Many teens around the country spent hours picking out the perfect prom outfit this year.
A few teens, however, spent much more time than that making their prom outfits themselves — using duct tape.
The Duck Tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest announced the 2023 winners of the two $10,000 scholarship prizes — one for best tux and one for best dress.
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Karla Tejeda, with the best dress, and Ian Rojas, with the best tux, are among the 10 finalists announced in late June.
Tejeda, from Los Angeles, California, told Fox News Digital that creating her dress was “very challenging.”
Karla Tejeda of California won for the best dress category in the Duck Tape scholarship contest — snagging $10,000 for her colorful creation. (Duck brand)
She said she’d “never created a dress before.”
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The 18-year-old’s pink-and-white French-inspired gown took 120 hours to make and included over 14 rolls of Duck Tape.
Karla Tejeda said she had never created a dress before — and was surprised by how she was able to create it with Duck Tape. (Karla Tejeda)
Tejeda said she only had about a week to create the gown — noting she didn’t start the process until late May.
“It was a lot of trial and error, as tape isn’t the easiest thing to work with,” she said.
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Tejeda said she sketched out the design and got to cutting — trying to put the pieces together by adding intricate designs to the dress.
Tejeda told Fox News Digital that she used over 14 roles of Duck Tape for the creation. (Karla Tejeda)
Tejeda also said she couldn’t have done it without the support of her family and friends.
This fall, she’ll be enrolling in college — and said the scholarship prize money will be put toward her education.
“When I found out [that I won], I was so overwhelmed with joy.”
Ian Rojas,…
