Teen suspended for asking Miss America to the prom

Patrick Farves disrupted a school assembly with an invitation for beauty queen Nina Davuluri



It was cute. Maybe a little obnoxious. This guy probably had to know, realistically, he wasn't going to get a "yes" when he asked Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri to the prom at a school assembly. But hey, YOLO, or whatever the kids are saying these days. Alas, no date... and the stunt got him suspended.

High Schooler Suspended for Inviting Miss America To Prom

He knew he'd get in trouble. Administrators warned 18-year-old Patrick Farves not to make a scene when Davuluri visited Central York High School in Pennsylvania last week. But that didn't stop him from inviting the beauty queen to his senior prom during the Q&A session. It earned him three days suspension.

But while Davuluri's travel schedule will not allow her to attend Central York High's prom, Miss America is kind, and appealed to school officials to rethink the suspension. She issued the following statement on the official Miss America Facebook page:

Spoken word for all the "Miss America" haters

Meet Ramya Ramana, 2014 New York City Youth Poet Laureate



Thanks to TWO-BROWNGIRLS for the heads up... Some powerful, moving spoken word for your Friday. Here's 18-year-old Ramya Ramana, 2014 New York City Youth Poet Laureate, performing her personal poem, "Miss America" last month at the NYC Votes 2014 Slam Final. For anyone who had words and clenched fists for all those racist haters after Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America, this is for you:

The Truth with Hasan Minhaj: Nina Davuluri is the New America

A few words for the haters.



This week has been all about the new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, and the considerable energy that has been devoted to freaking out over the fact that she is Indian American. There's been a lot of great commentary, but no one quite tells it like The Truth with Hasan Minhaj: Nina Davuluri is the new America.

Miss America's Message to the Haters

Nina Davluri wears the crown. I'm not sure if this is even her real Twitter account (it was started yesterday). But doesn't this first tweet sum everything up quite nicely? 'Nuff said.

Indian American woman crowned 2014 Miss America

And racist Twitter users predictably lose their minds.



Normally, you know I wouldn't give two fat craps about a beauty pageant... but yo, did anybody notice that they just gave the Miss America tiara to an Indian American woman? I am not kidding you!

On Sunday night, 24-year-old Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned Miss America 2014. And yes, she is indeed the first contestant of Indian descent to win the Miss America crown in the nine-decade history of the pageant: Miss New York Crowned Miss America.