hmmm…..who’s to decide what to wear for your prom..im upset

wow

I love how the girl wanted her money back after they rejected her.Classic.

This chic needs a BEAT DOWN! Where the heck were her parents? That is just unacceptable and my son already knows when it’s PROM time for him in 2 years, he better WATCH HIS DATE’S BACK! She should’ve been escorted out. Where is the respect and morals of these teenagers today? I’m VERY GROWN and wouldn’t wear that DRESS! SMH! Generation X

ommggg im finally first lol..thnk you Mom!!

but aint nothing wrong with her dress cuz i’ve seen worse..

that’s stupid, but now if she was a white girl,she would of been cheered and they would tell her she looked good, double standard

Where was her momma or did her momma make that dress. That was totally inappropriate! She also should not be graduating based on he language skills. Likeded is not a word.

Furthermore, why does she have that huge tattoo & tongue piercing. No one should be outraged by this.

Bygbaby

hahah…this is pathetic…just like a nigga to pull a stunt like that…lol….people today

her and her mama need they asses whooped

@ #6 I kinda agree with you on one hand-especially in Sugarland TX, LOL. But her moms needs to be slapped for letting her look like she’s going to a job interview at the local “scripp club”…

Mike Baisden was talking about this chic as well. I thought girls wanted to dress like a princess for prom not a slut. Us black people need to WAKE UP!

LMAO @ the REAL fashion police!!

That dress is to much just for a prom it looks like she should be in Beyonce’s freakem dress video. I think they did right turning her away that dress is awful.

she should have read the dress code. LOL @ that dress. what a mess

The dress is too much, but sadly, I HAVE seen worse.

And she was well within her right to ask for her money back if she couldn’t go.

No girl, white or black needs to wear a dress like that. It’s PROM, a school hosted event. How are her parents so lazy as to think it’s ok to let their daughter out wearing stuff like that? and then the same girl would no doubt complain if a guy touched her the wrong way. Stop inviting trouble. We do not live in some utopia where you can get away with wearing what you want like this. Real life don’t work that way. If it looks like a ho and dresses like a ho… what do you expect people to think???????!!! GAWD I am s sick of people cheering on this kind of behavior. Our women and girls walk around looking like hoes. If you do that I think you’ve given up your right to demand to be treated with respect when you have none for yourself. She got what she deserved. Only thing missing was the ass whooping at home.

WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HER PARENTS THINKING WHEN THEY LET HER OUT THE HOUSE?!
she looks a hot ass mess and she deserved not to be allowed into her prom…i mean really did she think it was cute!?!?…wear a damn scarf to cover her damn nipples…i kno girls wanna be sexy nowadays for prom..but what happened to being classy?…

Her guttabutt ass needed to be banned. I dont feel sorry for her at all.

Her, her parents, and her friends all need they ass whooped caused clearly none of them care about her, to let her come out the house looking like that.

Why is this national news???

I SEEN HER AT THE STRIP CLUB…..HER NAME IS EXTASY!!!!

DAMN SHE WEARIN THAT SAME DRESS SHE WORE AT THE STRIP CLUB TO THE PROM?! damn lmao!

black people today…..*shakes head*

is this our future on display; isn’t prom suppose it be formal . i thought they look like ladies of the night i feel these are smart girls . can they be good girls /gone bad? can concreteloop check back w/ these girls in 6 mos. and lets get a progress report.. are we doomed . i don’t want to judge, but what are their grades? what subjects did they take and can they articulate proper english . questions need to be answered here. i’ll tell you this they look a whole lot smarter than this picture.

&& at 6
there is absolutely no excuse or pardon for any female of any race to wear such an horrendous dress… that shit look like she ready to work the pole at the shakey butts…

she knew exactly what she was doin when she asked to have it made like that…&& yes i have seen worse, but its still no excuse…

damn, we have got to do better then this…it is just another reason for white people to make fun of us and talk more ishhh……

LETS GET IT TOGETHER PEOPLE….

i dont think there should be a dress code for prom, you should be free to express yourself however u feel comfortable doing so, thats garbage what they did. On that note, i must say that I have seen worse, even at my prom. The white girls came in some ish i cant even begin to explain..see through, cut outs, thongs all out, skin tight, no panties..yepp so be thankful its not her crotch we’re seeing. But yes where’s her mother and all those other girls mothers on a serious tip, because prom is a time to be elegant not trashy..and this look is trashy for a young lady like herself to be wearing anywhere.
With that said i disagree with how the situation was handled. Turn her away, yes..she already knew before hand that that type of get-up would not be approved, but the handcuffs, no no.
home girl looked a hot mess same way though, and after watching the video, its sad to see shes ghetto as hell and so young.

@16 ….I agree 100%. She looks like a prostitute in that dress. We complain about Lebron on the cover on Vogue in hooping shorts, but this is ACCEPTABLE?

This girl looks down right trashy.

It’s inappropriate for a school function. Period. But then again she knew that…

WTF

ok, so we have black women getting killed, kidnapped, raped, etc and the news hardly, if ever, cover that, but when a young black girl wears a promiscuous dress to her prom and is banned, OHHHH let’s put that shit all over the news.

Every station i turned to this afternoon had this story as a headliner.

So, black women can only get on the news when they’re portrayed as over-sexed, skimpy, ho-ish creatures, but when young black girls are kidnapped, when a young black woman is missing and her body is found dead, the media won’t talk about it?

i promise, every year around prom time, i see a major cover story on the local news, featuring a black girl wearing a skimpy dress. what’s the fascination?

I agree with you #27. She knew better, and so did her damn parents.

Wow…I can’t say I’ve seen worse at my prom…but then again that was years ago…but none the less…it was inappropriate…sure it seems it could have been handled differently as far as handcuffs are concerned…but we don’t know the reasons behind the handcuffs…they only said “things got out of hand”. I think the school has every right to impose a dress code because it is a school sponsored function…if she was going to the club that’s different. SMH at some of you talking about if it was a “white” girl things would have been handled differently…and you know this how…I seriously don’t think race had any thing to do with it in this case…and some of you talking about you’ve seen worse at your prom…different schools have different policies…so there’s no comparison…

come on black folks when are we gonna get it together! her mama should have known better. then got the nerve to be on CNN bringing even more attention to herself making us look bad. they should have sent her @ss home for being so dumb. omigod what an embarrassment!

People need to know the difference between classy and TRASHY!!!

I’m sorry but that dress is really inappropriate ecspecially for PROM.

that is not a dress for the prom but for the stripper to wear on her way down the pole……to the generation of today….get well soon is all i can say

She looks a mess not only was the dress hoochie but it was ugly too

Uhhh who the hell cares about dress code? It is prom night the one time u can show the fuck out. I think it was in bad taste to reject her. She just showed some torso and legs I mean what the fuck is gonna happen. I don’t believe a school should have hand in telling someone what they can wear to prom. The outfit wasn’t even outrageous I have seen far worst. That school is a little too strict my old High School would have let her right in. Their is no reason for her to have missed her prom for such a minor thing.

That is crazy! Ok, I must admit, I wore a two piece to my prom(2001). It was classy tho! My mom woulda never in her(37 years at the time) life let me get outta the driveway with this on! Everybody wants to test to see how lmuch ess they can wear every year and get into the prom. Its rediculous. Now some of these girls look cute, while others look like their just looking foward to after the prom. Im a young woman and I still dont understand it…Did her momma think it was cute or something?

Agree with Chelly and Carrie Ann.

That’s what I’m talking about. That was the worst example of parenting I seen in a while. That girl had a big ass tattoo on her chest. She 17 years old. Her mother is allowing her to be that way. And “oh PLEASE” to anyone who says this is expression. In ALL school in Texas (Dallas independant School Grad) The School dress code is highly followed. She knew she was not allowed to wear that and that why she wore it. plain and simple. Who allows there kid to walk around like that. And we wonder why our kids grow up to be rapper, drug dealer, and gruopies

I agree completely #27…..and at #29 about them only say “things got outta hand”…we cant say because we were not there.

Someone can at least give her a penny off the ground to go with the $0.99 refund she will get from that get-up. It’s hoochie, ghetto, and trifling. She looks just down right stank. Pass the Frebreeze!

This is really sad. I don’t understand why many young ladies don’t want to dress as young LADIES any more. Most MATURE men find a little mystery very appealing….vs. when you put it all out there, it’s not challenging and they feel no need to pursue the lady. The dress doesn’t even look like someone sewed it together…a twist here, a tie there, let’s tuck that there, and then VOILA!!! I can hear it now….’ooooooh girl, my dress gon’ be the $#!T…ya’ll ain’t seen nuffin like this befo’

Where was her prom date? If she had one, sad to say, we already know what he…scratch that…both of them had in mind for after prom…

So SAD!!!!

Hell yeah! ban her ghetto ass from the prom! Very tacky! She looked tow up from the floor up!

