The real question here is how she got past her mom and dad and made it down the street in this get up.....

That dress is a bit over the edge. She was asking for attention and got it.

Ridiculus! How did she get out of the house w/that on?

I agree, the dress was out there. But to handcuff this child was not even called for. Make her leave the prom.

That poor girl has no idea how silly dressing like that is. Not only was the dress ridiculously skimpy, but it was tasteless and just plain ugly.

Absolutely NO Self Respect...The blame lies with her parents/custodian

she has a right to express herself, but damn her dress is screaming for attention

I will say that the dress in definitely inappropriate, but police intervention, is completely unnecessary. In order to avoid such altercations, if there was a dress code for the prom, banding revealing attire, she should have been made aware of the dresscode prior to the prom, but if not she should have received a refund for ticket in all fairness.

I think in this day and age these young women have no respect for themselves or others. The meaning of a prom dress has been demoralized by young women as herself. You can wear a nice even sexy looking dress without showing ass much skin as this young woman showed. Yes I think it was appropriate to put her out of the prom because the dress was TOO SKIMPY & INAPPROPRIATE. Just as the schools have a dress code so should the prom.

She's fine! lol

NO SELF RESPECT

It's a shame at this late day and age, that young women just don't know how to dress appropriately for such an occassion. This is truly lack of education. Gerald, Upper Marlboro, MD

The dress is a bit much for a prom, especially since the idea of a prom is to dress up, not dress down. If they change it to just a night on the town she can pull it off, but my daughter, oh hellz no!

take their behind to jail or fine them or something. this is ridiculous for a young lady to do and have permission to do it by whoever is raising her.

we all have seen women dressed worst than that. i am not saying that this is the most appropriate dress for a young lady to be wearing to a prom but a lot of you are acting like you dont see this all the time. it is sad that she had to be arrested for this. she will look back on this day years from now and say to herself that that was not a good choice in dresses. fellas what makes it kool for a woman to wear that dress to the club and not the prom. is it because she is 17. you know you would have been all over her at love. so lets keep it real

If you go to the beach you see more than that. Let nature take its course,she will evenually realize her mistakes. GOD HAVE PLANS FOR EVERYONE. DONT JUDGE.

Most all high schools have rules in place CLEARLY defining approriate attire and I am sure she was aware of this prior to showing up with this dress. Her parents should have stopped her long before she made it to the prom. Having her mid-section out isn't so bad, however, the material covering her bust is so thin and flimsy, it could easily be displaced and exposing her breast. I work with a company that does the photgraphs for proms and all too often we have to turn students away from getting professional photographs taken b/c our lab would consider that child pornography and not develop it. Sorry she missed her prom, but this is something she and her family could have avoided.

Who in their right mind would allow their 17 year to walk out of the house in that(yet alone have that made). All she needs is a pole and some dollars thrown at her. She looks trampy. Where are the values and self respect anymore?????

This is not a dress!! How could she possibly think it was appropriate to wear out in the street maybe on a couture runway because things like that never see the light of day after being worn on stage. Heaven forbid she try to get lowww...everyone will see her unmentionables.

Okay. At this point, 63% of us have voted in this poll that the dress was inappropriate. The majority of that same 63% would probably actually say that the dress is beyond inappropriate. But what I am so mad about is the 38% that have voted in this poll that the dress was appropriate. What is wrong with that 38%?! Obviously, very much!

while I do believe that the dress was a bit much...well too much- that's my opinion..just like it's obvious that it was her and her parents opinion to think otherwise. We are not in the position to judge that girl or her family based on one outfit...regardless as to how tacky and inappropriate we may feel that it is. It is unfortunate that with so much real news going on ( and real reasons to be outraged) this child and her outfit managed to make it on not one but three different radio stations in the DMV- not to mention however many times it may have been aired in Houston and and youtube.

