Prom Queens: Game On (Season 1, Episode 8) | Full Episode | Lifetime

[school bell rings] – WE HAVE SENIORSIN THE HOUSE! female narrator:IT'S PROM SEASON IN HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS.

AND THESE TWO SUPER JOCKSWILL SQUARE OFF FOR THE THE TITLEOF PROM QUEEN.

– I CAN SEE MYSELF WEARINGTHE TIARA.

– BEYONCE DON'T GOT NOTHINGON ME.

narrator: THEIR MOMS WILL COACHTHEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO HELP THEMGET THEIR GAME ON.

– I DON'T THINKIT'S BIG ENOUGH.

– SHE'S NOT GONNA LET ANYTHINGSTAND IN HER WAY.

narrator:BUT WHEN THE GAME IS OVER.

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– IT'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

narrator: ONLY ONE WILLBE ROYALLY SEATED, AND THE OTHER, DEFEATED.

– IT'S ONE OF THOSE, LIKE, STOMACH-DROPPING FEELINGS.

– IT'S GONNA BE REALLY CLOSE.

– YOUR 2012 PROM QUEEN IS.

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[Party Dress by Lindsey Ray] – ♪ LET'S GO ♪ ♪ ♪ – ♪ 'CAUSE, BABY, I GOT SUGAR, I GOT HONEY ♪ ♪ SOMETHING FEELING GOOD, IT'S MONEY ♪ ♪ I GOT MY PARTY DRESS ON ♪ ♪ I GOT MY SHOESTHAT GET ME GOIN' ♪ ♪ AND IF YOU WANT, YOU COME ALONG ♪ ♪ I GOT, I GOT, I GOT, LET'S GO ♪ ♪ I GOT MY PARTY DRESS ON ♪ ♪ I GOT MY SHOESTHAT GET ME GOIN' ♪ ♪ AND IF YOU WANT, YOU COME ALONG ♪ ♪ I GOT, I GOT, I GOT, LET'S GO ♪ narrator:HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH IS KNOWN FOR THEIR WINNING SPORTS TEAM.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE COMPETITION FOR PROM QUEEN IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.

– CANNOT BEAT ME!DROP THAT BEAT! [rhythmic drumming] narrator: OUR FIRST CONTENDERIS A STAR VOLLEYBALL PLAYER WHO WAS JUST CROWNEDHOMECOMING QUEEN, AND SHE'S LOOKING FORA SECOND TIARA TO MATCH THE FIRST.

OOH! – I'M SYDNEY.

I'M RUNNING FOR PROM QUEEN.

WINNING HOMECOMING QUEENWAS REALLY SPECIAL, BUT I THINK WINNING PROM QUEENIS A LOT MORE MEANINGFUL.

– SYDNEY'S ALWAYS BEENVERY COMPETITIVE.

SHE'S BEEN IN TRACK, IN VOLLEYBALL, IN GYMNASTICS, AND COMPETITIONS FOR DANCING, FOR SINGING.

HER BIGGEST COMPETITIONIS ALWAYS HERSELF.

narrator: IT SOUNDS LIKE SYDNEYALSO WON THE COMPETITION FOR COMPETING COMPETITIVELYIN THE MOST COMPETITIONS, COMPETITIVELY SPEAKING.

– I HOPE THAT BECAUSE SHE FEELSTHE WAY SHE DOES ABOUT WINNING PROM QUEEN, THAT SHE'S NOT GONNA BETOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

SHE–SHE'LL BEAT HERSELF UPABOUT THINGS.

narrator: JUST DON'T LEAVEANY BRUISES.

– BEING CROWNED PROM QUEENWOULD BE MY CINDERELLA MOMENT, BUT I THINK MY BIGGESTCOMPETITION IS ARI.

SHE'S FRIENDSWITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO I THINK SHE HASA REALLY GOOD CHANCE.

narrator: OUTGOING ARIIS A CHEERLEADER AND MATH WHIZ WHOSE MOM LOST THE CROWNAT HER OWN PROM.

– I'M ARI, I'M 18.

