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International Debutante Ball

September 28, 2023

This article is about a recurrent event in New York, United States. For debutante balls in general, see debutante ball.

The International Debutante Ball is an invitation-only, formal debutante ball, to officially present well-connected young ladies of distinction from upper-class families to high society.[1][2][3] Founded in 1954, it occurs every two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Young women from all over the United States and from around the globe are brought together at the ball and the surrounding parties, including daughters of presidents of the United States, billionaire businessmen, diplomats, nobility, ambassadors and governors. Over the years the ball has benefited numerous charities from the International Debutante Ball Foundation including the Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club of New York, a social club for members of the United States Armed Services.[4][5]

The International Debutante Ball is considered one of the most prestigious debutante balls in the world.[6][4][7][8]

History Edit

The International Debutante Ball was founded in 1954 by socialite, philanthropist and humanitarian Beatrice Dinsmore Joyce, who was dubbed as the 'Duchess of Debs' and the 'Grand dame of debutante balls'.[9][10] Joyce was inspired to create an American debutante ball after hearing Consuelo Vanderbilt make an observation about debutante balls and how lucky girls are who travel to debutante balls in different countries.[11][12] The band leader Lester Lanin played the music from the start in 1954 until his last ball in the 1990s.[13] Every guest was given a special "lanin hat".[14] The first balls were held at the Plaza Hotel, with 35 girls from different countries and different states. As it grew with more girls participating, it moved to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Debutante Committee of the International Debutante Ball include or have included:[15][16][17][18]

Format Edit

 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
 
58th International Debutante Ball, 2012

The International Debutante Ball is held biennially in the Grand Ballroom of the exclusive and historical Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City;[21] although from 2016 it has been held at The Pierre in New York City due to renovations and temporary closure of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.[22] Each ball is preceded by a number of events, dinners and parties for the debutantes, including the Bachelor's Brunch, in private Manhattan members-only clubs such as the Colony Club, 21 Club or the University Club of New York.[23][24]

At the ball, each debutante is escorted by two men: one United States Military Academy cadet and one American civilian.[25] According to New York magazine, the current organizer of the International Debutante Ball stated that "Every young lady should have two men."[23] Civilian escorts of the debutantes are young men of distinction, who are often scions of distinguished families, e.g. the Rockefeller family.[26][21] Each debutante represents her state or country at the International Debutante Ball and a song, e.g. a national anthem or a song associated with the country where the debutante is from, is played by the renowned Lester Lanin Orchestra for the debutante when she is presented on stage.[4][5] The military escort of the debutante also carries the flag of the country or US state where the debutante comes from.[5] Each debutante must also greet approximately one thousand or more guests, from a close-knit social world, individually in the receiving line.[27][23] Due to the fact that there are debutantes representing their own US state or country, the International Debutante Ball has been dubbed by publications as 'The United Nations of Debutante Balls and the private world of polite society'.[28][29] Gold and pink are the main traditional colors of the ball. The Grand Ballroom is thus decorated with gold, silver (symbolising elegance) and pink (symbolising femininity) decorations,[30] which Countess Bobrinskoy oversees at each ball biennially, and guests dine on edible gold leaves.[4] The debutantes also receive flower bouquets containing pink roses and golden leaves.[4][27] The dress code for civilian escorts and guests is white tie and formal wear.

The ball is considered the "ultimate networking event" where members of the world's elite, rich and powerful meet up and mingle and where their daughters are prepared to enter the world of high society and foster lifelong international friendship with each other.[4][23][29][31][32] The pink invitation that the chosen debutantes receive is written with gold ink and is therefore sometimes jokingly called the "Golden Ticket".[33][34][23][3] The International Debutante Ball has been described as a ball which "most young women nowadays will never attend" and which has largely become a "who’s who of the upper class", with daughters of US Presidents, billionaire businessmen, European royalty, US governors, and diplomats receiving invitations. The scene at the International Debutante Ball has been described as a "Gatsby-style splendour in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria" (referring to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby).[35]

Qualifications and selection Edit

In order to be presented as a debutante at the International Debutante Ball, debutantes must be recommended by a previous debutante of the International Debutante Ball.[3] Debutantes must also be accepted by the Chairmen of the Debutante Committee of the International Debutante Ball and be able to afford the debutante presentation fee.[36][3] Once chosen, each debutante is required to donate at least $22,000 to various charities for the US Military supported by the ball.[citation needed]