@39….about the “things got out of hand” comment…I think that’s what they said in the video…that’s why I said…we don’t know what truly happened for the reasons behind the handcuffs…I can only assume she didn’t want to leave and was being resistant…

@39….about the “things got out of hand” comment…I think that’s what they said in the video…that’s why I said…we don’t know what truly happened for the reasons behind the handcuffs…I can only assume she didn’t want to leave and was being resistant…

here in houston, which is were this girl is from, certain schools require certain dress code standards for prom dresses. ive been out of high school for almost 10 yrs but i remember the prom being a formal affair. but in recent years ive noticed that it seems the tackier, the more home made the dress looks, the better or so according to these kids today. this girl was tacky and tasteless. she looked a messed and deserved to be arrested for this fashion mistake. madison is a ghetto school with ghetto people. this girl looks older than 18 so im not surprised about her choice of dress. im sure her parents are just as ghetto as she is and couldnt approve or didnt care too much about what she wore. pathetic

Her mama should have had her ass beat for letting her out of the house like that. She ain’t grown yet. Young ladies don’t wear dresses like that to the prom. Now arresting her would have been too much. Send her hot tail home!
I holla,
Quise

and again the school this girl attends is madison, it is a black high school. a ghetto school. this has nothing to do with her being black. it has to do with her being ignorant. im sure she acted a donkey fool when they denied her access to the prom. im an educated too and i hate to see students like her. her a$$ probably hasnt been to school all year but wanted to go to the prom.

@45…I wasn’t disagreeing hun…there is no doubt in my mind that she had a jazzy mouth with the staff, but hey, WE WERE NOT THERE. I accept your apology…..

well alright now!

CNN should be embarrassed. these news shows and their clips are becoming desperate. CNN should be ashamed for airing this clip. Black folks, lets not air our dirty laundry on the air. Lets maintain a little mystery and not allow ourselves to be such laughing points with the white media. GO SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Are you sure that’s even a girl! She looks like a 2 dollar tranny hooker.

How is this even CNN news worthy?

Over 10,000 people died in an earthquake in China yesterday, another 30,000 in a cyclone and this soon to be on welfare, wannabe stripper is all over the news!

And…why in the world do people wear sunglasses indoors??

To the “Gutter-But Trollop”: First, I’m going to need you to throw some lotion up on that ashy azz face before you go up on national TV in your little rags…Thanks! (and I know yall peeped that ash)
Secondly, don’t you EVER, that’s right heffer… I said don’t you f*king EEEVer in your pre-paid life walk out the house wearing that sh*t again!! Sh*T looks like it was made for a DAHM Crack Head! If your going to dress like a Ho, do it right (see JLO)…She officially made my head hurt..Dahm!!!!!

This doesn’t surprise me. I mean I’ve seen worst as well but at least she did have a memorable night and she got the world wide coverage that she wanted. So see fairy tales happen after all. But I agree that this was not major news and we have other things that the media could’ve reported on like a missing child or a mother who has been killed. Matter in fact why not give coverage to the black teen who came to the prom dressed nicely and who should be commended for bringing her/his grades up to a A grade point average this year. There’s so much that we need to focus on and this surely isn’t it. Sounds like a personal problem to me. Next time she’ll think twice. As teenagers we all had/have the tendancy to dress provactive but that’s why parents are so important because telling ur child “no” can prevent death, damages, fines, or at the very least public embarrassment. Thank you maaaaaaa!

Not trying to judge a book by its cover, but she probably was asked to leave and got ghetto or loud so I dont feel sorry for this chic being arrested. Thats not even far to call that a dress..more like fabric just put together. I mean cmon..she outta known damn well she was gonna start smthng by wearing her that kinda outfit to a school event.

Disgraceful & distasteful!! Where in the hell awere her parents/guardians? No parent in their right mind allows their child to exit the home in that skanky get up. She deserved to be banned, but the handcuffing was over the top and unnecessary. However, she should have been arrested by the FASHION POLICE for this piece of cloth!! And her parents arrested for child neglect!

Also, being handcuffed might’ve been a lil extreme but at least she wasn’t maced or thrown to the ground and kicked….and that’s only becuz there were witnesses. She need to recognize that she’s in the dirty south and her ass just escaped what could’ve been a dire situation becuz they just looking for a reason to hang somebody ass from a tree down there. She need to piper down and find Jesus. GOD is good, HE trying to tell her something and probably saved her life that night for all she know…
Some men, including teenaged boys, out here are crazy and will rape her ass if she’s not careful…it’s not a game here out. Somebody need to tell her…GOD is trying to. Rapists look like everyone else and she might’ve got gang raped if she went to that prom and got loose afterwards. I can see the handwriting on the wall.

The dress a bit much but to be taken away in handcuff is extreme. She goes to my bestfriend cousin school and they had a dress code and she should have followed them.

Ok I think I am MORE upset with her FRIEND in that pic who told that $hit was ok!!! That is not a friend; to let you walk out the house like that.

To any of the young ladies on this board 18 and under, this is not acceptable for a respectable young woman. Not at all.

Lord Ha Mercy Kelly Clarkson Eddie Murphy!

Oh and Im glad that school didn’t cave in and stuck to it’s dress code policy. These kids these days need to learn to follow the rules.

Just because you have a right to do something does not mean it’s right to do….

Freedom of expression……. is complete nonsense. You can easily argue that murder is freedom of expression…. Does that make it right??? NO!

I’m 18 years old & I would have never put on the dress to go to prom.

I don’t think the handcuffs were needed but that dress is a hot mess, too bad her parents didn’t check her on that.

I think it was wrong for them to tell her what to wear. However, l want her to go, give her grandmother back her table cloth.

A prom is a school-sponsered activity, which means that the school does have the right to decide on a dress code. I think most would agree that dress is nowhere near appropriate for a high school dance. However, the school should have refunded her money.

I love when she said, “They didn’t give me any options; it was either go to jail or go home.” Um…you always choose HOME, idiot!

i agree..the dress was unacceptable…they had all right to turn her away…however, they could of reimburse her money…sucks 4 her though, cuz u only go to prom once

who da hell let her ghetto ass out of the house like that? the door shoulda woke up and smacked her back in the house as she was walking out of it!! and why don’t people figure out what colors look good on them? Yellow aint cute but on a few ppl and in small dosages….. seriously.. they need to pick up a Vogue mag and read up.

Prom is getting tacky though next thing you know people going to be wearing daisy dukes to prom like they at some club or something.My parents would beat the shit out of me wearing something like that to the prom.And now that I’m grown they still would beat me because it’s just distasteful for a formal affair.Grown people (at least I hope not) won’t wear this either.I guess she doesn’t know any better.But if she refused to leave the premises since the school is sponsoring and they have a right to throw out, they could handcuff her, but not in a brutal way like you see when crackheads get cuffed.It may been a weekend, but that’s still like school property so, hey….

This is where our society is today. People think they can do whatever they want without anyone saying anything. Why not dress like that for work. I guess dressing with everything hanging out is a good thing.

@23 Are you high girl? First you say that there shouldn’t be dress code at prom, but you should be able to express yourslef in whatever way you feel comfortable. Then you turn around dog her mama and friends and talk about how prom is an event of elegance and not trashy. Now which one is it? Come on girl get it together, are you having yourself a champange chronic nightcap? LOL!!! (That’s what playing in the background while I’m typing.) Now what if a girl who 5′10” weighing 338 lbs feel comfortable in the nude, would you want her dancing around you? I didn’t think so.

It’s a shame how some of you are condoning this. I bet not read some of you talking about how our community is in shambles when some of you are condoning what this DUMB, TRASHY NIGGA!!!! just did. I never use ni**a unless I think it suit the person, in this case it does.Then you wonder why women in general are disrespected. “YOU CAN’T DRESS LIKE A TRAMP AND EXPECT TO BE TREATED LIKE A LADY.” Grow Up people this very sad. We need to stop glorifying these video vixens and strippers because you know that’s exactly where this heifer is headed to. Hopefully she’ll get some sense before it’s too late. The ones who condone this should never become parents, we have enough idiotic parents out here, we don’t need more of you. This is another reason why we need the fathers in the household. We all know if her father was in the picture, there’s no way that girl would have made it out of her bedroom let alone out of the house looking like that. I hate to say that I’ve seen worse. It’s a shame that this girl don’t love herself like she should. SMH.

