Jul 23, 2021
!7-year-old Larissa Leon not only saved herself some money by making her own prom dress, but she just earned herself a $10,000 scholarship!
The Folklorico-inspired dress took Leon 163 hours to make, using 47 rolls of duct tape to create the 20 pound dress to honor her Mexican Culture.
"I knew that I wanted to do something really big, something very colorful, not only a dress I wanted it to like represent me and be a part of me because I didn't just want to do a regular old prom dress. I wanted it to be a part of me. So, with that, I took a lot of inspiration from my Mexican culture with folkloric dance and those types of dresses."