Yes, her dress was inappropriate. However, if the principal was enforcing a dress code for the prom, all students should have been made aware of the dress code before hand. Also the students should have been told in advance that if they showed up and their prom attire was tagged as being inappropriate, they would be turned away, with out a refund. Her parents or guadians didn't see her before she left for the prom???? Who paid to have this dress made??? I am confused on why nd how does this young woman she this dress as appropriate or even attractive??? We need to pray for our young people because they have no clue!!!!!!

By the school staff and other adults. The little girl got out of line and got what she deserved. She probably got out of control and the cops put her in cuffs to protect themselves and her. If she did not act out and went home and changed like the staff probably told her.She would have got in. I do not feel sorry for her. She got what she deserved.

She should go back home and start over!!!

The dress was not appropriate for her senior prom but its not her fault it's her parents. What's wrong with her mother? She agree's with the dress, she's probably a young mother and dress just like her daughter.

Are we failing to see the Big picture? We live in a culture that has elected to expell religion from our schools,allow our kids to be exposed to so much material which have heavy adult content (movies,videos,music) all of which have a negative effect on them. So now we're shocked by because this young lady wants to immitate the those things that she's been exposed to? Who really has the problem here? Has anybody stopped to notice that our young woman dress close to this on a daily basis going to school? And let's not forget where this incident took place. Texas! Her actions weren't criminal so why the handcuffs? So in my humble opinion the problem isn't the young lady or her dress, It society as a whole. Oh, one other thing; for those of you who chose to critize the young lady, I would suggest that you take a good look your own extended families. I'm sure you'll find some body dressing just like this or worse, maybe even the same dress. Love and Peace to my WORLD FAM. "T" from B-more.

She has a tattoo at what 17-18 yrs old. Then this dress what was wrong with her Parents. She wouldn't have gotten that dress made let alone gotten out my house.

I, personally don't really care what teens wear but I do believe that whatever it is should be in good taste and appropiate for the occassion. This to me didn't exhibit any taste at all not only that it was totally inappropiate. The only other thing I have to say is GOD HELP US ALL, THIS IS A FUTURE LEADER. Where is this girl's parents I would just like to hear their comments.

IF THAT'S THE CASE LOCK ALL OF THEM UP

Her parents are crazy.

Truth be told the girl could have done a lot worse. She was trying to be different and have something no one else had, whats wrong with that? now i'm not denying the fact that her dress was indeed over the edge, but she was just trying to express herself. I say the staff could have at least let her take her pictures because in all actuality it was her senior prom! who wants to miss that?? Everyone is quick to judge the girl and her backsround ((parents)) but at the same time people aren't perfect and there is a such thing as a lapse of judgement. why is it okay for older women to wear this, but then you expect youth not to do the same thing? Think about it people. In the end the whole situation could have been handled a lot better, and really i'm on her side with this one, if she couldn't go to prom then she could have gotten her money back. At least she tried to compromise and cover up, but the school still wasn't for it. What ever happened to compromise?? I guess thats just not enough...

I hope she had a better hairdo than want she had in the TV interview..if you going to pimp the dress..at least have your makeup and hair right!!

i've been hearing a lot about this dress. when i finally had time to view it, i thought it was going to be a super mini skirt with two band-aids. we have seen far worst than at award shows and at the clubs. she actually had the body for it and none ofher private body part were revealed. i just think we pay too much attention to issues that don't concern us.

maybe she thought it was HO Prom!

dont blame her blame the parents no way my child would have gotton pass me in the trashy dress!

it was to small i dont think that her parents should have let her get that dress made and walk out the house like that

Sorry. but I would like to know who her Parents are???? Did she get any real home trainning???? That's the problem with the Kids today, Young Teens think that they are Adults when they aren't! They need serious up Home Trainning in their life, I have 3Daughter's and there is no way in HELL my kids will walk outta our House like that!!!! Just CRAZY!!!! All you can do is just PRAY for those Kids!