Then to top it all off, this fool actually had the dress custom made! Child you need to get your money back from the designer don’t worry about the prom ticket. The material was just horrible. Look like something a blind woman made. Wait a minute, let me not insult the blind……..they would have never agreed to make such a distasteful dress.

im willing to bet her mama is no more than a welfare recipient that encourage’s this behavior cause they probably 12 years or so apart i see it all the damn time..just like today at the beauty supply store i seen a 2 yr. old child dropping and popping to lil wayne’ s lollipop and she knew the song WORD FOR WORD just waving her hands and everything and where is the mother? on the next damn aisle popping and dropping too smh

and why is she walking around with them big ass roses on,atleast go the grocery store and get a real corsage my lawd.. and does the other girl have on a stop watch i just know my eyes are decieving me but that’s what it look’s like

JLO got alot of attention from wearing a similar dress…maybe its a cry for attention. Man people are so quick to call her ghetto and condemn the race the comes from over some material that is on HER body. Ignorance seems to have no boundaries.

ok now i see she’s holding the roses in the video so she gets 2 more points deducted from her dumbness for my mistake

She looks a HOT DAMN HO HERE WE GO AGAIN mess

Seriously?? im sorry, but at my prom, the girls came so scantily clad it was disgusting and that was last year. Prom is supposed to be classy, not showing how many holes you can fit into what dress. my question is for the seamstress who MADE it. What the hell?! as an attendant to prom, i don’t wanna see half of your boobs and ass crack saying hello to me when we are all dancing to Shawty Lo! sheeeeesh. why can’t you just be classy and elegant? there NEEDS to be a dress code. or pasties and booty shorts will be all the rage. looking like Jay’s video, Big Pimpin.

I see nothing wrong with the school officials not allowing the girl to attend Prom, dressed in that attire. Even if it’s Prom Night, it’s still a high school nonetheless and the majority of high schools have certain dress codes that need to be followed. In my old high school, we had dress codes that wouldn’t let us wear anything skimpy like that (such as anything showing our midriff or anything too short that left little to the imagination). This has nothing to do with her being black. The girl is dressed like she’s about to go to some club rather than a high school prom. Her mother should have never let her step out the door with that outfit on. Yes it will turn some heads and draw some attention I’m sure, but it will mostly be the wrong type of attention one should not want in the long run.

More concerned about prom than career planning! Our children are brought up like this…smh

then had the NERVE to put them glasses on like she is the coolest thing walking.

IT’S JUST A DANG ON DRESS…SOME FOLKS ACT LIKE THEY AINT SEEN WORST. I’M JUST GLAD THAT SHE WASN’T REAL FAT TRYING TO WEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I MEAN WHAT SHE GOT ON SHOULDN’T MADE NATIONAL NEWS. I DONT SEE NO TITS OUT OR NO ASS. SO WHY DOES ANYONE CARES….LET’S FOCUS ON SOMETHING IMPORTANT. GEEZ

This has nothing to do with black or white – bottom line, there was a dress code that was violated. Case closed…no money back. Not to mention that dress is a HOT MESS!

i think she should be able to wear what she wants but why would she WANT to wear that? that looks a hot stupid ass mess. it’s tacky and classless. she looks like a prostitute.

her mother probably rant & raved about how hot she looked…and for those of you who said she didn’t look bad — come on she’s 17. our society is totally screwed.

oh, and why is always a black & white issue? lol.

Screw the dress, this chick went to prom with a MUSTACHE!

I guess she was to busy worrying about her 99 cent sarong wrap!

The girl looks ridiculous. Where the hell are her parents?

she’s a fuckin mess. did she think it was a lil boosie video shoot?

I don’t what schools some of you all went to, but my high school did not play that, I graduated in 2005. Thats just ghetto and hoeish with what she is wearing. She’s a disgrace to African American Women all over the country, especially young ones. Even if she was let in at my school, she would only get talked about or touched where she claimed she doesn’t want to be touched but has it all out for show. My generation kills me some days.

deff agree with you #16.

Come on she should have known better that dress is to over the top for a prom

&& #29

wtf!!!! she cant really b serious!!!!??? first of all sweetie, yellow is not your color. second she needs 2 b slapped as well as her mother for allowing her 2 leave the house like that. she needs some better friends because if they honestly told her they “likeded” that piece of cloth than the really aren’t her friends, i wouldn’t even b caught takin pics wid her. she probably deserved 2 b arrested because we all know she mad a big ass scene when they refused 2 let her in. she even had the nerve 2 wear shades with her prom dress lmao!!!!
she a ghetto ass bird who doesnt know any better sad 2 say. she is 17 with that big tattoo on her chest and a tongue ring. she’s probably not even graduating but she wanna b at the prom lol. smh @ da young females of today. im 18 and i wouldnt b caught dead wearing that anywhere much less my prom!!!!! i think its a down south thing cuz nobody in nyc wears shit like that 2 prom.

got nerve 2 ask 4 her money back!!!! she need 2 ask whoever made that “dress” for her money back. dumbass!!!

This is just plain wrong, people young girls need to be taught how to have some CLASS. You dont leave your house like that for any reason, unless your profession is either a stripper or a prostitute. No wonder there are a lot of men out there with no respect for women if we cant even respect ourselves to put an extra piece of fabric over our skin. My child would not be leaving the house looking like that. WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!!!

LOOKS like My PROM DRESS, lol

GUILTY

prom nights are meant to be a respectable occasion, not looking like lil kim at a halloween party

UGLY…

Handcuffed? That’s extreme. Either way, what was she thinking??

(Lol at #84) I’d like to know where the parents were at also, teenagers will try to push it all the time, but her parents shouldn’t have allowed that mess, even if they somehow didn’t think it looked trampy, did they really think that the school would allow it?
I do think the media over-hyped this though, maybe it was a slow day or something so the network got desperate; but national news? Handcuffs? Over one skanky looking high school dress? Soft news at its most frivolous…

every school has a dress code and that dress code applies to everything that deals with that school (ex. grad nite, senior breakfast, homecoming, and prom) because the student’s are still representing their school. she knew her school’s dress code and she violated it anyway. she looked like a cheap street walker. because she violated the dress code i think the school had the right to turn her away.

Since she’s underage they should have arrested her parents for letting her dress that way in the first place. And since she’s a high school senior, she has some understanding, so there is absolutely no excuse for this madness.

lol im all 4 individuality and all…but that shits just ugly lol…if it woulda been a fly diffrent dress ok…i mean @ my prom there were people there with shorts n skateboard shoes on..but that fugly yello shit…wamp wamp..

Handcuffs were not necessary, but this dress is crazy. Her parents need there butts beat for letting her walk around like this.

I agree with #6 on some level but….her dress is not acceptable and NIGGAS need to stop trying to live their life like a damn rap video! What? Did she really think that she was going to be treated like a lady dressed like a HAM?

hhayi man..WTF, where were this kid parents this is not even a race issue but one of morals and respect. The dress is not even HOT but dawn right hood rat skanky shyte. I blame the parents peroid.

Definately not appropriate for a high school prom. Its hardley appropriate for anything for that matter. Did her parents see what she had on? Its not suitable for a teenager at all!

And please tell me what race has to do with it? Nothing at all. Just like I wrote yesterday about the jail statistics. We need to stop rallying behind shit that dont make sense. SHE WAS WRONG for wearing something so provacative and she WAS WRONG for not leaving when they asked her to. Had she worn what was appropriate for her age and for the function she wouldnt be in this mess in the first place!

This is in no way indicative of our future as a community, however it is indicative of poor parenting skills and lack of any iota of common sense, decency, and class.

This little girl doesn’t have the wherewithall to control her emotions, speak in a persuasive manner or carry herself in a way that will command the respect that she desperately needs.

The dress is just symptomatic of the core problem she is experiencing as an adolescent.

I understand wanting to show off your body at that age, most of us were somewhat the same way. Sure some girls wanted to do the whole princess dress thing, and that’s cool, but there were those, myself included, who wanted to feel grown. My prom was 11 years ago. I was an athlete in high school and I wore a dress that showed off my body. My dress was sexy and respectable. And it could go from the prom to an affair at the Ritz without any tongues wagging, except in appreciation. HOWEVER, I was also a national merit scholar, a presidential scholar, a volunteer, and had awards and a gpa that afforded me a full academic scholarship to one of the best schools in the country.

My parents were relentlessly strict, but because they raised me well, I was able to strike a balance with my choice in attire that didn’t alarm them or bring them shame, but still brought me the attention that I wanted.

Clearly, this girl wasn’t blessed with parents who understood that your attitude gets you further in life than anything else.

She, along with many of our young girls, need mentoring and not degrading insults. They need a man and woman in their lives to show them that there is a way to conduct yourself that gets you what you want while you maintain self respect.

The dress was outrageous, but the mentality that caused her to put on the dress in the first place should concern us more.

For those of you who think no one should tell you what to do, how to dress, how to act or any other thing, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN. As long as you live on this earth, there will be rules. If you don’t like them, CHANGE THEM, but do not act all indignant as if the rules somehow don’t apply to you. Get over yourselves and realize that rules are there to serve a purpose. Take some initiative and discover the purpose behind them, and if you feel there is a better way to fulfill the purpose, do something about it. But don’t complain and act all ignorant, if you choose to just act ridiculous, and then cry when you have to suffer the consequences of your actions.

just pure trash. she is certainly disgracing our race. i doubt her or parents knew any better or the whole situation would have been prevented. yes it was a school hosted event, however the school still has a dress code regardless. she needs to understand that her decisions and actions do have consequences. she’s lucky if it doesnt effect her graduation.

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her momma was wrong for authrozing that mess…I BLAME BET!!

