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Recent Examples of debThe viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024 Still, a high deb burden remains a key risk factor.—Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Now every nubile deb has her eye on him, and our poor heroine doesn’t seem to stand a chance.—Judy Berman, TIME, 16 May 2024 Richardson delves into a variety of fascinating deb scenes, including African-American traditions dating back to Reconstruction.—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019 Ratings were dwarfed by those of the first Republican deb ate of 2015, when 24 million viewers tuned in to watch Trump spar with moderator Megyn Kelly.—Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 28 June 2019 Doing an outstanding job as commentators for the show were Nareh Derhartounian and Sammy Aydin, who were part of the 2018 deb group.—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019 Presentations: As a sub deb in Apollo, Les Pierrettes and Squires, and as a princess in the Grant Ball of Osiris.—NOLA.com, 24 June 2017
Building to the Big House big day As Michigan Stadium readies for its musical debutante moment, Rademacher has been soaking in the excitement firsthand.
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Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
In a show where people cheat, choose colleges based on their latest hookups, and punch each other during debutante balls, disagreement strikes often.
To your point about Christine being the Platonic ingenue — 100 percent.
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
For months, Eline Van der Velden, founder of AI production studio Particle6, had been taking meetings around town and introducing her ingenue, Tilly Norwood.
While sauntering through the presentation, which felt more like a spring picnic than fashion show (guests sipped on glasses of rosé and plucked strawberries from overflowing trays), one particularly striking demoiselle caught the eye.
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