I'M A SENIORAT HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH SCHOOL.

– AND I'M HER MOM, JOSIE.

– I DESERVE PROM QUEENBECAUSE I REPRESENT MANY DIFFERENT GROUPSOF PEOPLE AT HOFFMAN.

I'M A CHEERLEADER, BUT ALSO I'M A NERDAND AN ENGINEER, SO I THINKTHAT MAKES ME UNIQUE.

narrator:A NERDY CHEERLEADER? WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED STEREOTYPES? – ARI DOES REPRESENT THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRLWHO COULD BREAK THAT CHEERLEADER STEREOTYPE.

– SHE CALLS ME AN “ENGI-NERD.

“- AN ENGI-NERD.

narrator: IN MY DAY, CHEERLEADERS WERE STUCK-UP, PERKY BITCHES, AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY.

– WHEN I WAS A SENIOR, I WAS NOMINATED FOR PROM QUEEN.

I DID NOT WIN, BUT IT WAS GREAT FUN.

– OH, I HAVEN'T DONE THATIN A LONG TIME.

I THINK THAT IT'LL BE COOLIF I WIN SO THAT I COULD KIND OF SHARETHE CROWN WITH MY MOM.

– I THINK THAT SYDNEY COULD BEMY BIGGEST COMPETITION BECAUSE SHE WAS VOTEDFOR HOMECOMING QUEEN.

[ding] narrator: WHILE ARI AND HERMOTHER ARE CALCULATING THE PROBABILITY OF HERTAKING HOME THE CROWN, SYDNEY'S OUT LOOKINGFOR THE PERFECT GOWN.

– IT'S A WEEK BEFORE PROM.

I DO ALREADY HAVETWO PROM DRESSES, AND THEY'RE BOTH REALLY NICE.

I LIKE THEM.

BUT THAT'S JUST IT.

I LIKE THEM.

I'M NOT IN LOVE WITH THEM.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNAKEEP LOOKING.

– WHY ARE WE LOOKING? SHE HAS TWO DRESSES ALREADYAT HOME.

[laughter]- NOT GOOD ENOUGH? narrator: TEAM SYDNEYHAS ADDED HER GRANDMA TO THE ROSTERIN THE HOPES OF HELPING HER SCOREHER DREAM DRESS.

– OH, I LIKE THIS COLOR.

– YEAH, IT MATCHES– – BUT LOOKIT– BUT IT'S OPENALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHO KNOWS WHERE? [both laugh] – LOOK AT THIS ONE.

[squeals] – OH, MY GOD.

– THAT LOOKS LIKE A MERMAID.

– IS THAT ENOUGH BLING?- IT HAS GOLD IN IT.

– OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR POINT? – WELL, GOLD ISWHAT I WANTED TO WEAR.

– ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS?- I'M VERY SERIOUS.

I'M TRYING IT ON.

AT FIRST I SAWSOME GLITTERY GOLD, AND THEN I SAWSOME SNAKESKIN.

MY MOM AND GRANDMA, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD, BUT I WAS IN LOVE WITH IT.

SO I WAS, LIKE, “WELL, AT LEASTI HAVE TO TRY IT ON.

” narrator:GOLD AND SNAKESKIN? DOES THAT DRESS COMEWITH COWBOY BOOTS AND TWO TICKETSTO THE RODEO? – OH, BEYONCEDON'T GOT NOTHING ON ME.

– [laughs] YOU KNOW WHAT?- I LIKE IT! – THE THING ABOUT IT ISIS THAT IT REALLY FITS HER.

– NO, IT DOESN'T.

– IT FITS REALLY WELL.

narrator: SYDNEY WEARS THISSLINKY SNAKE LIKE A SECOND SKIN.

BUT CLEARLY, MOM AND GRANNYWISH SHE WOULD JUST SHUT IT AND PICK SOMETHING ELSE.

– BLING, BLING, BLING!POW, POW, POW! – MY LITTLE GIRLDOESN'T HAVE ANY POW.

