Monday night’s premiere of ABC Family’s latest reality show, “America’s Prom Queen” proved that prom queens have to be more than just a pretty face. The ten contestants are put through various challenges each week and then, in true reality show fashion, one girl will be ‘voted off’.
The climax comes when the ten are narrowed to five finalists and viewers will vote for America’s Prom Queen. The winner will become Cosmo Girl Magazine’s official prom correspondent and guest editor for 2009! The panel of consultants/judges, also known as the PROM COMMITTEE includes Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Rodriquez, pop star Brooke Hogan of Hogan Knows Best, CosmoGIRL! magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan Schultz and reality star Theo Von.

You can catch all of the high school drama on ABC Family, Monday nights at 9:00 pm.

Hollywood’s red carpet has seen its fair share of fashion faux-pa and critics have come to expect bad fashion as much as they anticipate drop-dead gorgeous designs.

The 50th annual Grammy Awards would not disappoint.

Victims include superstars like Cher, Beyonce and Carrie Underwood. Taking a cue from the latest bridal and prom trend, the pin-tuck skirt, Cher’s ball-style gown was a mesh of embroidered lace and a material comparable to pleather. TMZ.com compared her look to that of a Bratz doll.

Beyonce, who usually has a bit of fashion sense, really missed her mark with a silver and sky blue sequined get-up. Likened to Glenda the Good Witch of Wizard of Oz fame, Beyonce’s poor choice of attire was accompanied by a frosted (almost white) hair-don’t.

Carrie Underwood may be Country music’s blond bombshell, but the singer’s printed chiffon Grammy gown looked like a bomb exploded. The halter neckline proved to be a good style choice for Carrie, but the print was extremely distracting.

These fashion victims are music industry icons and they will most likely recover from these bad decisions. Send the stylists on vacation for your next red-carpet venture!

The designers of the Bravo channel’s Project Runway may have met their match…16-year-old girls! In episode seven of the fourth season, (New) Jersey Prom-goers were allowed to review the designers’ portfolios and then choose the designer that could most closely reflect their personal style.

The challenge proved to be just that for Christian Siriano. The 22-year-old from Baltimore was paired up with a fiesty, outspoken and opinionated (wait, she sounds just like Christian!) teenie bopper. The end result landed Christian in the bottom two, but proved to be good enough to earn him another week on the runway. However, Kevin Christina’s creation did not.

The judges said Kevin’s short, red, halter dress was ‘cheap’ looking and the unfinished hem bothered Michael Kors, who also commented that the dress looked matronly. Poor Kevin is sent packing just weeks before the anticipated Fashion Week. Other disappointments included Rami Kashou’s olive green gown, deemed too old-fashioned for his client. And Ricky Lizalde’s ruched, beige cocktail dress was sloppy to the judges, who also thought the color choice was poor.

And the winners are…Sweet P didn’t really seem to connect with her client, but in the end she made some executive decisions about the color of the outfit and she came out in the top three! Sweet P and Victorya Hong both created sophisticated and elegant looks, sure to please teen girls and the fashion world alike. Victorya was named the winner of this challenge, designing a vibrant blue mini-dress with a bejeweled neckline. The judges said the gown was very modern and an excellent exhibition of her abilities.

Overall, the judges weren’t wowed by any of the prom designs. They usually have a top three, this week they barely scraped up a top two with Sweet P and Victorya. The prom industry is a vicious one! This challenge seemed to bring all the designers back down to earth, even if only for a moment!

You can study the runway, flip through the magazines, take notes on the red carpet, and you will find that the short gown is all the rage! The trend first exploded in the 1980’s, now in the year 2008 you should prepare for a massive comeback.

Short gowns are more comfortable, easier to fit (no hemming necessary!), and just plain fun! With companies like Jovani, Sherri Hill and Faviana devoting a significant portion of their lines to short gowns, the trend is sure to make a splash for PROM 2008. Though cocktail style short gowns are the most prominent, they aren’t the only option in short frocks.

The baby doll dress is a popular find for PROM 08, with an empire waist and a flowing skirt.

Bubble skirts appear to tuck underneath the short skirt and is a complimentary style for short physiques.

Tea-length hems for short gowns work better for tall girls and long legs.

Full skirts are a trendy take on the short gown. With the appearance of a ball gown, the short and full skirt stops just short of the knees.

Yes, it is that time again…time to commit yourself to eat right, to join a gym, to quit smoking, to give to charity, etc. In other words, it’s time to make promises you know you won’t keep.

Each year, millions of Americans resolve to begin anew, to make a progression toward being a better individual. And, each year millions of Americans forget about their short-term goals before January is complete! In an article on About.com, Kimberly Powell lists the top ten New Year resolutions. At the top of the list is spend more time with family and friends, also on the list are the usuals:diet, exercise, help others, get out of debt.

So, how can you ensure that your resolution won’t be packed away with you holiday decor? An article from user-groups.net has compiled a fail-safe plan for your

Write down your resolutions: A written resolution is more powerful than just a mental note.

Analyze your resolution: Record all the positive and negative impacts of your resolution for comparison.

Visualize the outcome: Imagine that you have already achieved your goal.

Fix a deadline: Set a date for completion of your goal.

Take action: Constantly work on achieving your goal.

Get a partner: Some goals are easier to achieve if you work together with a friend or partner.

Don’t quit: The most important thing is make a pledge to yourself that you will never quit. Everything else will be useless if you give up after starting!

So, what’s your resolution? Use this plan to achieve success, whatever your New Year goals are.

Ok so, imagine you are a model. You are in the back changing into your next runway outfit, and pay no attention to the strange martial arts demonstration going on outside. You would HOPE that someone would come tell all the models that the martial arts guys put a giant hole in the stage, and to be careful not to fall through. Because surely, someone would come backstage and say “hey ladies, there is a big hole in the stage, don’t walk in it!” When that doesn’t happen, this does:

This dress is from a designer named Manish Arora. Much like his website, this dress is very confusing. Neon lime, purple, pink, blue and orange should not even be next to each other in a box of crayons. I had a nightmare once that I left my neon crayons outside in the sun all day. The result was a mixture not unlike what you are seeing here. From the Spring/Summer 2008 “Ready to Wear” collection by Manish, most of the entire line unveiled at Paris Fashion Week looks just like this one. If you happen to like faces on your dresses, this one is for you! Otherwise, try to block this picture out of your long term memory.