Debutantes who are usually accepted are "women of distinction" who are highly accomplished young ladies in athletics, community service, academics, philanthropy and charity and are from well-connected families.[1][37]

Chosen debutantes are usually between the ages of 17 and 21 years old.[1][37][38] According to the current organizer of the ball, the debutantes must be well-known with connections in the New York debutante and high society and as long as 'the debutante has the right connections, she has a chance of being invited'.[39][1][37][38] According to The New York Times, the organiser of the ball stated that the ball does not want any "Tootsie" to participate or join "the club".[39] Debutantes of the International Debutante Ball have been referred to as "members of a special and very select, elite, social group and of a carefully guarded social circle" and they have also been dubbed as "high profile" and "preppy".[40][5][29][41]

The debutantes include royalty, members of imperial families, heiresses, aristocrats and daughters of many political figures including Presidents of the United States, such as the daughters and granddaughters of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Richard Nixon, President Lyndon B. Johnson, President George H. W. Bush and President George W. Bush. Ivanka Trump but not Tiffany (daughter of President Donald Trump) and Sasha and Malia Obama (daughters of President Barack Obama) have also been invited to be presented as debutantes at the International Debutante Ball in New York City.[36][42][3] The International Debutante Ball has therefore been referred to as "the debutante ball with the strongest (and bipartisan) ties to the White House".[36] Debutantes of the International Debutante Ball also include daughters of billionaire businessmen from the Forbes 400 and many Wall Street financiers.[43][42]

Notable past debutantes Edit

Over the years, the International Debutante Ball has presented many notable young women to society, including, but not limited to:

Other debutantes of the International Debutante Ball have included members of prominent American and international families, including:[21][59]

Impact Edit

Debutantes of the International Debutante Ball have been dubbed as 'Blue Blooded Socialites', 'the crème de la crème of young women' and 'the next it girls' by the media and 'The luckiest girls in the world' by the New York Observer.[62] The International Debutante Ball has also been dubbed as 'the ultimate debutante ball for young society ladies of distinction' presenting the next generation of eligible accomplished socialites. The debutantes have also been referred to as the "Real Gossip Girls" referring to the TV series Gossip Girl about rich upper-class young women from the Upper East Side of New York City.[63][29] According to Gotham magazine, the International Debutante Ball is the "Ball of the Deb Season" where the "well-heeled of the world" head to.[28] The International Debutante Ball serves as a charity benefit, with money collected benefiting a variety of charities over the years. Chief among the beneficiaries is the Soldiers', Sailors', Coast Guards', Marines' and Airmen's Club of Manhattan, which provides a home away from home for men and women of the United States Armed Services.

The ball has also been called "the prettiest sight in this fine pretty world where the privileged class enjoys its privileges", referring to a quote from The Philadelphia Story.[64] When a young woman has been presented as a debutante at the International Debutante Ball, she is considered to have become part of an "exclusive organization and club" of "post-debutantes of the International Debutante Ball ranging from royalty to billionaire heiresses from all over the world who all have this debutante ball in common".[64] The International Debutante Ball is considered a "rite of passage" into high society for the "crème de la crème of young womanhood".[64] The debutantes of the International Debutante Ball form lifelong lasting friendships and connections with each other.[64][21][59]

Cultural references Edit

The International Debutante Ball has been the topic of several media, both fiction and non-fiction.

Books

  • Cornelia Guest, The Debutante's Guide to Life (1986)
  • Ward Morehouse, Inside the Plaza: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel (2001)
  • Kimberly Schlegel, The Pleasure of Your company: Entertaining in High Style (2004)
  • Lucy Kavaler, The Private World of High Society: Its Rule and Rituals (2011)
  • Diana Oswald, Oscar de la Renta and David P. Columbia, Debutantes: When Glamour Was Born (2013)

Movies

  • Metropolitan (1990), an Oscar nominated film directed by Whit Stillman depicting the lives of the young, upper-class elites (the "Urban Haute Bourgeoisie") during debutante ball season in New York City. The International Debutante Ball is one of the balls in the movie.
  • Beauty and the Beast (2017) - starring Emma Watson, the director Bill Condon has referred to the International Debutante Ball for the Grand Ball scene in the movie.[65]