SEEING SYDNEY IN THE PROM DRESSTHAT SHE'S CHOSEN, IT'S BEEN A BATTLE.

– [laughs] SHE DOESN'T LIKEMY BEYONCE CURVES.

– NO, DON'T LIKE THEM AT ALL.

– [laughs] – I LIKE THEM IN A BOX.

AND THEN AFTER YOU GET MARRIED, YOU CAN PULL 'EM OUT FOR WHOEVERWHAT'S HIS NAME IS GONNA BE.

narrator: I THINK IF MOMHAD IT HER WAY, SYDNEY WOULD BE WEARINGA FULL-LENGTH PARKA TO PROM.

– YEAH, I DON'T LIKE THAT.

I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.

– [laughs]- NO.

– THIS IS WHAT YOU'RELOOKING FOR? – THIS IS, WOW.

THIS HAS THAT– THAT “WOW” FACTOR.

narrator:AND THE FANGS FACTOR.

[snake rattle] – I COULD SEE MYSELF WINNING.

I COULD SEE THE CROWNIN THAT DRESS SPECIFICALLY.

– I ACTUALLY LIKE IT ON HER.

– IT LOOKS GOOD ON HER.

I'M UPSET ABOUT THAT.

narrator:THIS SCALY ENSEMBLE TAKES A BIG BITE OUTOF MOM'S WALLET.

LET'S HOPE IT HELPSSYDNEY SLITHER TO VICTORY ON PROM NIGHT.

– OKAY, TWIRL.

LET ME SEE.

DO YOUR PROM— PROM QUEEN WAVE.

– PROM QUEEN.

[laughs] narrator: WHILE SYDNEYIS SETTLED ON SOMETHING FROM THE REPTILE COLLECTION, ARI IS LOOKING FORA DAZZLING DRESS THAT WILL HAVE EVERYONECHEERING.

– LOOK AT THESE DRESSES.

[door closes] WE'RE KIND OF CURIOUSAND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT SHE'LL PICK.

WE NEED TO SEE IT ON.

WE NEED TO, LIKE, TWIRLAND JIGGLE AND DANCE AND SEE IF IT WORKS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DAY.

narrator: HEY, MOM.

THIS IS FOR PROM, NOT A STRIP CLUB.

– I TRIED NOT TO HAVE AN IDEAOF A PROM DRESS IN MY MIND, SO I WAS JUST KIND OF LOOKINGFOR SOMETHING PRETTY THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKED LIKE ME AND WAS MORE EXTRAVAGANTBECAUSE IT'S MY SENIOR PROM.

– WOW.

– THAT IS PRETTY.

– WHAT AN ENTRANCE.

– ISN'T THAT A LITTLE– A LITTLE TOO FLASHY THOUGH?I DON'T KNOW.

– THINGS ARE A LITTLEDIFFERENT NOW.

MY MOTHER MADE MY PROM DRESSFOR ME FOR MY SENIOR YEAR.

AND IT WAS JUSTA GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SO THIS IS KIND OFMY EXPERIENCE WITH MY DAUGHTER NOW, WHICH IS–WHICH IS AWESOME.

narrator: WELL, MOM, IT LOOKSLIKE THE SEWING MACHINE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE ATM.

– ARI'S NOTTHIS PETITE LITTLE GIRL, SO WE WERE LOOKINGFOR SOMETHING THAT'S SUITABLE, APPROPRIATE, YET FUN.

narrator: YOU FORGOT ELEGANTAND CLASSIC.

– OH, WOW.

ARI, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

OH, I LOVE IT.

– WHAT DO YOU THINK, NONNA? – IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IF YOU LIKE THE COLOR.

[record scratch] narrator: TRANSLATION:THAT'S NOT YOUR COLOR.

– IT'S VERY PRETTY.

– I STILL HAD THAT DOUBTIN MY MIND THAT THERE WAS SOMETHINGBETTER OUT THERE.

narrator: A “NO” FROM NONNASENDS ARI BACK BEHIND THE CURTAINFOR ANOTHER TRY AT PROM QUEEN COUTURE.