Proms are formal events!!!!! It’s sad that these teens think showing your whole body constitutes formal. I was on my prom committee ( not long ago at all) in high school and we had a dress code as well, which every senior knew about prior to the event. She and her parent(s)/guardians should have know better!

That’s what she gets for looking like a HOE. Who let her out the house looking like that?

EVERYONE ON HERE JUST CRITICIZING WHAT SHE WORE YET CAN’T SAY WHY!!! SO TELL ME…WHAT IS WRONG WITH WHAT SHE WORE. IRONIC, THEY WOULDNT DO THIS TO SUM SLUT ASS BIMBO LYK TARA CONNER (THE ONE WHO WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THAT PAGEANT SCANDAL), BUT THEY WANNA HANDCUFF A YOUNG SISTER FOR SOMETHING THATS NOT EVEN CRIMINAL.

SHE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP, WHY DO THESE CHILDREN WANT TO BE NAKED AT PROM AND WHO DO WE PERMIT THEM TO DRESS IN SUCH A PROVOCATIVE MANNER ANYWAY. IF YOU ARE NOT A PROSTITUTE OR SHOW GIRL STOP DRESSING THAT WAY. IN THE WORDS OF DR. IAN SHOW SOME CLASS [AND NOT YOUR ASS}…OKAY I ADDED THAT LAST PART.

LOL!!!

I agree with you #27. This is NOT news. The white media totally ignores ANYTHING worth reporting, like missing African American children…but we missing white children get international attention. Makes NO sense to me…

She looks nasty, prostitutes have on more clothes. If she was my daughter she really would have gotten the beat down first for attempting to wear what looks like a scarf wrapped around her ass and second for embarassing me on national tv, I was embarassed for her.

Why????? is a young lady dressed like a cheap hooker that is truly sad that her mom or any grown women that truly loves her would let her leave the house looking like that I would of banned her to……. ok you are 17 years old with all of your body exposed this is high school prom it is a day when you are supposed to look and feel beautiful not trashy and naked someone made a comment about J.LO but she is an adult going to an award show and it was a versace gown there is a big diffrence when you make money like that you can get away with things like that…. It is really sad to see a young girl trying to act so grown with that tattoo and tounge ring you can see no one truly cares about her

What about the parents or parent that allowed her to buy the outfit.They should be charged but I guess being stupid is not a crime.

See this is where I say the cops where probably necessary but not for the reasons they handcuffed her. It should’ve been something like a scared straight program. But in all likelihood with emphasize on the “hood”; this chick is prolly very familiar with the law whether directly or through association. Where were her parents cause i would’ve suggested that being the next stop for the police. Both child and parent needs to be arrested. At some point we all have to step up and be responsible here. Cause in my opinion if they can justify her in this dress then i can elect her the next candidate for R Kelly’s future video and justify that. “FREE R KELLY”

That poor Little Girl.

I feel so sorry for her.

She feels at a young age that her beauty is equated to dressing like a whore.

* This is where part of the blame can be placed on BET, which exploits Black Women by showing constant video images of our black queens dressings like go go dancers

I wonder who her role models are ?
Where is her Parents/Guardians ?

First off the dress is ugly. She just wanted he 15 mins of fam and thats what she got now everybody see what a hot mess she looked like on her prom.

Prom Pictures from Hot Ghetto Mess
http://www.hotghettomess.com/hgm/Pictures.asp

Now…I don’t think she should have been banned from prom and taken away in handcuffs however..I do not agree with this outfit at all. I went to prom in 2002-2003 and prom was the only time we could get dressed up like celebs and strut our stuff down the red carpet. Now…it’s a show of the skimpiest outfit. Parents..why would you even let your child out lookin like that. It aint even a skimpy cute outfit. If it was gonna be that small you should at least have made it cute..DAMN.

I swear these little hoes think they can do anything they want and not suffer the consesequences! Why the hell would she go to a High School prom dressed like a whore??

When I heard about this story a few days ago,I thought to my self “please don’t let it be a black girl” WRONG!!!!

I first blame her parents or whoever is her guardian. They should not have authorized this dress to be made or worn by this young lady. She is 17years old and I could care less about how great her body looks it is not for show. This is how our young ladies are getting pregnant at early ages, get disrespected, get raped, etc. Parents are letting their children grow much faster than their time. If you wanna be grown let me see you work an eight hour shift, pay some bills, and invest. That’s what our youth need.

Secondly you cannot be mad at the school. Prom is not about being free to dress with the least amount of clothing. It has been a tradition for years throughout highschools containing the form of elegance and respect. Men dress is suits, women dress in gowns. My grandmothers would shake their heads if they saw these type of dresses cause back in their days prom was floor length gowns. Then it changed to being able to wear cocktail length dress now look what it has become. This is far from an issue of race, but more so an issue of proper parenting. The handcuffs were used because she got out of hand. Should she be refunded? No. You are not refunded for breaking rules. That’s why schools provide a handbook of rules with dresscodes etc. She violated a rule and that’s her own fault. Events like these are non refundable anyway because they are prepaid. Besides that this story was not major enough to be on all the news channels in my opinion.

@106 I totally agree with you,this young girl doesn’t know any better,it’s a shame, some many young black women in this day in age are not taught how to be classy and respect themselves. I don’t blame her for thinking this was appropriate because she’s seventeen, whomever raises this child should have pulled the reigns on her tail,when they first saw her in that dress,there’s nothing wrong with trying to look grown and sexy for your prom,the problem is a alot of young woman,(not just black) assume the more reavealing the outfit=sexy and that’s totally not the case.

1. Why the hell would she wear that to a high school prom anyway? She’s not going to the club. The outfit is totally inappropriate to wear to a prom, in my opinion.

2. Was the handcuffs really necessary? NO. I think they went overboard with that.

3. Hopefully she, and others, will learn their lesson. We need to do better.

Most prom dresses violate school dress code policies…I guess she just took it a bit too far.

I like how her date was standing buy her as she got cuffed…he looked fly. Wonder what he was thinking?

Homegirl need to turn off the BET and VH1, hoochie mama gear is not formal attire. You don’t go to prom dressed like you are about to go to black bike week. You do not see that kind of dress in a dress store or any store for that matter

#46 I agree with you. I heard her on the radio this morning and she sounds like she majored in Ebonics….I understand girls wanting to feel special on their prom night and maybe even a little sexy, but that dress was horrible. not only did it make her look bad, but the damn dress was cheap looking as well. looks like she took a curtian and wrapped it around her. unfornately in this society, girls equate sexy with being damn near naked

The girl deserves a beat down from Mama and Daddy. If she knew the dress code, and dressed against it, she knew what chances she was taking before she got to the party.

I hate the dress, she too young to dress like that. No young man would dare honor her dressing like a slut hooker. I do not agree with her being handcuffed though. She should have just been escorted away and dropped off home.

She just wanted her name in the news. She knew damn well that you can’t dress like that to your school prom.

They needed to kick her a$$ out and all of the other chicken heads that plan to show all of their goodies on prom night. She knew the rules going in and planned and plotted to break them. So good for her a$$!!! The dress didn’t have a hint of sex appeal to it, it looks like some ole BS that her neighbor stitched together and called it a dress. These girls coming out of high school are only 16/17 years old, they shouldn’t be dressing like “F-N” hookers on the stroll, they have all their adult lives to flaunt barely nothing. School officials need to crack down on the chicks coming to school like they about to do the pole dance. GOOD FOR HER AND I DON’T FEEL A BIT OF REMORSE AND SHE SHOULDN’T GET A REFUND!!!!!

Had to look at the mess again, she got a slither of cloth covering her nipples. it aint even cover the whole breast!!! HOT HOT STRAIGHT OUT THE OVEN HAM OF A MESS.

@ 70 I’M GONNA TELL DA TRUTH

AND THAT’S THE DOUBLE TRUTH, RUTH!

Your comments pretty much sums up this whole shameful ass affair.

TO THE MEDIA: All it takes is one dumb stunt from one of our slow “country cuzinz” to set our shit back ten years. I’m not surprised that you jumped all over this. That’s just your evil nature.

TO THE GIRL: I bend my knees in prayer, because it’s obvious you do not know that the blissfully ignorant cloud you’re floating on is toxic. I pray that you wake up, and I feel sorry for you because of the public backlash you’re going to have to deal with at such a young age. Perhaps it’s all for the best and you’ll move on and grow up to be a strong black sister with some self-respect.

TO THE PARENTS: I hate to assume that this young lady probably does not have a father in the household because no man would let his daughter out of the house like this UNLESS there was something wrong with that relationship as well if you know what I mean. As for the mother, it’s IS clear that this sorry excuse is either cut from the same cloth, or just doesn’t give a damn. She should be forced to stand in front of her house with a big sign that says, “YES, I’M THE IGNORANT ASS WHO NOT ONLY LET MY DAUGHTER LEAVE THE HOUSE LOOKING A TEN CENT VERSION OF ANNA NICOLE, I THEN FED THE REMAINS OF HER SHREDDED SELF-RESPECT TO THE MEDIA FOR THEM TO FEAST ON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SLAP THE SHIT OUT ME.”