Music

See also Edit

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This article is about a recurrent event in New York United States For debutante balls in general see debutante ball The International Debutante Ball is an invitation only formal debutante ball to officially present well connected young ladies of distinction from upper class families to high society 1 2 3 Founded in 1954 it occurs every two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City Young women from all over the United States and from around the globe are brought together at the ball and the surrounding parties including daughters of presidents of the United States billionaire businessmen diplomats nobility ambassadors and governors Over the years the ball has benefited numerous charities from the International Debutante Ball Foundation including the Soldiers Sailors Marines Coast Guard and Airmen s Club of New York a social club for members of the United States Armed Services 4 5 The International Debutante Ball is considered one of the most prestigious debutante balls in the world 6 4 7 8 Contents 1 History 2 Format 3 Qualifications and selection 4 Notable past debutantes 5 Impact 6 Cultural references 7 See also 8 ReferencesHistory EditThe International Debutante Ball was founded in 1954 by socialite philanthropist and humanitarian Beatrice Dinsmore Joyce who was dubbed as the Duchess of Debs and the Grand dame of debutante balls 9 10 Joyce was inspired to create an American debutante ball after hearing Consuelo Vanderbilt make an observation about debutante balls and how lucky girls are who travel to debutante balls in different countries 11 12 The band leader Lester Lanin played the music from the start in 1954 until his last ball in the 1990s 13 Every guest was given a special lanin hat 14 The first balls were held at the Plaza Hotel with 35 girls from different countries and different states As it grew with more girls participating it moved to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the Debutante Committee of the International Debutante Ball include or have included 15 16 17 18 Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky Russian prince and grandson of John Jacob Astor IV the founder of the Waldorf Astoria hotel who died on the RMS Titanic Astor was the richest passenger aboard the Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time 11 18 19 H R H Princess Chantal of France Barbara Anne Eisenhower daughter of John Eisenhower granddaughter of Dwight D Eisenhower Susan Eisenhower daughter of John Eisenhower granddaughter of Dwight D Eisenhower Mamie Eisenhower First lady of the United States Jacqueline Mars Heiress of Mars Inc 20 H S H Princess Marie Christine of Liechtenstein Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Principe and Principessa Corsini Prince Frederic de Broglie Count and Countess Christoph von Habsburg The Marquess of Huntly H R H Princess Maria Beatrice of SavoyFormat Edit nbsp Waldorf Astoria Hotel nbsp 58th International Debutante Ball 2012The International Debutante Ball is held biennially in the Grand Ballroom of the exclusive and historical Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City 21 although from 2016 it has been held at The Pierre in New York City due to renovations and temporary closure of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel 22 Each ball is preceded by a number of events dinners and parties for the debutantes including the Bachelor s Brunch in private Manhattan members only clubs such as the Colony Club 21 Club or the University Club of New York 23 24 At the ball each debutante is escorted by two men one United States Military Academy cadet and one American civilian 25 According to New York magazine the current organizer of the International Debutante Ball stated that Every young lady should have two men 23 Civilian escorts of the debutantes are young men of distinction who are often scions of distinguished families e g the Rockefeller family 26 21 Each debutante represents her state or country at the International Debutante Ball and a song e g a national anthem or a song associated with the country where the debutante is from is played by the renowned Lester Lanin Orchestra for the debutante when she is presented on stage 4 5 The military escort of the debutante also carries the flag of the country or US state where the debutante comes from 5 Each debutante must also greet approximately one thousand or more guests from a close knit social world individually in the receiving line 27 23 Due to the fact that there are debutantes representing their own US state or country the International Debutante Ball has been dubbed by publications as The United Nations of Debutante Balls and the private world of polite society 28 29 Gold and pink are the main traditional colors of the ball The Grand Ballroom is thus decorated with gold silver symbolising elegance and pink symbolising femininity decorations 30 which Countess Bobrinskoy oversees at each ball biennially and guests dine on edible gold leaves 4 The debutantes also receive flower bouquets containing pink roses and golden leaves 4 27 The dress code for civilian escorts and guests is white tie and formal wear The ball is considered the ultimate networking event where members of the world s elite rich and powerful meet up and mingle and where their daughters are prepared to enter the world of high society and