– [gasps] OH, MY GOSH.

WOW.

– THAT IS THE DRESS.

– [laughs]- I COULD TELL ALREADY.

– I LOVE IT.

narrator: THIS DRESSTAKES ARI FROM THE SIDELINES TO THE SPOTLIGHT, AND DEFINITELY PUTS HER IN SCORING POSITIONFOR THE CROWN.

– WHEN SHE CAME OUT, OF COURSE, I CRIED AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

[cash register bell rings] IT JUSTWAS THE PERFECT FIT.

OH, MY.

YOU LOOK LIKE A PROM QUEEN.

– [laughs] – AWW.

– HOPEFULLY IT WON'T FALL OFF.

– AND SHE DOES LOOK LIKEMISS AMERICA.

– [laughs]- YEAH.

narrator: SYDNEY'S SKINTIGHTSNAKESKIN CERTAINLY SIZZLES, BUT WILL DAD BE TOO RATTLEDTO LET HER OUT OF THE HOUSE? – THERE'S A LOTGOING ON BACK THERE.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

WE NEED THE BAGGY LOOK.

narrator: PROM QUEEN FEVER IS CATCHINGAT HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH AS AGGRESSIVE ATHLETESARI AND SYDNEY STRUGGLE FOR ROYAL SUPREMACY.

HOMECOMING QUEEN SYDNEYHATES TO LOSE AND HOPES TO ADD A SECOND CROWNTO HER COLLECTION, WHILE ENGI-NERD ARIWANTS TO WIN IT FOR MOM, WHO LOST THE CROWNAT HER PROM.

[ding] – SYDNEY, WHERE YOU AT?COME DOWNSTAIRS.

narrator: OVER AT SYDNEY'SSNAKE EMPORIUM, HER FAMILY'S ABOUT TO GET THEIR FIRST GLIMPSEAT SOME REPTILE RAZZLE-DAZZLE.

all: [chanting]SYDNEY, SYDNEY, SYDNEY, SYDNEY, SYDNEY, SYDNEY.

[cheering] – THERE SHE IS.

– I LOVE MY FAMILY.

THERE'S A LOT OF US.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, LIKE, THE BLACK BRADY BUNCH.

– YOU GOTTA MAKE UP A SONG TOO.

– IT LOOK BETTER IN PERSON.

– MY BROTHER AND MY COUSINWERE MAKING FUN OF THE SNAKESKINON THE DRESS, BUT I THINK THEY, DEEP DOWN, LIKE IT.

– 'CAUSE I WAS CRACKINGALL THOSE JOKES, AND ACTUALLY– – BUT IT DOES LOOK BETTER.

– I MUST SAY, YOU WEAR IT WELL, DEAR.

– THANK YOU, MOMMA.

– LOOK, HONEY.

– SO THIS IS THE DRESS? – THIS IS THE DRESS.

TADA! narrator: UH-OH.

DAD DOESN'T LOOK TOO HAPPY WITH SYDNEY'S SLINKY LOOK.

– HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSEDTO MOVE AROUND WITH ALL THIS, UH–WHAT ARE WE DOING? – WE HAVE STRAPSTHAT WE HAVE TO SEW ON.

THERE ARE TWO STRAPSTHAT CAME WITH THE DRESS.

– UH, YEAH, OKAY.

narrator:FROM THE LOOK ON DAD'S FACE I THINK HE'D PREFER TO STRAP HERINTO A SWEATER VEST.

– WE TAKING THIS OUT.

THERE'S A LOTGOING ON BACK THERE.

WE NEED THE BAGGY LOOK.

– MY DRESSIS PERFECT TO ME, BUT MY DAD DIDN'T REALLYLIKE IT AT FIRST.

HE DOESN'T LIKE THE FACTTHAT I'M ALL GROWN-UP.

narrator: HE DOESN'T LIKETHE FACT THAT YOUR VOLLEYBALLS ARE BOUNCINGALL OVER THE COURT.

– HE GOT OVER IT.

AND IT'S GROWING ON HIM NOW.