And before we totally destroy this girl, let’s take a look at why she felt she had to express her self in this matter. What kind of physical or sexual abuse has she already endured that made her act out? Was it from her father, stepfather, her boyfriend, her mother’s boyfriend, uncle, brother, teacher?

Let’s pray for her.

I am 27 years old and the dresses were 10 times worse at my prom…

I dont see too much wrong with it… Its a dress showing her midsection… So what….

@ JUICY SUPERSTAR

——— Naw, I’m gonna leave it alone.

I really don’t see what’s wrong with the dress! I’ve seen shit like that on “High Fashion” Runways(not saying that is “High Fashion”) but all that half nakedness I’ve seen on runways! I bet I could turn to E! and see some shit like that now and I bet many have! Some people always gotta bitch about something.& yes I compared a fashion show to a prom because they damn near have the same meaning! (Showing off some damn clothes)except one is full of your classmates lmao! I’M PRETTY SURE THOSE STUDENTS COULD STILL BE GROWN & POP THEY ASS WHILE SHE HAD THAT DRESS ON! . So what was the big problem?I applaud her for doing her even though that ass ain’t get in lol!

I can’t believe some people are actually making excuses for this girl….it’s a school sponsored event…so the dress code should be enforced…I don’t feel sorry for her…she should have known better and her parents should be ashamed too…for allowing their daughter to walk out of the house like that….

FUTHER INDICATION THAT TODAY’S NEGRO NEEDS TO PICK UP A MOTHAFUKIN BOOK:

So I guess if your little sister sees somebody on E! dressing like a pantiless slut looking like ready for the 10 guys to run a funk train, it’s okay? It’s about self respect. And caring about self-respect is bitching?

I fear for the ignorance of some of our people and it’s a shame that someday they might be running things in the future.

OH WAIT A MINUTE. These people are too oblivious to be running thangs. My bad.

Then again, maybe t

If she refused to leave the premises they had a right to handcuff her because that would be trespassing, when it comes to prom, it’s school property.They really didn’t have to give her a refund either because they tell you when you paid for it, with no refunds.I can see the schools concern because this girl was probably going to pop lock and her cooch all the way out.It’s inappropriate.

Now that I look at the dress, I thought it was longer, but it short and it looks like a hooker dress.This is the kind of dress you wear to the club or you going to the beach or something.Since when women been wearing freakum dresses to prom-which is a public?I graduated in 2005, no way in hell none of the chicks I saw would wear ANYTHING like this because guaranteed your ass would be talked about on that following Monday and to the next day.Even the skank broads at my prom didn’t dress like this.I’m glad I didn’t see this foolishness at my prom.

FUTHER INDICATION THAT TODAY’S NEGRO NEEDS TO PICK UP A MOTHAFUKIN BOOK:

So I guess if your little sister sees somebody on E! dressing like a pantiless slut looking like ready for the 10 guys to run a funk train, it’s okay? It’s about self respect. And caring about self-respect is bitching?

I fear for the ignorance of some of our people and it’s a shame that someday they might be running things in the future.

OH WAIT A MINUTE. These people are too oblivious to be running thangs. My bad.

*sigh* We bitch and moan about dumb shit like a dress attire. I’ve seen worst from all girls of different races wearing revealing clothes. Some schools enforce the dresss code and some don’t. The school has the right to enforce the dress code but to get arrested? I don’t know and for this stupid ass story to make headlines? Is just flat out retarded. Nobody on this site has the right to scold anyone on how to dress because that is not our job that is her parents or legal guardians job. If the girl wants to dress like a fuck slut let her and she’ll see the consequences of dressing like that. All these people blaming everyone isn’t going to solve shit but keeps us whining and complaining. There is better shit in this world to focus and some ghetto chick who got arrested for a dress code is not one of them. If you want change be a role model to your own damn kids thank you

thats sad she didn’t get to go to her prom ….its only a one in a lifetime thing // but who theres no one to blame but her ….she knew the dress code and she acted like she could’ve really get away with it ..wow

Totally Agree with Number 16! Black people let’s not make this a race thing because home girl was a mess. Not classy at all and I find it disrespectful to others and herself. The media shouldn’t have even picked up the story. Truely a hot mess!

That’s what she deserves. My school DID NOT play when it came to dress code because the staff actually CARED about the students. There were ppl turned away at my prom as well. Like most ppl said: “where the fuck were the parents?” Don’t get mad because the school tried to pick up where the parenting lacked.

*sigh* I’ll let my conscience deem what I choose worthy to express my opinion about, thank you. And who the hell are some people to say or value what some of us feel is a VALID issue? Fuk outta here. Perhaps they can’t see the big picture through the cloudy density of their OWN minds. That’s fine. We come here to comment on posts that the editors find newsworthy. If you don’t find it as such, then fine. Don’t talk out of both sides of your ass claiming to enlighten while spewing ignorance.

And I love how people use lame ass and profound phrases like “whine” and “complain” when it’s clear they don’t a full grasp or see the ramifications of what APPEARS to be a small issue, and are unable to grasp the full scope.

who told her she was aaliyah??? sad that we are constantly put down on national news, goes to show that nothing has changed…

I had to come back and re-read these comments for a second time. I don’t know you guys. I think I’m more bothered now by the people who don’t see anything wrong with this. I don’t care what race the girl was, what socio-economic background she has, or even her age.

An outfit like this has a proper time and place and a teenager’s high school prom isn’t that time or place. No matter what you say to me, you cannot justify this outfit (not dress) by simply saying “I’ve seen worse.” If you’ve seen worse than that says something too.

This is about what women do to create their own problems. We all want a certain degree of attention. We all want to find a partner who thinks of us as queens. but when women dress like this we’re asking for something else. When are we going to be self accountable? I’m sick of hearing so many women complain about lack of respect in their lives. For every girl or woman who looks like this and behaves like this, it’s all the more reason for males and other cultures to disrespect us. We have no right to complain about video hoes or strippers being the soup of the day. It’s no wonder that the media keeps playing up images like this of women and that music videos don’t change. We ACCEPT this crap so it will not change.

I don’t know why that is so hard to understand. How desperate are some of you girls for attention at any cost?

And to make matters worse, I’m sick of these “Great Glam” ads on this website. There is nothing galmourous about those hootchie clothes. Every outfit is meant for a stripper. Look up the definition of the word glam and it does not apply. I am angry at the company or people who think lookig like a whore is fashionable or glamorous. Every ad I’m looking at fake boobs.

And you wonder why we have so many problems.

@146

I’m saying though it is trivial to complain about something that we can’t control. That is her parents issue and they will have to deal with it now before it gets worst. If you don’t want your child to come out like her tehn instill values in her because obviously no one told her about herself not even her own damn momma. She isn’t embarrassing black people she is embarrassing herself.

Wow…the dress *is* horrid. Aside from the color, the fabric, and the crooked seam on the side of the skirt, it looks like a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen! Don’t people dance at proms?? Aren’t young ladies concerned about how they will be able to move around in their clothes?? If she made any kind of vigorous movement her top would have been exposed! If she sat down she would have had to cover her lap (maybe that’s what the train was for…OK who am I kidding the train wasn’t for that, lol). Some kids have totally lost it. They think the prom is like going “clubbin”. Or they go to the other extreme and you’d think they are getting married at Buckingham Palace. But it’s kind of sad when you get down to the root of it…they don’t know what’s appropriate b/c they haven’t been given many (or any) opportunities to get “dressed up”. They don’t know what it means. No one grows up playing in Mum’s or Nana’s jewelry and playing dress up anymore. Half of these little girls probably don’t know what a cocktail or evening dress is.

Tylernol & Carrie Ann made some VERY Valid Points.

A few things need to be pointed out.

- The reason why she was Banned from the Prom is because she did not have on any underwear (you will have to listen to the CNN report for the whole story).

- The Principal of the school also indicated that her dress was inappropriate.

- One day YOUR daughter will be going to her High School Prom.
How would YOU feel (blackisbeautiful, Juicy superstar, Shavar Jackson) if YOUR daughter wore a dress like that ???

@ 149

I got you.

But I respectfully disagree. The point I was trying to make is that this went national. That makes it newsworthy, pertinent to discuss and puts it in a whole other realm. We have to ask ourselves why did the media choose to exploit the poor choice of a young black sister who clearly doesn’t know what damage this exposure might cause her future.

And her situation might not affect you personally, but I feel much pain and sorrow for ANY of my sisters who feel they have to display themselves this way in public - unless she really is a hooker or stripper, then to each, as they say. But this is an underage child (I’ll assume she’s 17, and even if she’s 18, that still considered being a minor) and I, myself, find it sad.

I sometimes come here to post and I’ll joke and throw some shady shit around, but this is just not a joke for me.

And I do respect your right to voice your opinion, though.

@ CARRIE-ANN

Wow. Get under the surface, sister.

