Arts and Entertainment Editor
Last week, high school student Patrick Farves interrupted his school’s assembly, last week when Miss America, Nina Davuluri, was giving a speech on the importance of science and mathematics, to ask Duvuluri to prom. Farves was then suspended for three days after he disrupted her scheduled appearance. Does this promposal foreshadow the end of asking celebrities to prom? Will asking celebrities to prom be “so last year” by 2015?
It’s very rare that these promposals will be
heard by the intended celebrities, but when they do respond, it’s amazing. For
instance, Los Angeles high school student Jake Davidson asked one of the most
talked about models of today, Kate Upton, to prom by posting a video to YouTube,
which has almost three million views.
When Upton said she couldn’t attend, Victoria’s Secret model Nina Agdal
stepped in as Davidson’s back up date.
And sometimes, the intended celebrity has something better in mind than
a date to prom. For instance, Virginia
teen Cady Eimer, asked Justin Bieber to her prom. The pop star had to decline, but instead of
wearing corsages, Bieber invited her and her sister to attend the Billboard
Music Awards. Taylor Swift had a similar
situation with 18 year old New Jersey high schooler Kevin McGuire, who asked the
pop star to his prom in 2012. Because of
an illness, McGuire couldn’t attend. A
year later, Swift didn’t forget about McGuire, and took him and his family to
the 2013 ACM awards.
So
if you want to ask your favorite celebrity to prom here are some tips:
- · Set up a webpage full of YouTube videos asking your celebrity crush to prom. The more, the better. There’s a better chance of them seeing the video/webpage! It may seem like a lot after a while, but with the millions and millions of followers they most likely have, it will be a struggle to get their attention!
- · Use social media to your advantage, tweet your promposal, post it as your Facebook status, post a clip to Vine, post it everywhere!
- · Ignore the haters. There will always be some people, especially involving social media, that won’t be as supportive as others.
- · Don’t come off as a jerk through your promposal, be polite and considerate of their schedule.
- · Don’t be a bore. Make the promposal funny and original!
- · Don’t be overly-fawn over the celebrity, just be cool.