– IT'S NOT GONNA GROW THAT MUCH, BY THE WAY, BUT IT'S GROWING.

YOU STILL LOOK GOOD IN IT.

– BUT IT'S GROWING.

narrator: AS SYDNEYTRIES TO DISTRACT WITH A DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE, ARI CATCHES SOME ARTIFICIAL RAYSFOR THAT FAKE-BAKED LOOK.

– EVERYTHINGHAS TO BE PERFECT.

AND MY DRESS IS BLACK, SO IT'LL LOOK BETTERIF I HAVE A TAN.

– OKAY, THANK YOU.

– OKAY.

– HOPEFULLY AFTER MY SPRAY TANAND TANNING BOOTH I'LL BE A FEW SHADES DARKER.

narrator: EVER HEAROF A THING CALLED THE SUN? I THINK IT DOESTHE SAME THING.

[door closes][tanning booth hums] WHILE ARI BROILS HER BODYIN THE NAME OF BEAUTY, SYDNEY STEPS UP HER GAMEBY LENGTHENING HER LOCKS.

– BASICALLY, WE'RE GONNA JUST PRE-SET YOU.

– MY HAIR PROCESS TAKES ABOUT, LIKE, THREE TO FOUR HOURS.

YOU HAVE TO WASHAND CONDITION IT, THEN STRAIGHTEN IT, THEN BRAID IT IN, LIKE, THISBIG, SWIRLY CIRCLE.

AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY SEWTHE HAIR INTO THE BRAIDS.

narrator: FOUR HOURS? WOULDN'T IT JUST BE FASTERTO SHAVE YOUR HEAD AND WEAR A WIG? – I'M HOPING MY HAIRWILL BE PERFECT.

– AS BLACK WOMEN, WE HAVE THESE CHALLENGES WITH ACCEPTINGOUR OWN NATURAL BEAUTY AND ALSO DEALING WITH THE WORLD'S IDEAOF WHAT BEAUTY IS.

BUT I HOPE SHE'S CONFIDENTAND HAPPY.

narrator: SYDNEY IS COUNTINGON THESE BEYONCE CURLS TO HELP CAPTURE MORE VOTESON PROM NIGHT.

BUT IS SHE HAPPYWITH HER NEW HAIR? – I REALLY LIKE IT, MARCEL.

– THANK YOU.

– I WAS OVERWHELMEDWITH THE TURNOUT.

IT WAS SO GREAT.

narrator:WOW, THAT IS ONE WILD WEAVE.

– THANK YOU SO MUCH.

narrator:IT'S A WHOLE NEW YOU, SYDNEY.

– I DEFINITELYCOULDN'T FEEL LIKE A QUEEN WITHOUT MARCEL DOING MY HAIR, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOWWHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN WITH IT.

BUT I'M HAPPY SHE DIDWHAT SHE DID.

– [laughs]- THANK YOU.

[school bell rings] narrator: THERE'S NO CAMPAIGNINGAT HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH, BUT THIS PEP RALLY GIVESOUR PROM QUEEN COMPETITORS ONE LAST CHANCE TO SUCK UPTO THE SENIOR CLASS AND GET THOSE VOTES.

– DO WE HAVE SOME SENIORS IN THE HOUSE? [cheering] I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOUYOUR SENIOR PROM COURT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE SYDNEY JOHNSON.

[cheering] – I DO CONSIDER MYSELFA COMPETITIVE PERSON.

I'D LIKE TO WIN PROM QUEENBECAUSE IT'LL BE, LIKE, THE CHERRY ON TOP FORMY FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.

– NEXT IS ARI DIVIZIO.

[cheering] – THERE WAS A LOT OF NOISEWHEN MY NAME WAS CALLED, SO I THINKTHAT'S A GOOD THING.

narrator: HEY, ARI.

FAT ALBERT CALLED.

HE WANTS HIS HAT BACK.

– I THINK ARIWANTS TO WIN THE MOST.

I CAN TELL.

SHE GETS FIRED UP AND EXCITED.

