Proms

It's that time of year again when prom is on the minds of every teen girl. Many have bought the tickets, booked the limo and, most importantly, picked out the perfect prom dress. It's all for the shear thrill of making everyone's heads turn as they roll up to the dance floor. But no matter how elaborate or lavish the dress is, chances are it won't be as quite a showstopper as these non-traditional prom gowns.

Prom season is in full swing, and with that comes tons of internet gold. There’s bound to be fails, video serenades and wacky outfits, but we’re here to bring you the awesome. The Web’s most awesome prom attire, that is.

When it came to getting a prom date, you could say Bobby Chin hit all the right notes.

Sometimes the best way to get something you want is to just ask. Jake Davidson embraced that strategy when he invited Kate Upton to his high school prom. And, yes, that would be the same Kate Upton recently seen on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.

Prom is a magical time in a student’s life. There are so many things to think about and prepare for. Of course, no matter how perfectly you plan for your prom, things can still go terribly wrong.

In what seems to be an emerging trend of disasterous pre-prom photo shoots, a deck collapsed while 12 students from Churubusco High School in Indiana posed in formal attire. Yikes! They sure don't build homes today like they used to.

At Maynard High School in Massachusetts, students made the bold move of skipping the tanning booth before their senior prom. They say this was part of an effort to reduce their risk of skin cancer, but we prefer to think of it as a thinly-veiled protest against "tanorexic mom" Patricia Krentcil.

Do you remember posing for prom pictures? Chances are, your experience wasn't anything like what these Wisconsin high school students went through as a pier collapsed from underneath them.

Casper, Wyoming teen Chris Dudgeon wanted to do something memorable when he asked his girlfriend Belle Feyhl to the Kelly Walsh High prom. So he emailed the good folks at 104.7 KISS-FM and asked them for their help. The Kiss-FM crew thought about letting Dudgeon extend the invitation over the air. But that wasn't memorable enough. So instead, they got together with Casper's "premiere hip-hop

While most teens are preparing to spend big bucks on a prom dress, Colorado's Regan Kerr decided to make one herself using -- get this -- 5,114 soda can tabs and wear it to her high school dance on April 28th.

Having a prom date bail on you is humiliating enough, but imagine being told you couldn't attend your prom solo. That's exactly what happened to one teenager at Archbishop John Carroll High School due to a rule by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.