foster lifelong international friendship with each other 4 23 29 31 32 The pink invitation that the chosen debutantes receive is written with gold ink and is therefore sometimes jokingly called the Golden Ticket 33 34 23 3 The International Debutante Ball has been described as a ball which most young women nowadays will never attend and which has largely become a who s who of the upper class with daughters of US Presidents billionaire businessmen European royalty US governors and diplomats receiving invitations The scene at the International Debutante Ball has been described as a Gatsby style splendour in Manhattan s Waldorf Astoria referring to F Scott Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby 35 Qualifications and selection EditIn order to be presented as a debutante at the International Debutante Ball debutantes must be recommended by a previous debutante of the International Debutante Ball 3 Debutantes must also be accepted by the Chairmen of the Debutante Committee of the International Debutante Ball and be able to afford the debutante presentation fee 36 3 Once chosen each debutante is required to donate at least 22 000 to various charities for the US Military supported by the ball citation needed Debutantes who are usually accepted are women of distinction who are highly accomplished young ladies in athletics community service academics philanthropy and charity and are from well connected families 1 37 Chosen debutantes are usually between the ages of 17 and 21 years old 1 37 38 According to the current organizer of the ball the debutantes must be well known with connections in the New York debutante and high society and as long as the debutante has the right connections she has a chance of being invited 39 1 37 38 According to The New York Times the organiser of the ball stated that the ball does not want any Tootsie to participate or join the club 39 Debutantes of the International Debutante Ball have been referred to as members of a special and very select elite social group and of a carefully guarded social circle and they have also been dubbed as high profile and preppy 40 5 29 41 The debutantes include royalty members of imperial families heiresses aristocrats and daughters of many political figures including Presidents of the United States such as the daughters and granddaughters of President Dwight D Eisenhower President Richard Nixon President Lyndon B Johnson President George H W Bush and President George W Bush Ivanka Trump but not Tiffany daughter of President Donald Trump and Sasha and Malia Obama daughters of President Barack Obama have also been invited to be presented as debutantes at the International Debutante Ball in New York City 36 42 3 The International Debutante Ball has therefore been referred to as the debutante ball with the strongest and bipartisan ties to the White House 36 Debutantes of the International Debutante Ball also include daughters of billionaire businessmen from the Forbes 400 and many Wall Street financiers 43 42 Notable past debutantes EditOver the years the International Debutante Ball has presented many notable young women to society including but not limited to Tricia Nixon Cox daughter of President Richard Nixon 1964 30 Princess Mary Alexis Obolensky daughter of Prince Alexis Obolensky 1964 30 Serena Russell daughter of Vogue Magazine editor Edwin Russell and Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer Churchill great granddaughter of Consuelo Vanderbilt 1964 44 Julie Nixon Eisenhower 1966 daughter of President Richard Nixon and granddaughter in law of President Dwight D Eisenhower Her civilian escort at the International Debutante Ball was her future husband David Eisenhower the eponym of U S Presidential country retreat Camp David and the grandson of President Dwight D Eisenhower The song Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival was based on the relationship of Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower 34 45 Anne Eisenhower 1967 granddaughter of President Dwight D Eisenhower 46 Vera Wang American fashion designer 1968 At the time of her presentation Wang explained that the whole idea of a debutante affair is for a girl to be presented who is available for dating However Wang had not formally announced her two week old engagement to Thomas Bermingham of Chicago and Phoenix Wang who was representing China at the ball also admitted that she had never actually been to China but that her parents had homes in several areas in the Far East 47 Maureen Finch daughter of Robert Finch the Republican 38th Lieutenant Governor of California and counsellor to President Richard Nixon 1969 48 Princess Ines de Bourbon Parme daughter of Prince Michel of Bourbon Parma granddaughter of Princess Margaret of Denmark and great granddaughter of Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal and niece of Queen Anne of Romania 1969 49 Princess Elisabeth Sayn Wittgenstein 1969 50 Carolyn Anne Mckenzie daughter of the Marchioness of Donegal 1969 49 Cynthia Louise Chennault 1969 daughter of politician Chen Xiangmei known as Anna Chennault and the famed Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault who was the World War II leader of the Flying Tigers 50 Susan Eisenhower 1970 granddaughter of President Dwight D Eisenhower 46 Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor 1971 daughter of Robert Grosvenor the fifth Duke of Westminster who