@ BILL

Thank you.

Question for the Ladies

How do YOU feel about the GreatGlam.Com ads on this blog ?

do you like the outfits ?
do you feel they are age appropriate ?

* Would you “allow” your daughter to wear those outfits ?

Wow, the comments on this post are so deep … deeply offensive and misguided. There are truly some ignorant comments here and nasty attacks on the young girl and her mother. No one seems to even acknowledge the daddy or attribute any responsibility to him. There are two major issues here: 1) We pretty much agree the dress is inappropriate 2) Can we go deeper to talk about why it is that a skimpy dress receives more media than the vicious attacks and kidnappings of black women.

This is tricky because people want to show outrage and assert that all blacks aren’t like this. But in the course of critiquing the young lady, people don’t want to acknowledge the way the media manipulates these types of stories such that when black women are in the news its related to sex: Janet boob-gate and now this…

For those of you saying “black people need to do better” I’m disappointed because you’re basically validating the fact that this girl represents ALL of us. We are all individuals, so don’t you dare tell ME I need to do better when my decisions have nothing to do with her.

@ 152

It’s cool and thank you for being respectful. I just feel that as black people we complain but yet we don’t do anything about it. Has there been any progress? I agree with alot of what you are saying though and you made valid points but is that going to change anything? I see alot of young sisters my age or younger that are dressing like that because their momma think its cute and they approve of it. I don’t dress like that to prom because I think it’s disrespectful to myself and to the school. Looking at it from a broader scope, I think that alot of us commenters tend to approve a revealing clothes on celebrities but when their daughter wears it or someone that is young that is related wears it becomes a problem. So maybe that is a start for us women to stop giving exceptions to celebrities. Many of us give excuses to celebrities and say they are grown but yet your daughter thinks it cute and is influenced by it and thinks that is the way to get attention because obviously celebrity get attention for the way they dress. Another issue is that some women give exceptions and is that “revealing and classy” rule. That shouldn”t be in the same sentence lol. If you don’t like revealing clotthes then don’t give exceptions it just makes people’s complaint sound contradictory. I understand your post and agree but yet I haven’t seen any progess.

@ 106 I CAN’T BELIVE THIS

I backtracked and saw your post and I have to say that you also got this thing on lock!
That’s what I’M talking about!

@ 156

The very idea that CL exists and posted this, is progress.
That you and me are expressing our opinions is progress.
That these opinions, pro and con, inspire debate, is progress.
That a seed is planted and that we will most likely discuss this matter with others is progress.

That Each One Teaches One, one person at a time, makes a significant difference.

For example, you just taught me how to better temper my anger and not toss insults, which can sully the opinion I was trying to make in the first place. I don’t wanna get all feely and shit, but there you have it.
My opinion, anyway.

I came back to read some new comments about the situation. One thing I did learn from watching the coverage from the principals standpoint was that they were given a paper that stated the dresscode for prom and each student had to sign saying they would obey the rules. It also stated that if the dress code was not followed students would not be allowed inside. In that case I feel no type of remorse for this young lady.

My school was the same with the dresscode. When we payed senior dues we also signed a contract stating the dress code. On prom night everyone looked beautiful in their own way. Everyone did not wear the puffy princess dresses either. Some had beautiful form fitting satin dresses. In all wearing less does not make you look better at a prom. Be a lady not a street walker which is how she looked sad to say. Also at the age of 17 why are young girls obsessed with “sex appeal” anyways, but get mad at rude comments guys make towards them or mad when guys only want them for sex?

@158

it’s okay sometimes when we are very passionate about something we get very emotional it okay you have the right to. Thanks anyways for the little debate

@159

I have no clue why girls do that I guess they want respect and attention at the same time while wearing skimpy clothes and it usually doesn’t work. *shrugs*

i love my black people, but stories like this make me soo ashamed. She is making us look bad.

I come back on this blog and see there’s more blind people. “I don’t see nothing wrong with what she had on.” “Can someone please explain to me what’s the big deal’ ………….If you don’t see a problem with what she got on, then I pray that you never have children because it’s getting worse out here. We don’t need you or your seed to add more to it………….The problem with the dress is 1) the girl is a minor 2) It’s a school function 3) It’s disrespectful not only for her but her family and those how put the event like prom in such high standards. People want to throw the black card because they don’t have nothing better to add, this so ridiculous, this have nothing to do with race. Nobody with high self-esteem should ever wear a dress like this. like I said before.

…………”YOU CAN’T DRESS LIKE A TRAMP AND EXPECT TO BE TREATED LIKE A LADY”
Women need to get it together. “It’s my body and should wear whatever I want.” Okay, but don’t be surprise when people don’t take you seriously or take for a hooker. We need to elevate our game. Men who find these kind of women attractive are just as much to blame. A real man want his woman to have love for herself. It’s to a man’s character as well if he finds these women attractive.

^^^^ It speaks of a man’s

no ta-tas, if her breasts were bigger ,they probably would of hosed her ass down ,what dress? what am i missing ,definitely need more material, her mama told her make your own dress, so she borrowed her mom’s scarves and viola’ a two piece.lol ,this truly sad ,so sad .did she get arrested because she didn’t fill out the top ?

Just because you’ve seen worse doesn’t mean that this is okay.

I’m glad she got hand cuffed. I am 20 years old and would never think to wear a tacky outfit like that. She looks like a hooker and went to jail like a hooker. Where is her damn momma? this bitch is 17, JLO is a grown woman.

I am 23 and I have seen a lost worse, that being said I thought is was tacky when I was in high school and I think it’s tacky now. She is 17/ this is a school event/ she had no underwear on! The school had every right to deny her access.

The police where not called because of her dress, they were called because she caused a scene and would not leave!

They gave her the option of going home or going to jail, she opted to go to jail.

When you go to school functions like prom, there are contracts you have to sign saying you will abide by the rules. Her ticket money was already used to pay for the hotel and dinner. She’s the one who decided to break the rules, why should the school give her a refund ?

As for the J.Lo comparisons………..J.lo is a grown women! This girl is a 17 year old STUDENT, at a SCHOOL event……….

i go to school with her. she is a rough one but i saw alot of other dresses that were clear contradictions of what took place. i dunno what to say about this 1. my dress was classy sexy and fly so oh well!

THE DRESS IS DOWNRIGHT DISRESPECTFUL BUT ARRESTING HER? PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAZE!!!!

Each year,the prom pictures become more tasteless. Is this a south thing?? We all get these photos e-mailed to us in bulk. Remember the classic pregnant girl at the prom? Her dress… For the ones asking who are they to say??…HELLO, this is a “school”ceremony. The prom is suppose to be a classy event. What happen to feeling like Cinderella? Now days they feel and look like strippers. Not trying to make it a race thing, but I don’t see white kids dressing up like this. It is only our black kids. Glorifying pimps and hoes. This says alot about their up bringing. For this girl to even think it was all right to walk out the door with this on, says alot. This is so sad. This generation of children are lost. The 80’s sure made a lasting impression. We all know what was the big thing of the 80’s, and this is the result;unruly,no class, no morals, no ethics, proud to be nothing generation. You are suppose to put on your best. I didn’t see this until today, but I heard Michael B talking about it yesterday. It stayed on my mind. There are still some nice decent girls out there, but the numbers are so small, they are not being notice. Parents need to step their game up. And stop going on Maury and Jerry for help. What happen to decent parents? Follow this girl home and I bet you, an older version, hoochie momma will be laid up somewhere.
Now I would like to shout out the young ladies that where out yesterday getting ready for their prom..The young ladies at 34th st Sephora, you all made me smile. And for the mother taking the time to help her daughter and her friends pick out make up next door at Duane Reade, keep up the good work.

If she was acting an a$$ on the premises and wouldn’t leave when asked . . Hell yea she should have been arrested!! and they should have went to the mommas house and arrested her too if she knowing let that chile leave that house in the scarf. .charge her withr exploiting and/or endangering the welfare of a child a minor!!!! Had she been in the wrong place at the right time, she could have gotten raped by R. Kelley!!!

I just graduated from a nearby school in Texas last year and she wouldn’t have even made it out of the parking lot with that mess on. For those of you who don’t know Madison High, her school, is a predominantly black school with black administration. So I don’t think its a race thing at all. Her parents need they behinds kicked!

Things that people do for attention end up turnin ugly!!!!

Why am I not mad at the media? Because the media’s purpose has changed over the years. The media’s purpose once was to be watchdogs over the government and other entities for the purpose of protecting the people. Today the media’s purpose is to get ratings. So although I do have a huge problem with the media’s coverage of black victims because there is an ugly disparity in how we’re covered, I am not angry with them for putting this mess on front street.

Just as I have an issue with how the justice system is unfair in sentencing and the like, I do not get angry when a black person acts up and becomes subject to the unfair treatment. The reason is…we know it isn’t fair before we cut a fool, so why subject yourself to it in the first place? It is called personal responsibility. It is one thing when you are innocent and you get mistreated, but when you are complicit in the situation, you get barely any sympathy from me.

