Loudoun County Teenager is Finalist in Duct Tape Prom Dress Contest

NBC Washington ^ | 6/22/19 | Maggie More

[Libloather]

A 17-year-old resident of Loudoun County, Virginia is a finalist in Duck Tape’s annual “Stuck at Prom” Scholarship Contest, in which high school students compete to make the best possible prom wear out of duct tape.

Christina Mellott, now a rising senior at Freedom High School, entered the contest this past school year after hearing about it from friends and family.

Mellott has been designing clothes for three to four years already, and got her start in design after receiving a sewing machine for Christmas.

Her friends and family thought she may be able to cinch the Duck Tape competition because they knew about her design hobby. Mellott took up the challenge, thinking it would be a fun challenge to use tape to make a dress.

[Libloather]

The bad news - you only get one shot at a slow dance. The good news - it'll be reeeeeally long.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[coloradan]

Oddly, I expected the dress to be silver, not lilac. Although, I suppose duct tape comes in all colors.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Thats was what I was thinking too.

I used to watch a comedy called "The Red Green Show". That guy solved every problem with duct tape.

[SMGFan]

plenty of Mythbusters Duct Tape segments

[riverrunner]

Yes it does come in all colors.

Because Duct tape isn’t just for ducts.

[W.]

I miss Red... Great show!

[Seruzawa]

Just the dress? Does the underwear have to be made from duct tape too?

[sphinx]

Looks like a dodge to me. These gals are stockpiling duct tape and have found an excuse that won't get them on a Homeland Security watch list as potential extremists.

They probably use straw buyers to hoard their tinfoil purchases as well.

[treetopsandroofs]

Silence is golden but duct tape is silver.

[Afterguard]

I don’t care who you are, that right there is funny! Made me actually laugh out loud.

Thanks!

[Flick Lives]

Because Duct tape isn’t just for ducts.

Oddly enough, regular duct tape should not be used on ducts!

https://servicechampions.com/why-duct-tape-should-never-be-used-to-seal-air-ducts/

[dfwgator]

Here's her baby picture....

[outofsalt]

If only there was a Flex-seal tuxedo...

[outofsalt]

Here are all the contenders, https://www.duckbrand.com/stuck-at-prom/vote
And there is a tuxedo competition.

[Scrambler Bob]

But it should be used on ducks.

So where is the duck in a prom dress?

[Libloather]

After 24 rolls and 86.75 hours, the 2018 winner -

Since middle school, I've dreamed of designing my prom dress from Duck Tape.

Learn something new everyday.

[Calvin Locke]

I think duct/duck tape had its origins during WWII, sealing ammo boxes.

It was based on an existing adhesive tape, adding the waterproof coating.

[Calvin Locke]

I’m glad she didn’t decide to apply her creative talents to meat, like whatshername at some MTV(?) awards show.

[nicollo]

I was expecting to see some real silliness here, then the photo you posted didn’t look like duct tape at all. So I bing’d “duct tape prom” and it’s amazing what these kids have done! Very cool.