was the richest man in Great Britain 51 Hollister Holly Knowlton future wife of the United States Army General officer and director of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA David Petraeus 1972 52 Mary Jean Eisenhower 1973 youngest grandchild of President Dwight D Eisenhower 53 Christine Marie Colby daughter of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA William Colby 1978 54 Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia 1978 descendant of Queen Victoria grand niece of Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh consort of Queen Elizabeth II 55 Princess Elisabeth von Lobkowicz of Austria 1978 50 Pia des Brantes 1978 niece of the president of France descendant of King Charles X of France 50 Cornelia Guest goddaughter of the Duke of Windsor daughter of the socialite C Z Guest and polo player Winston Frederick Churchill Guest 1982 Lucinda Robb granddaughter of President Lyndon B Johnson 1985 26 Vanessa von Bismarck 1987 great great granddaughter of Prince Otto von Bismarck chancellor of the German Empire 56 Madeline Cuomo 1983 daughter of the 52nd Governor of New York Mario Cuomo and sister of the 56th Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo 40 36 Charlotte Forbes granddaughter of Malcolm Forbes 1995 57 Catherine Forbes granddaughter of Malcolm Forbes 1995 57 Jennie Eisenhower 1996 daughter of Julie Nixon Eisenhower a former debutante of the International Debutante Ball and David Eisenhower a former civilian escort of the International Debutante Ball and granddaughter of President Richard Nixon and great granddaughter of President Dwight D Eisenhower 58 Countess Elmerice von Habsburg Lothringen 2002 59 Princess Charlotte de Broglie niece of Louis 7th duc de Broglie 2002 59 Francesca Forrestal 2002 granddaughter of James Forrestal the first United States Secretary of Defense 60 Countess Elizabeth Lynch de Montrichard 2002 daughter of New England philanthropist Peter Lynch and married to Count de Montrichard who was her civilian escort at the International Debutante Ball 60 Alaina Bentley 2002 heiress of the exclusive British car manufacturer Bentley Motors 60 Marie Abigaelle Trudeau 2006 niece of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Ashley Walker Bush granddaughter of President George H W Bush and niece of President George W Bush 2006 59 Princess Natalya Elisabeth Davidovna Obolensky 2006 59 Countess Magdalena Habsburg Lothringen great great granddaughter of Empress Elisabeth Sisi of Austria and member of the Imperial Habsburg family of the Holy Roman Empire 2006 59 Lady Henrietta Seymour daughter of Duke and Duchess of Somerset relative of Henry VIII s wife Jane Seymour 2006 59 Pelagie de Macmahon great great granddaughter of Patrice de MacMahon Duke of Magenta and President of France 2008 4 Christina Huffington daughter of Arianna Huffington and Michael Huffington of the Huffington Post 2008 4 Princess Aurelia of Liechtenstein 2018 61 Other debutantes of the International Debutante Ball have included members of prominent American and international families including 21 59 The Astor family The Mars family 61 The Rockefeller family 21 26 The Vanderbilt family The princely Bismarck family The royal Bourbon Parma family The imperial Habsburg Lorraine family which formerly ruled the Holy Roman Empire and Austria Hungary 59 The ducal Spencer Churchill familyImpact EditDebutantes of the International Debutante Ball have been dubbed as Blue Blooded Socialites the creme de la creme of young women and the next it girls by the media and The luckiest girls in the world by the New York Observer 62 The International Debutante Ball has also been dubbed as the ultimate debutante ball for young society ladies of distinction presenting the next generation of eligible accomplished socialites The debutantes have also been referred to as the Real Gossip Girls referring to the TV series Gossip Girl about rich upper class young women from the Upper East Side of New York City 63 29 According to Gotham magazine the International Debutante Ball is the Ball of the Deb Season where the well heeled of the world head to 28 The International Debutante Ball serves as a charity benefit with money collected benefiting a variety of charities over the years Chief among the beneficiaries is the Soldiers Sailors Coast Guards Marines and Airmen s Club of Manhattan which provides a home away from home for men and women of the United States Armed Services The ball has also been called the prettiest sight in this fine pretty world where the privileged class enjoys its privileges referring to a quote from The Philadelphia Story 64 When a young woman has been presented as a debutante at the International Debutante Ball she is considered to have become part of an exclusive organization and club of post debutantes of the International Debutante Ball ranging from royalty to billionaire heiresses from all over the world who all have this debutante ball in common 64 The International Debutante Ball is considered a rite of passage into high society for the creme de la creme of young womanhood 64 The debutantes of the International Debutante Ball form lifelong lasting friendships and connections with each other 64 21 59 Cultural references EditThe International Debutante Ball has been the topic of several media both fiction and non fiction Books Cornelia Guest The Debutante s Guide to Life 1986 Ward Morehouse Inside the