At this stage in life, I realize some people don’t think like me, act like me, or believe like me. And I’m cool with that, however I refuse to succumb to the ignorance that is displayed in some of these comments.

Some people have put it very well, if you want to be treated like a lady (or gentleman) act like a lady (or gentleman). Now if you carry yourself like a lady and get disrespected, then I am all for you complaining and getting angry. But if you act in a manner that is personally disrespectful and then get disrespected, I have a hard time coming to your rescue. A lot of things we honestly bring on ourselves.

i wonder how she is as a student because handcuffs is extreme if she’s a regular trouble maker I could see them giving her such a hard time otherwise, although I am not fund of the dress because it looks CHEAP, it’s her prom she’s not hanging out of it anywhere so i think they should have let her enjoy your evening, GROW UP PEOPLE, she’s 17 not 71 let her BE,

i forgot if she was acting “SOULJA GIRL” on the marta then she should have been handcuffed lol

This generations is lost. No depth to them at all. It’s sad to see such a hugh generation gap. This needed to brought up nationwide, because it’s a on going issue. I shake my head reading some of these post. For the ones that ok’d it, ya’ll are still young. Or maybe that’s how it is for you. The rule should be, if you can’t wear it in a church, then you shouldn’t wear it to prom. Can you imagine her showing these pics to her grand kids, and having to tell them why she was arrested. That’s the problem, no one is thinking of the future.

@ Tabby

No disrespect. But it’s not a “generation thing” it’s an individual thing, think of the “hot mamas” or more risky ladies of your time, it was more TABoo then but now it’s more acceptable (NOT SAYING THAT’s a good thing) next time you walk in the grocery store look at the magazine rack and tell me how many TASTEFUL outfits you see vs. classy outfits that are not wedding dresses? Sex sells and it’s being pushed in our children’s faces, it’s not for the media, the school or anyone to educate our youth it’s our jobs as parents and leaders, so if you personally know any young ladies or men that dress what you consider “inappropriate” address it, don’t generalize that this is all the youth because it’s not. Depending on the family, church and or role models one has, it would determine how they decide to carry themselves. She’s more than likely months away from being 18 so to me (JMO) it seems silly to keep her from wearing something of that nature, I personally don’t think she looks like a stripper because she’s so thin, more of a tasteless MODEL, but don’t be judgmentatl, look within yourself and your shortcomings maybe you have the “classy style” on lock, but this child maybe intelligent, has a scholarship and from the looks of the dress, she probably designed and made it herself, she could be a designer?!

I am definitely not impressed with the comments made that say… “black people today”.
Her race has nothing to do with you, you think other young girls of other races wouldn’t wear the similar outfits?
Why can’t people simply make comments about the situation at hand, instead of always mentioning the race. We all can see she is black, that doesn’t need to be said.

@ TABBY this does not have to do with the generation. People have been saying that about each and every generation, so please that ain’t the problem. It involves many things. 1) Parents 2) Entertainment 3)Morals 4) Self-Esteem. There other things to, but it’s not like what these kids are doing now is something new. Kids have been acting like this for years, they are just getting worse.

@ The Princess CC:

Most of your comments made since until the almost 18 clause. Almost 18 is not good enough . .if she tries to get an alcoholic drink and the bartender ask for ID, you think he is going to say . .Oh you are almost 18 so I am going to serve you this drink anyway . .NOPE, he’ll get shut down with the quickness. THEREFORE, until then she is still considered a minor and should “NOT” be allowed to wear what she wants and the event was a “high” school prom if she’s feeling that grown up being that she is almost 18, she should have opted for a night club as opposed to a “high school” prom where there are guidelines.

In a nutshell, the attire was not appropriate for a high school event.

Her momma needs a beat down. What in the world is going on?

AND if she designed the dress herself . . .Kudos to her, she should consider developing her craft and not display them if they are considered “risky” at the high school proms or better yet, design high school appropriate prom dresses which will allow her to become a role model for the next generations following her.

she looks so cooked.

i woulda just kicked her out for lookin hit.

its PROM
not the afterparty at the STRIP CLUB

I wish people would stop saying she got arrested for the dress. She got arrested because they asked her to leave the premises and she was making a fuss about. They said you can leave and go home or go to jail. Since she wasn’t allowed in she was considered trespassing and disorderly conduct. She got what she deserved basically. On top of that tasteless dress she also wasn’t wearing any underwear.

We shouldn’t blame this 16 year old girl for her choice of dress. It should be expected with the majority of black women being seen on tv are video vixens or overtly sexualized actresses and singers. White women are shown as attractive women in every aspect of life. They are ones you see jogging down the way, or heading somewhere important in business attire, or they have the luxury of being picked up for dates in every day life. The women who look like her in mass media are dancing and girating in outfits just like that. So maybe she believes she is dressing the way black men would like her to because this is what is put in most videos wether they be rap, hip-hop, or r&b.

@175

You betta tell it! But I still think that most media is being broadcast from The Death Star!

@ Tabby

Good points, but generation wise, I don’t recall it being this bad in the “innocent” Whitney Houston days of the 80’s: Girls were still wearing the baggy jeans with the holes and the closest thing to being risky was spandex, but it was rocked with a oversized sweater. Now the mid-to-late 90’s might be a good jumping off point if you want to mark the beginning of the end. For me it was the first Hype Williams videos where I first saw images of women dancing like strippers. From there shit just got crazy in videos.

One thing is for sure - things have gotten worse and we need to get a handle on it.

@ 91….no you didnt have the nerve to say “it must be a down south thing”….Sorry to disappoint you, but my friends and I didnt look nearly as tasteless as she did. That was an ignorant comment because in case you havent noticed, the world isnt just made up of “NYC”…please

@ estyle4039

To compare buying alochol underaged and wearing what’s considered an inappropriate outfit, is not a logical comparsion.

But to your comment, I feel that her outfit was TACKY in that isn’t not something one should would wear because it looks HOMEMADE & let’s leave the sunglasses but with the actual design of the dress and with HER SIZE I think that should have exercised better judgment, it pushes high school boundaries but too much for a prom, no, i think they should have let her wear it for the event and they could have giving her some form of punishment ie detention, saturday school but to not let her stay, i think was extreme.

THE PRINCESS CC,
She signed a contract for prom as every student there saying she would obide by the rules. She didn’t follow them and on the little sheet it says you would not be allowed in if you don’t follow the dress code. Plus again I must say she had on the tiny skirt portion with no underwear. That is the extreme part right there.

LMAO @ 13, I completely agree.

Princess CC:

The comparison was towards the almost 18 factor and the logic of it all is that the chile is a minor!!! and for her age (being under 18) and the event, the dress is/was inappropriate. The chile didn’t have on no “drawers”! No stockings. No thong! NO UNDER GARMENTS! I am not understanding why you’d say let her wear it and then punish her later? This child was aware of the rules and she chose to break them and then acted a “fool” when she wasn’t allowed admission. Therefore, the punishment fit the behavior and the attire. There is no reason why minorS should be walking the streets, not alone attending proms, half naked. Apparently when she realized the staff was serious about the attire she and the girlfriends tried to “pin” the tail of the dress up and around her for coverage . . .had she just followed the rules we all wouldn’t be having this discussion.

woops . . ..typo . . .that’s let alone attending proms .

Ok now pullin the race card on this one is a lil far fetched…
I’m sorry but that dress is not at all appropriate for a 17 prom goer. I’m a 26 year old
black mother and could STILL rock a dress like that and have heards turning, so I’m not hating but If she was out of school and going to the club- OK- You’re grown. But you have to set a standard during school functions. As far as them handcuffing her, her lil’ behind was probably getting ignant with the school officials so handcuffin her lil ass was probably justified. I wasn’t there- But I do know her momma shouldn’t have let that baby walk out the door like that.. Race has nothing to do with it. There’s a time and place for everything and that just wasn’t the time to be wearin no skanky ass dress! Damn!!!

Dang. She got no business wearing that dress, but they didn’t need to call the cops. They should have just asked her to go home and change or put on a cardigan

ok even though her dress is that exposing its up to her what the hell she wants to wear to prom they had no right to do that. Look how much people wear dresses like that now a days thats just plain evil and stupid to do that to the girl……thats what i think…..

“For those of you saying “black people need to do better” I’m disappointed because you’re basically validating the fact that this girl represents ALL of us. We are all individuals, so don’t you dare tell ME I need to do better when my decisions have nothing to do with her.”
-Liz

Thank you #155! Preach child. This was one of the best quotes of this entire discussion. I am so sick of people using that stupid phrase. Anytime a black person in the public eye does something offensive somehow it reflects “all of us”. Oh please. Nothing that young lady did or any other black person who does something foolish represents who I am as a black person. The only similarity I share with them is our race and that is it. Nothing more!