– YEAH, BUT THEY MAKE MEKIND OF LOOK CROSS-EYED.

DO THEY MAKE ME LOOK CROSS-EYED?- A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S LIKE, “GIRL, YOU'RE GOING DOWN.

” [cheering] – I THINK THAT SYDNEY COULD BEMY BIGGEST COMPETITION BECAUSE SHE'S VERY INVOLVEDIN THE SCHOOL.

SHE'S SO FUN AND LIVELY, SO IT'S GONNA BE REALLY CLOSE.

narrator:GAME DAY IS FINALLY HERE.

WHILE SYDNEYGETS SPRUCED UP AT HOME, ARI'S ACROSS TOWN BEING PAMPEREDLIKE A PRINCESS.

– SHE'S GOT SOME TAN ALREADY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANTTO BRONZE HER THAT MUCH.

JUST A GLOW.

LIKE A FUN GLOW OR SOMETHING.

narrator: NOT TOO FUN.

YOU DON'T WANT HER GLOWINGLIKE A HONEY-GLAZED HAM.

– I'VE GOT THE JITTERS, AND I'M MAKING SUREEVERYTHING WORKS AND SHE HAS EVERYTHING, AND I HOPE SHE WINS.

narrator: MOM IS CLEARLYLIVING YOUR DREAM, ARI, BUT NO PRESSURE.

– IT HIT ME, I THINK, IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO START CRYING.

– DON'T CRY.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE SAD.

– I'M NOT SAD.

TIME HAS TRAVELED A LOT FASTERTHAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE.

– DON'T START CRYING.

– I KNOW.

MY BABY'S ALL GROWN-UP.

MY SENIOR PROM, I WAS NOMINATEDFOR PROM QUEEN AND LOST.

SO I HOPE ARI WINS.

– I THINK THAT IF I WIN, IT'LL REALLY MEAN SOMETHINGTO HER.

narrator:AND IF YOU DON'T WIN, ALL OF MOM'SPROM NIGHT DREAMS WILL SHATTER INTOA MILLION PIECES.

BUT SERIOUSLY, NO PRESSURE, ARI.

– I'M SHAPING MY HAIRSPECIFICALLY TO PERFECTLY FIT A PROM CROWN ON MY HEAD.

narrator: ARI'S HAIRIS READY FOR THAT HEADGEAR.

BUT WATCH OUT, BECAUSE SYDNEY'S'DO IS READY FOR IT TOO.

– OKAY, SYDNEY, WE'RE FIXING YOUR HAIR SO THAT THE CROWN WILL BE ABLETO FIT PERFECTLY.

– OOH.

[laughs] SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

– WOW.

FIRST CHILD'S GOING TO PROM.

YOU ALWAYS EXPECT IT, BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES, IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING, AND YOU WANT EVERYTHINGTO WORK OUT WELL FOR THEM, AND YOU WANT EVERYTHINGTO BE PERFECT.

narrator: ALL YOU CAN DOIS GET HER READY FOR THE BIG GAME, COACH.

HOW SHE PLAYS ITIS ALL UP TO HER.

– KIND OF NERVOUS.

I DON'T KNOW WHYI'M GETTING NERVOUS NOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

PROM MEANS A LOT TO MEBECAUSE IT'S SO IDOLIZED, ESPECIALLY ON TVAND IN SOCIETY.

LIKE, IT'S YOUR BIG DAY.

PROBABLY LIKE THE BIGGEST DAYBEFORE YOUR WEDDING.

narrator: WHAT ABOUTGRADUATING COLLEGE, GETTING ENGAGED? CLEARLY NOT AS IMPORTANTAS WINNING PROM QUEEN.

GET READY FOR A ROYAL RUMBLE.

WILL THE CHAMPION CHEERLEADER VANQUISH THE VOLLEYBALL BABEFOR THE PROM QUEEN TITLE? – I COULD POSSIBLYBE ROYALTY FOR A NIGHT.

– YOUR 2012 PROM QUEEN IS.

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narrator: IT'S PROM NIGHTFOR HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH.