Plaza An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel 2001 Kimberly Schlegel The Pleasure of Your company Entertaining in High Style 2004 Lucy Kavaler The Private World of High Society Its Rule and Rituals 2011 Diana Oswald Oscar de la Renta and David P Columbia Debutantes When Glamour Was Born 2013 Movies Metropolitan 1990 an Oscar nominated film directed by Whit Stillman depicting the lives of the young upper class elites the Urban Haute Bourgeoisie during debutante ball season in New York City The International Debutante Ball is one of the balls in the movie Beauty and the Beast 2017 starring Emma Watson the director Bill Condon has referred to the International Debutante Ball for the Grand Ball scene in the movie 65 Music Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival a historically significant famous song of 1960s counterculture used in many blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the Die Hard franchise starring Bruce Willis and movies about the Vietnam War such as Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks According to the lead singer John Fogerty the song was based on the relationship of International Debutante Julie Nixon daughter of President Richard Nixon and her civilian escort at the International Debutante Ball David Eisenhower eponym of U S Presidential Retreat Camp David and himself a grandson of President Dwight D Eisenhower 66 See also EditAlfred E Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner Bohemian Grove Gossip Girl Gridiron Club Dinner High society social class It girl Nepo baby Secret societies Sloane Ranger Social Register United States presidential inaugural balls White Anglo Saxon Protestant WASP White House Correspondents Association White House Correspondents dinnerReferences Edit a b c d Columbia David Patrick Women of Distinction NYSD Retrieved 30 December 2017 Litovsky Dina 7 January 2015 Society Swans Scenes From the 60th Annual International Debutante Ball The Cut New York Magazine Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c d e Effron Lauren What It Takes to Be a High Society Debutante ABC News Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c d e f g h Foderaro Lisa 31 December 2008 Glamour Still Rules but With Fewer Debutantes The New York Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 a b c d Staff WWD 3 January 2011 International Debutantes Ball at the Waldorf Astoria a Night of Revelry WWD Retrieved 29 December 2017 Rice Francesca 3 December 2013 The Uber Glamorous Debutante Balls We Wish We d Been Invited To Marie Claire Retrieved 9 January 2021 Bobley Georgia The Top 5 Debutante Balls Of The World Guest of a Guest Retrieved 29 December 2017 Dun Noel 4 December 2017 I am a daughter of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and I was a European debutante QZ Retrieved 9 January 2021 Effron Lauren What It Takes to Be a High Society Debutante ABC News Retrieved 29 December 2017 Pelletierre Nicole Daughters of High Society Attend Debutante Ball in New York City ABC News Retrieved 30 December 2017 a b Freeman Nate 30 December 2010 The Luckiest Girls in the World White Tie Endures at the International Debutante Ball NY Observer Retrieved 30 December 2017 Fryd L International Debutante Ball Ballgowns Aristocrats And Texas Dips Hamptons Retrieved 30 December 2017 Finke Nikki 20 March 2005 Back when the Plaza was the Plaza The New York Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 Cletus Jody 13 May 2012 International Debutante Ball United States Plaisepublishing p 196 Columbia David Patrick Women of Distinction NYSD Retrieved 30 December 2017 58th International Debutante Ball Black Tie Magazine Retrieved 30 December 2017 Heller Anderson Susan 30 December 1983 New York Day By Day The New York Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 a b Staff WWD 3 January 2011 International Debutantes Ball at the Waldorf Astoria a Night of Revelry WWD Retrieved 29 December 2017 Curtis Charlotte 30 December 1964 International Debutante Ball Is Held at the Astor Amid Pink and Silver Decor New York Times Retrieved 29 December 2017 Gross Michael Deb Ball Celebrates 64th Birthday Avenue Retrieved 1 January 2019 a b c d e Quindlen Anna Making a Bow to Tradition at the International Debutante Ball NY Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 Angell Elizabeth The Waldorf Astoria to Close for a 1 Billion Renovation Town amp Country Magazine Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c d e Ames Carlin Peter The Debutantes had a Ball People Magazine Retrieved 29 December 2017 Debutante Feted At Colony Club By Her Parents NY Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 Newman Andy Women draft dates for debutante ball NY Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 a b c Marlow Shirley International Debutante Ball Los Angeles Times Retrieved 30 December 2017 a b Debutantes Party Like It s 1959 BizBash Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b Jones Finn Olaf The new generation of New York debutantes Gotham Magazine Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c d Gurley George Titans in Party Dresses NY Times Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c Curtis Charlotte International Debutante Ball Is Held at the Astor Amid Pink and Silver Decor New York Times Retrieved 29 December 2017 Quindlen Anna Making a Bow to 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