Now back to the subject at hand. The dress was definitely inappropriate, and since there is proof of a dress code for the prom, which was shown in the video (it was a neon green flyer) then this girl has no room to get irate because she already knew the rules from the jump. So since she already knew the deal, the school was absolutely right to deny her access to the prom and not refund her money. She wasn’t thinking when she asked for her money back, because the school most likely already used the money on food, decorations, the DJ, etc. She just needs to count this a dumb decision she made which could have been easily avoided if she had followed the rules. Wearing a dress that was legal with the school dress code for 1 night wouldn’t have killed her. There are plenty of gorgeous dresses she could have worn. She has nobody to blame but herself for this.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR “CHOCOLATEBEE” AND ANY ONE ELSE THAT HAS MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE JAMES MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY AS A WHOLE:

Yes Madison is a prodomiently black school but it has serviced NFL players, Doctors, Lawyers, NBA players, City Councilmembers, Olympic medalists, entrepreneurs and so on. Please do not ignorantly judge the actions of one student against all that Madison alumni (such as myself) have accomplished by labeling us as ghetto.

Thank you on behave of the class of 2000!!!

i just watched the video on CNN and she did try to cover up her body but they still said no thats just extra……..i would have thrown a fit its the girls prom and they didn’t even give her an option thats just mean they could at least told her and go home change and come back or sumthin i would have striaght cussed them out and ask for my money bac 2 shoot

She had no business to be dressing like that in the first place and where were her parents? If she was a white girl, she would of got away with it. You can’t go to the prom or formal dance looking like trash you are suppose to look like a princess. All of us need to wake up for once and see what is going on in the AA community.

@ # 200

Yes, she tried to cover up, but they didn’t let her in because she wasn’t wearing any underwear under her 2 inch dress…..

I dunno… i wore a dress that showed some skin (not as much) back when i was in high school. But rules are rules.

@ebocka no pt. in making it a race issue. not too long ago, two white women were kicked off a place for wearing miniskirts that weren’t even that short. the thing is if you act belligerent, they’ll do something. there was another case of two white girl getting kicked off a plane. they said they weren’t drunk like the crew said they were and they said they didn’t act belligerent. they probably did so they got dealt with. same with this girl. she probably wouldn’t have been handcuffed if she had just went home and changed

Ok so to all of these people saying that they have seen worse…what the hell? What “worse” have you seen? Somebody in a Brazilian bikini and some stilettos? I mean really, all she had to do was cut that “tail” off of the back and she could have easily transitioned from evening wear to beach wear!

This isn’t news because she was banned it was news because she cut the monkey so bad that she got the police called on her and her ass arrested! On prom night you still have to adhere to the dress code of the school because why? IT’S A SCHOOL FUNCTION, DUH!!

I have never understood why people dress like this and think that they look good. I don’t care if that girl was 29, she still looks a hot ass mess.

And for all the people comparing this child’s dress to the Versace dress that JLo wore, there is a difference. JLo’s dress was more conservative and covered more of her body and most important…she was a grown ass woman and she wasn’t at no damn HIGH SCHOOL prom!

JADA,
Yes if you watch the video you see that they tried to pin the dress around her mid-secton, but the only thing that did was expose even more that she had on a crazy short skirt with no underwears on. Don’t Victoria secrets make special underwear to avoid the lining in the dress? Also since you watched the video I hope you saw the dress code rules on the neon green sheet. Lastly had they let that girl in and she was bending over in front of some boy and he stick his hand up under her dress, she would’ve been crying rape and trying to sue the school saying they didn’t provide enough security. Schools provide these rules to protect themselves, as well contain respect and protect the children. Because it was a school chaperoned event they had every right to tell that girl to leave since she disobeyed their rules. It is a lesson learned.

As a twenty one year old black female, I am very much embarrassed. Even if this young lady was white I would still be embarrassed because as a female I am so sick and tired of women dressing like this. Whether we as women are attendind our prom to just simply going to the mall SKIMPY dressing is not the answer. Why do some women dress this way? Is it because you want the attention of a man or men? Over 90 percent of Amercan’s women dress skimpy because they want attention from men. Wake up ladies, skimpy dressing will only get you that disrespectful attention that will in the long run ruin your reputation and/or will decrease you virtous value as a woman. If you have to get the attention of a man with your body then he isn’t meant for you in the first place plus he isn’t going to be attracted to you for the right reasons. A REAL man doesn’t desire a woman who dresses in such a manner however a boy will find it to be very pleasing for a short period of time. What seperates a man from a boy is his mental state of mind not necessarily his age. Always keep that in mind. What good are you if the only thing you have to offer to a man is your body? I don’t see rich men with integrity with women dressing like this. Doctors, lawyers, CEOs men with money and brains men who have the potential to take of you the way a woman should be taken care of wouldn’t give you a chance. Drug dealers are boys so they wouldn’t be included in the above list. Yeah many rappers rap about how their woman has to have a huge booty and big breast and she has to dress skimpy but that’s not who they choose to settle down with. They settle down with women who look the total opposite of the women they describe in their lyrics. Have some of you Skimpy dressers actually taken the time realize that the right man for you will love you for your personality and all of the other unique qualities you may have without you having to dress revealing. This music you guys listen to is only for entertainment it not for you to use as a reality guideline while living in the world. Many times the word skimpy is often substitued for the words sexy, classy, etc. This girl’s dress is not sexy or classy it’s nasty. A person can be sexy and/or classy without dressing skimpy. For example, I can be fully clothed with a pair of jeans and a sleeveless t-shirt but because I may have my hair hanging down in my face like a supermodel men may tell me that I’m sexy. Being sexy and classy is also determined by how you carry yourself. Do you respect yourself as a human, are you disrespecting yourself all the time, so forth and so on. Ladies we are living in a world that is often referred to as a MAN’s World. You have to know the rules and regulations of the Man’s World in order to stay on top. Skimpy dressers never stay on top. Think about it…why aren’t men showing just as much skin as women? I would love to see that LOL. Why are women viewed more as objects like a nice car than as humans? It’s okay to show some skin but show it in moderation, for example if your going to wear bottoms that expose a lot of your legs wear a shirt that covers most of you upper torso and vis versa. Everyone who reads this isn’t going to agree but for those who disagree it will only be a matter of time before you’ll see and understand exactly what I’ve typed about. For more information or advice or insight to the truth just post a comment with my name it with your question or concern and I’ll try to get back to it asap. One Love John 3:16

#19, this is national news cause it’s another pot shot at us (african americans) again, looking totally dumb and clueless. This girl really thinks that she was in the right. But I am glad that neither one of her parents had the gall to show their faces on TV. I can’t believe that this girl think that she has a leg to stand on in this case. I hope that they don’t give her back her money either. Maybe this will teach her a lady is suppose to dress, cause clearly her parents haven’t. I wonder want her date thought about this outfit. It’s sad. She’s graduating and still don’t have a clue.

What I would like to know is..who made this dress? Apparently, they ran out of material for the rest of the dress!

ummm this had nothing to do with being black or white she was just being a dumb heifer…

She looks a HOT MESS!!!

There was a dress code and she did not conform to it. I do think she should have been given a refund. The dress was inappropriate period! I can’t believe her parents would pay for a dress like that for a child. If she wants to wear what she wants throw her own party. The rules are the rules. Black or White.

i love 27 for watch they said i completely agree.

This is so unbiblical. What is happening in this world today. A comment was made that if this was a white girl it would be ok. That’s totally not true. This is so unexceptable. Parents step up and parent your kids. Teach them to respect themselves and others. Pray with them. My daughter 17yr old daughter has more respect for herself than to put something like this on her body.

That’s what that hood rat gets. I’m so sick of these bitches showing up at proms looking like $2 hookers. Prom has been turned into an event to see who’s dress is the most revealing without showing the nipple or labia. My prom was very classy and I went to a school no different then the school she possibly goes to but people respected their bodies in a way that they didn’t dress so raveling and that was no more then 3 years ago.

I know her cheep ass did not tie a $1 walgreens rose to her arm! And is that a stop watch around her friends neck??!!??!!

This bitch needs a serious ass whooping and shame on her momma for letting her walk out the house looking like that. I would have put my foot so far up her ass she’d be chewing it for breakfast.

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honestly i think she was very dumb, wait no those are not the right words, she was very wrong to wear that…Why? well lets see…white or black, it dosnt really matter even mexican, everybody know the school dress code, i know i hated it and if i could wear skimpy ass close like she did, i probably would have as well. but people know that their not suppose to wear clothes in that nature, no matter what race it is. HELLO THIS IS TEXAS!?!?! their butt-holes over here! and another thing… her acting out on the issue is so rediculious, she should have known, and had a back up….its just common sense people….

I want to bang the hell out of her in that prom dress. Just seeing her in that gave me a giant hard-on. Where the heck were these girls when I went to school?

I think she was well within her rights to ask for her money back. If she wasnt allowed to attend, she should get back her money. About the dress, at my high school, we’re no longer allowed to wear dresses that are that “revealing” but I think they’re just fine. Times are changing and its less common to find a dress that’s “conservative.” No matter what you’re wearing, someone is going to have a comment!