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May 9, 2022 · Debutantes balls still take place and look both very different and surprisingly similar to fictional ones. Here's what it's like being a modern-day debutante.
- Engrid Barnett
Dec 22, 2020 · Today, debutante ball programs affiliated with Black sororities can require an application to prove good grades and a sense of community responsibility, and are rewarded with networking and scholarship opportunities.
- Vivian Manning-Schaffel
Jan 28, 2021 · Amanda McCabe shares her research into the process and pitfalls of being an “official” debutante at the royal court of the nineteenth century.
A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈdɛbjʊtɑːnt / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante [debytɑ̃t], 'female beginner'), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈdeɪbjuː, ˈdɛbjuː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / deɪˈbjuː / day-BEW; French:...
- Atasha Muhlach
- Rocio Zobel
- Kayla Uytengsu
- Monica Concepcion
- Dominique Cojuangco
- Emily Madrigal
- Monica Urquijo Zobel
- Natalia Zobel
- Paloma Urquijo Zobel de Ayala
On November 26, Atasha Muhlach was one of 17 other debutantes from around the world in the 2022 Le Bal des Debutantes. The daughter of Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzalez was escorted by her twin brother Andres and wore a dress by British designer Sabina Bilenko with jewellery by V Muse.
Rocio Zobel attended the Le Bal des Débutantes in 2019 to represent the Philippines. Zobel, the youngest daughter of Inigo Zobel and Maricris Cardenas-Zobel, wore a Jan Taminiau dress and was accompanied by cavalier Marty Romualdez (the son of politicians Martin Romualdez and Yedda Marie Romualdez).
In 2018, Le Bal des Débutantes was held in Shangri-La Hotel, Paris for the first time. Kayla Uytengsu, the daughter of Alaska Milk Corporation chairman Fred Uytengsu and Kerri Dunn-Uytengsu, represented the Philippines in an Antonio Grimaldi gown and Payal New York jewelry.
The second to the youngest child of businessman Joey Concepcion and Marissa Orosa-Concepcion, Monica Concepcion wore Marchesa as she waltzed with her cavalier Guelfo Gucci Ludolf in 2016. Fellow débutantes were Olympia Taittinger of the Taittinger wine family, French and Austrian princesses, and more.
The 2015 Le Bal des Débutantes went ahead despite the terrorist attacks in Paris. Dominique Cojuangco, the daughter of Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco and Gretchen Barretto, made headlines in local and international media as she attended wearing Vivienne Westwood Couture alongside cavalier Viscount Emilion de Roquefeuil.
The daughter of Vincent and Ann Madrigal, Emily Madrigal wore a J. Mendel gown and Maison Bucherer jewels as she attended Le Bal des Débutantes in 2014. That year, the débutantes also included the daughter of celebrities like Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, and Mads Mikkelsen, as well as the descendants of French, Italian, and Austrian royals.
Monica Urquijo followed in her sister Paloma's footsteps as a débutante in 2013. She fittingly wore a gown by Filipino designer Monique Lhuillier and was escorted by cavalier George Pearson. In the same year, the ball celebrated its 20th anniversary. Notable débutantes included Robert Kennedy Jr.'s daughter Kyra Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth's niece Lad...
In 2009, Natalia Zobel became the second Filipino débutante as she attended wearing Dominique Sirop alongside cavalier Rafael Vilallonga. The daughter of Iñigo Zobel and Maricris Cardenas was in good company with nobles like Princess Diana's niece Lady Kitty Spencer and the great-granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten Angelica Hicks.
Paloma Urquijo Zobel de Ayala, the daughter of Bea Zobel de Ayala with Juan Urquijo Fernández de Araoz, became the first Filipino to be a débutante at Le Bal des Débutantes in 2008. She wore a couture gown by Carolina Herrera and was accompanied by her cavalier Dominic Bekaert. The 2008 ball also marked the first time débutantes came from Egypt and...
- Esquire Philippines
Jul 8, 2024 · A debutante ball features the "debut" of young ladies from ages 16 to 21 as official members of society. Once considered to be a family's announcement that their daughter was of good breeding and marriageable age, today, the balls—although still steeped in tradition and rituals—are more about fostering community, supporting charity, and ...
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Oct 14, 2021 · Le Bal is an invite-only debutante ball where daughters of Hollywood icons, business moguls, and royals have made society debuts for almost 30 years.