I'm sorry but i don't know what she was thinking.. How did anybody let her out like that? I blame those in her house hold for letting her go out like that.

no no no... she know she's wrong.. that is too much.. I can see wanting to be noticed, but damn not like that..

THIS DRESS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT A STRIP CLUB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HER PARENTS MUST BE ONE OF THE KIDS HAVING KIDS AGE GROUP OR SOMETHING. THIS IS SO ALARMING TO SEE AND HEAR.. I SAW MY DAUGHTER AND I RESPECT HER FOR HER DECISIONS AND SHE LOOKED GREAT AND FITTING FOR HER PROM. I DONT KNOW WHO SAW THIS GIRL OFF BUT IT WAS NOT AN ADULT..

I want to know where were her parents and why would they let their child come out of the house with that dress. They need to be accountable for it if they let her out the house like that.

I think they should have sent a letter on to the kids/parents to let the know what they can and can't wear (dress code).

This is crazy. Im so sure she knew what the dress code was for her school. She just set herself up. Alls schools have a dress code. And where were her parents? They let her out like that. But I think that they should have given her the option to go home and change not handcuff her. That was wrong.

This dress was a bit much but I think the situation was taken out of proportion.

I am 36 years old and I can remember that my prom dress was down to my ankles, all sequin and just really tasteful. The dress is not even a dress really, its a piece of material covering her private areas, thats it. Someone should have told her that she was not " PROM READY" I mean really, her parents should be ashamed of themselves.

Hell naw that aint appropriate for prom. She's calling for the wrong attention. She looks like them pro's on 14th street. She's calling for the wrong attention and I'm pretty sure she got it. What do her paretns have to say? She shouldnt of been arrested tho.

She was not handcuffed because of the dress, she was handcuffed because she was under arrest for disorderly conduct.

Her parents should have been the one's to get arrested for child endangerment and neglegence! This is NOT a dress for a 17 year old child!

I wish I caught my child in that dress i'd stick my so far up her tail that it would come out her my.But they had no right to put that in handcuffs.Also what the hell was that on her head on the interview a road kill?

This is what you see every day!

It is highly known that for a school prom the dress code is elegant/classy. The dress itself is nice and it compliments her body wonderfully, but it is definatly not appropriate for a school prom. This young lady definatly wanted attention, but I guessshe didnt realize that wearing a dress like that will send the wrong message and people will start to assume diffent things about you. Its funny because most of the females who complain about men disrespecting them, really have themselves to blame.

That's not even a dress and should not be considered as one. It's more like a two piece outfit. So no I agree she should not have been allowed in the prom. And yes the school does give dress codes for this ocassion. Her parents should be shot!

Oh no honey, no

This is what happens when your mother is 28, and your grandmother age is 33, and the great-grandmother is 46. Just taste less

Obviously no sane adult condoned this. Where was her mother? Maybe she is emulating her. And where is her dad? It wouldn't surprise me (if he is around) that he encouraged it. Or if her mother's man was in the house, maybe there's more going on with her. She's lost. She doesn't understand how precious she could be. She sees her worth in giving her body to boys (and probably men). That's too bad. Listen to her talk. She doesn't sound educated. Stay tuned. Babies (or more babies) on the way. Someone needs to introduce her to Jesus.

look at hollywood,young girls are trying to look like the stars! like lil kim,char!!! hello! people wake up!do as i say not as i do!!!!

at this time in the world her dress is what people wear on the red carpet alot...i have seen worst on rihanna...what one person sees an inappropriate may not be to another person...i think she was young but i've seen worst and more tasteless

I don't think it's bad at all I've seen worse.

The lack of dress was to attract attention, be it male or female.

While my daughter would not have worn that ANYWHERE, who are we to judge. My comment is to the parent/guardian....be mindful of the fact that it is our job to teach our children what is appropriate.

I cannot believe a mother would allow her daughter to exit the house in t