually I still do :-).

By Cree

May 12, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

This young lady, and I use the term loosely looks ridiculous. She is neither sexy nor provocative; she just looks trashy. Its is so sad that in the era of the “video vixen”, young women have no barometer of what is and is not acceptable. There is a time and place for every type of attire, and unless this student plans on walking the strip on Metropolitan Parkway after the prom, which is surely what her attire suggests, this outfit is wholly inappropriate.

By Duh

May 12, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

The dress was hideous, as many prom dresses are. The dress was inappropriate, as much of ignorant and immoral behaviour is.

Adults need to be adults and 1. teach their children to respect themselves (parents, teachers) 2. clearly state the rules ahead of time (school officials) 3. plan ahead with female chapparones with a replacement dress or two from goodwill (like for the size 16 cramed into a size 8) 4. male chapparones that are not afraid to calmly deal with the situation and NOT involve the police

By ruslow

May 12, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Rick, I know a lot of people have a hard time reading but it seems you may have mis-heard what she said. If you go back and listen, she said that the teacher said that she wasn’t wearing under wear and the young lady replied that she was wearing underwear. As for the STD comment, please don’t think that because someone “looks” good on the outside, they can’t be burning on the inside…and vice versa. Watch out now!!!

By kd

May 12, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

The dress is crazy ugly and I can’t believe her parents let her out but dang..I wish my stomach was that flat again!!!LOL

By ruslow

May 12, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry Eric, seems like you are having trouble reading. I will help you. Everyone on this blog…black and white and whatever, has agreed that this dress was horrible. What does this story have to do with being someone’s fault? Why do you assume that she doesn’t know who her father is? Stop being ignorant. Get outside of your “little” world for a change. You sound like you have never had the privaledge to travel outside of the usual spots…Disney, etc. Try some of the other countries God created…it will blow your little mind.

By U Gotta B Kiddin Me

May 12, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

It looks like she just walked off the set of “Coming to America.”

By ruslow

May 12, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry Eric, seems like you are having trouble reading. I will help you. Everyone on this blog…black and white and whatever has agreed that this dress was horrible. What does this story have to do with being someone’s fault? Why do you assume that she doesn’t know who her father is? Stop being ignorant. Get outside of your “little” world for a change. You sound like you have never had the privilege to travel outside of the usual spots…Disney, etc. Try some of the other countries God created…it will blow your little mind.

By Rusty

May 12, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Ruslow, I’m guessing in your “little mind” you think you’ve told Eric off? Visit some other countries? What’s that got to do with anything? Just stupid.

By Miya

May 12, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this

I’m trying to understand why the called the police on her? She was already embarrassed by not being allowed into prom and by wearing that dress. I think that a more appropriate punishment would have been to make her go home and change. What people are not aware of is that there is a brand called Beverly Johnson Barely there dresses and it is all the craze among young prom goers. Hell many people try to imitate it and it goes sooooo wrong (as in the pic) but you can’t be mad at her for acting the only way she knows. Yes, indeed her parents or any other family member or friend needs to be placed in jail for setting this girl up for failure not just for prom but for life! I truly hope that this young girl turns her life around before she get a rude wake up call from the real world.

By The Truth

May 12, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

Yeah, Rusty then you turn around and do the same thing! Stay on the subject and stop with the insults! It’s about a prom dress! This racism is killing me inside!!!!

By Frank

May 12, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

Police were called probably for her flippant attitude about it, the fact she was demanding her money back, and threatened to cause a scene (which is ironic). Her parents might not have known what she was walking out wearing, but who knows, I have seen worse things that parents have allowed their children to do, my ex-wife as an example. Permissive negligence is just as bad as permissive indulgence. I am sure there are some white chicks wearing just as revealing dresses in their upper-middle class proms in downtown Atlanta.

By hiccup

May 12, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this

It ain’t only riskay….it’s uglay!

By Marla

May 12, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

No, she shouldn’t have been arrested. Her mother should have.

By Jean

May 12, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this

What is that??? The girl is ugly, her speech is insulting (whatever happened to English), and the DRESS is YUCKY! Black folk—typical ghetto mentality…and, yes, I am an educated, self respecting black woman. Thank you very much!!

By Faith

May 12, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this

As a veteran high school teacher in a racially mixed high school, I am well aware that students will try to ‘push the envelope’ to see what they can get away with…We adults have to be firm in our boundaries so that teens can learn that life is for keeps and that consequences do follow inappropriate actions. This young lady knew exactly what she was doing and all of this publicity just adds fuel to the fire. It will be a very long time before she understands the ramifications of trying to break a dress code just so she can get noticed. As others have said, I feel pity for her and just want others to know that I feel the school was in their legal limit to deny her access. We have in fact denied access to girls or even duct taped their dresses closed before even considering letting them in the prom or other formal event.

By Lamaroj

May 12, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

Prom guidelines that she must have had to sign state that no more than 1” of midriff can show & slits can be no higher than 3” above the knee. I believe she is in violation.

By FreeAmerican

May 12, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this

She has a right to wear it and the school had the RIHGHT to say “not in here”.

By Leigh

May 12, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

Miya - She was embarrased???? I wish.

By Lynn

May 13, 2008 1:34 AM | Link to this

It’s all about trying to get attention. If they had allowed her to stay, then next year someone would be showing up wearing pasties and a fig leaf. Parents need to make time for their kids.

By sandee

May 13, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Who mentioned 4.0? does this person look, behave and speak like she has good grades. Poor girl, no one to teach her morals and values.

By slotl

May 13, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

Let me guess, her date was wearing his pants around his knees and he was wearing a “do rag” around his head with a baseball cap on sideways.

By Carmelia

May 13, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

I feel sorry for this young lady she obviously had no one in her life to guide her, like a father who takes time with a daughter to show her the do’s and don’ts, she obviously didn’t have a mother who knew any better as well so who do we cast the blame. I think maybe they should have let her go to the prom because the stares and how people would have talked about her would let her know this is something not appropriate. I would not have let my daughter cross the threshold with that on, but as I said where was the father and where is the mother, she has not once come forward in this story, it’s on you tube several radio shows and made it to the AJC and not one comment from her mother. So I don’t blame her I blame the mother, I blame the school for not giving guide lines on how to dress for this afair by letting them know what is allowed and what’s not. I hope she gets herself together and I hope her mother if not too late will get involved in her daughters life to make her understand you have to leave something to be desired. You don’t have to show everthing you have.

By ss

May 13, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

Her stripper mamma made it for her.

By Teacher, Too

May 13, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Carmelia, The school did give guidelines on appropriate dress for prom. She choose to disregard those directives.

I’ve seen swim suits that cover more than that “dress”.

By Gigi

May 13, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

After seeing a photo of the teen wearing this “dress,” I can safely say the school officials took appropriate action. There is no question of it.

By Mildred

May 13, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

I think Miss Taylor displayed poor taste in her attire. The prom is a formal affair and she was dressed inapproprite for the occasion. FROM Decatur, Ga.

By C.M. Thornton, III

May 13, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

And people wonder why there are unwed