• After a tornado disrupted their lives, high school students go to prom

    As the AP reported:

    TRENTON, Ga. — The "Cinderella dress" Delana Blevins had so looked forward to wearing to prom just needed a few alterations when the tornadoes ripped through northwest Georgia late last month, blowing it away along with the rest of the tailoring shop. All she found in the rubble was a scrap of beading from the bodice.

    Jenni Girtman / AP

    In a May 6, 2011 photo, Marcella Lackey, 18, left, takes a look at handbags as she and her friends, Ashley Thompson, 18, holding her 2-year-old sister Maddie Blevins, and 16-year-old Kristin Thompson, right, finish 'shopping' for prom at Trenton, Ga., City Hall where Rescue Prom has collected prom donations. Lackey's original prom dress disappeared from her aunt's home in a tornado. With their community hobbled by destruction, the prom had to be pushed back two weeks from April 30. The students got their prom, though, thanks to the free dresses from Rescue Prom, and free hairdos and makeup from shops in Chattanooga, just across the state line in Tennessee.

    Jenni Girtman / AP

    In a May 6, 2011 photo, Delana Blevins, 17, Taylor Barton, 20 Blevins' boyfriend, and Marcella Lackey, 18, work on accessories after choosing a dress in Trenton City Hall where Rescue Prom collected thousands of prom items.

    Jenni Girtman / AP

    In a May 6, 2011 photo, Marcella Lackey, 18, a junior, gets a couple of opinions in Trenton City Hall where Rescue Prom has collected prom items free to those in need. Lackey's original prom dress disappeared from her aunt's home in a tornado. With their community hobbled by destruction, the prom had to be pushed back two weeks from April 30. The students got their prom, though, thanks to the free dresses from Rescue Prom, and free hairdos and makeup from shops in Chattanooga, just across the state line in Tennessee.

    Billy Weeks / AP

    In this photo taken May 14, 2011, Dade County High School student Delana Blevins gets her hair styled by Jessi Callahan at Alternative Visions Hair Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn. Miss Blevins joined many of her classmates as they received a free hairstyle before going to the prom. T

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  • Gina Marrow / AP

    Tara Frey poses in her Starburst candy wrappers dress for her high school prom, which this year has a "Candyland" theme in River Falls, Wis. Each wrapper has been folded eight times and pressed with tweezers for a tight weave. It's the work of Tara's mother, Kerrin, and a few of her friends. Kerrin Frey says she got the idea from a mother who started weaving gum wrappers during her children's hockey games.

    Teen wears prom dress made of Starburst candy wrappers

    By Carissa Ray

    I've heard of challenges to make clothes from colored Duct Tape, and in college I attended more than one party where budding photojournalists made tops or dresses from sewn together film (remember film?) but apparently Starburst candies are the rage these days when it comes to alternative clothing materials.

    Check out the full story and video from KARE here.