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Prom play is astir nan corner, and galore students are already connected nan lookout for their typical outfit.
For nan 24th year, nan Duck portion marque announced its Stuck astatine Prom scholarship contest — wherever 2 fortunate winners who make their prom attire retired of Duck portion tin triumph thousands of dollars.
The marque announced nan motorboat of a danasiwa programme this twelvemonth successful which students astir nan U.S. and Canada tin compete for a rate prize.
The rules are simple: Create an original prom dress aliases tux retired of Duck marque duct tape, return a high-quality photograph and taxable nan introduction online for a chance — this twelvemonth — to triumph $15,000.
TEENS MAKE PROM DRESS AND TUX OUT OF DUCT TAPE, WIN $10K IN SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE MONEY
The dress and tux expansive prize winners will each person a $15,000 scholarship prize – an summation from erstwhile years’ prizes – while 4 runner-ups successful each class will person $1,000 and a Duck marque prize battalion worthy $100, according to nan brand.
Chidinma Onwuliri won nan 2022 prom tux title and made her outfit to bring retired her tomboy side. (Chidinma Onwuliri)
This year, nan Duck marque besides announced caller judges’ prime awards, including a Runway Worthy category, a Most Inspiring class and a Trust E.’s Choice category.
The marque said that nan Runway Worthy grant will beryllium fixed to nan trendiest and astir fashion-forward design, while nan Most Inspiring grant will beryllium fixed to nan dress aliases tux pinch nan astir awesome "why" facet shared done a submitted video aliases essay.
The Trust E.’s grant will beryllium fixed to nan introduction that is nan astir loved by nan judges, including nan look of nan Duck brand, Trust E. Duck.
PROM DRESS MADE ENTIRELY FROM DUCT TAPE WINS TEEN $10K SCHOLARSHIP
Each of those winners will person $1,000 for their imaginative efforts.
Kerry Haugh, head of merchandise trading astatine Shurtape Technologies, LLC, nan institution that markets nan Duck brand, told Fox News Digital that nan excitement for this year's title is high.
Grace Vaughn told Fox News Digital it took 143 hours to make nan Yin and nan inspired dress that won her nan 2022 champion prom dress competition. (Grace Vaughn)
"This year’s Stuck astatine Prom Scholarship Contest offers nan biggest rewards yet," she said.
Haugh added, "With larger rate scholarships and caller categories to triumph in, we’re ensuring talented teens person more opportunities than ever before to beryllium rewarded for their creativity, inspirational stories and fashion-forward style."
High school aliases location schoolhouse students will person until June 5th to participate their prom attire for nan danasiwa earlier a sheet of judges selects a apical 10 database of finalists by June 19th.
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Then, nan nationalist will person a chance to ballot connected nan champion creation from June 26th to July 10th earlier nan winners are announced connected July 17th.
Last year, 2 teens from California and Utah won nan apical prizes for their unsocial prom creations.
Karla Tejeda won for nan champion dress class successful nan Duck portion danasiwa 2023 title — winning $10,000. (Duck brand)
Karla Tejeda, of Los Angeles, California, told Fox News Digital astatine nan clip that making her apical prom dress winning outfit was "very challenging" – saying she spent 120 hours making nan dress retired of 14 rolls of Duck tape.
"It was a batch of proceedings and error, arsenic portion isn’t nan easiest point to activity with," she said.
She told Fox News Digital that she was putting her expansive prize winnings toward her assemblage tuition.
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Ian Rojas, of Taylorsville, Utah, utilized 11 roles of Duck portion and spent complete 57 hours creating his prom tux, he said.
Ian Rojas created his 2023 prom outfit arsenic a motion to his ancestors from El Salvador. (Duck brand)
He told Fox News Digital past twelvemonth that his creation was inspired by nan Aztecs and Mayans that settled adjacent his homeland of El Salvador successful ancient times.
"I wanted to fuse nan civilization of nan Mayans and nan elegance and formality of prom deterioration without [it] coming disconnected arsenic a costume," he said.
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Rojas said he was "overwhelmed pinch joy" erstwhile announced arsenic nan victor of nan champion tux expansive prize successful 2023.
Duck announced nan 24th yearly Stuck astatine Prom danasiwa contest. Shown present are winners from caller years. (Duck brand/Grace Vaughn)
The Stuck astatine Prom danasiwa title has fixed distant much than half a cardinal dollars successful danasiwa money since it began successful 2001, according to nan Duck brand.
For much accusation connected really to taxable a prom dress aliases tux creation, anyone tin sojourn duckbrand.com.
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Brittany Kasko is simply a manner accumulation adjunct pinch Fox News Digital.
