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Originally Posted by remmie_k
What if you go through deb before college? I had mine at 16 and my cousin had hers right after she turned 18. It was a range of girls from 16-20, 16 being the youngest you could be.
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I believe most of the ones making the papers are the events you participate in at 20-21. The majority of these girls participate in more than one ball. Most of the time anything under that is called "sub-deb", at least where I come from. (We also had "lead outs" in high school which were open to any girl in the community. They are different from debutante balls in that daddy isn't involved but otherwise, same concept. Everyone is escorted down the runway one by one and your name is called out. Is that the kind of thing you're talking about?)
If you had it alone (as in the event was held specifically for you), it's usually called a "coming-out party".