High School Prom will be extra-special this year for the 200 under-served and academically high-achieving high school boys and girls from the Houston area. Monte Durham of TLC’s SAY YES TO THE DRESS joined forces today with Houston-area businesses to gift students with head-to-toe prom attire!
This all-day event, deserving young women and men will be treated to a day of mentoring, prom dress and formal wear “shopping,” as well as head-to-toe makeovers with TLC’s Monte Durham. The high school students came Houston’s C.E. King High School, Sam Houston High School, Wisdom High School, Wheatley High School, and Madison High School.
Participating students were able to choose from a selection of 2,500 Macy’s dresses, bags and accessories to complete their prom look, including a special collection of 500 dresses from the SAY YES TO THE PROM line available exclusively at Macy’s. They accessorized with Katy Perry Collections and enjoyed hair and makeup consultations courtesy of “future professionals” (students) from Paul Mitchell Schools. Young men were fitted with tuxedo rentals and accessories from Men’s Wearhouse. And Monte Durham provided one-on-one style consultations for each student.
Beyond Prom, Preparing Students for College and Careers with Scholarships and Internships:
As part of the event, students were introduced to professional mentors from TLC parent company Discovery to offer students an ongoing connection to the professional world. Partnerships with the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation’s Careers in Entertainment initiative as well as the Emma Bowen Foundation also will offer students internship, scholarship, mentorship and networking opportunities. AT&T employee volunteers served as mentors and style guides for this year’s initiative.
The Houston event marks the fourth of six stops on the seventh annual SAY YES TO THE PROM tour, which will this year impact nearly 1,000 students across the United States, making prom dreams come true in New York, Miami, Tampa, and two Discovery office locations in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Silver Spring, Maryland.
You can see more at www.tlc.com/sayyestotheprom and follow #SYTTP on Twitter and Instagram.
About Discovery
Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps and Discovery Kids Play; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player and Motor Trend OnDemand; and digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Turbo/Velocity, Animal Planet, and Science Channel, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit www.corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryInc across social platforms.
About TLC
Offering remarkable real-life stories without judgment, TLC shares everyday heart, humor, hope, and human connection with programming genres that include fascinating families, heartwarming transformations, and life’s milestone moments. In 2017, TLC’s ratings increased by double digits (up a record +12% among women 25-54) and ranked as the #6 ad-supported cable network in Prime among W25-54.
TLC is a global brand available in more than 88 million homes in the US and 271 million households around the world. Viewers can enjoy their favorite shows anytime, anywhere throughTLC GO – the network’s TVE offering featuring live and on demand access to complete seasons. A destination online, TLC.com offers in-depth fan sites and exclusive original video content. Fans can also interact with TLC on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Pinterest. TLC is part of Discovery (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), reaching 3 billion cumulative viewers in more than 220 countries and territories to satisfy curiosity and captivate superfans with a portfolio of premium nonfiction, lifestyle, sports and kids content brands.
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