THESE KIDS ARRIVEIN THE LATEST DESIGNS, ALL DRESSED TO THE NINES.

– MY PROM WAS BIG HAIR, BIG DRESSES.

I WENT TO MY PROMIN A WHITE DRESS, ONE OF THOSE BIG, POOFY DRESSES.

SOMETHING THAT SYDNEYWOULD ABSOLUTELY NEVER WEAR.

narrator: BEFORE THE PROM QUEENWINNER CAN GLOAT, THEY'LL ALL HAVE TO VOTE.

– MAKE SURE YOU VOTE.

– NOW THAT I'M FINALLY HERE, I AM NERVOUSAND KIND OF CURIOUS TO SEE WHO'S GONNA WIN PROM QUEEN.

narrator: THE BALLOTSARE COMING IN FAST AND FURIOUS.

AND SO IS ARI, TO VOTEFOR HERSELF, OF COURSE.

– HI, ARI.

– HELLO.

– YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

– THANK YOU.

SYDNEY'S DRESS WAS AMAZING.

IT'S GOLD AND BEAUTIFUL.

AND IT'S FITS HER AWESOME.

AND IT'S, LIKE, SNAKESKIN, SO THAT'S SO COOL.

AND SHE LOOKS AMAZING IN IT.

narrator: AS SYDNEY SNAKESHER WAY TO THE VOTING TABLE, HER FRIENDSARE CLEARLY IMPRESSED WITH HER FANG-TASTIC DRESS.

– OHH!- WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS, COMING IN A MERMAID DRESSLIKE THAT, GIRL? – OH, STOP![laughs] narrator: CAREFUL THERE, BUDDY.

HER DRESS CAN BITE.

– I'M IMPRESSED.

LIKE, EVERYBODYLOOKS SO FLAWLESS.

I THINK MY BIGGEST COMPETITIONFOR PROM QUEEN IS ARI.

HER DRESS CAUGHT MY EYE, AND IT'S STILL CATCHING MY EYE.

IT–IT LOOKS SO GOOD ON HER.

narrator:THE VOTING IS DONE, NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME FUN.

LET THE AWKWARD DANCING BEGIN.

[dance music] ♪ ♪ – I'M NERVOUS.

I DON'T KNOWWHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

– IF MY NAME IS CALLEDAS AS PROM QUEEN, I'LL PROBABLY SCREAMAND DANCE AROUND AND BE REALLY HAPPY.

MY MOM IS GONNA BETHE FIRST ONE THAT I CALL.

– ARE YOU GUYS READYTO HEAR YOUR PROM COURT? LET'S BRING THEM OUT.

THE FIRST ISSYDNEY JOHNSON.

[cheers and applause] – IMAGININGMY NAME BEING CALLED, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, LIKE, STOMACH-DROPPING FEELINGS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M, LIKE, FREAKING OUT AND SWEATING.

– THE NEXT YOUNG LADYREPRESENTING THE SENIOR CLASSIS ARI DIVIZIO.

[cheers and applause] – IF I WIN PROM QUEEN, I COULD KIND OFSHARE THE CROWN WITH MY MOM BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WINWHEN SHE WAS NOMINATED, AND I KNOW THAT IT'LLREALLY MEAN SOMETHING TO HER.

– THOSE ARE YOURPROM COURT NOMINEES.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM.

[cheers and applause] – I HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORTAND INVESTMENT INTO WHO SYDNEYIS AS A PERSON, AND SEEING HER WINSOMETHING LIKE PROM QUEEN MEANS THAT IT PAID OFF.

– ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE.

LET'S HAVE A HUSHON THE CROWD.

THE 2012.

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PROM QUEEN.

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– I WAS NOMINATEDFOR PROM QUEEN.

I DID NOT WIN.

SO I HOPE THAT ARI DOES WIN.

– REPRESENTINGYOUR SENIOR CLASS.

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[crowd shouting] YOUR 2012 PROM QUEEN IS.

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[indistinct shouting] SYDNEY JOHNSON! [cheering] narrator:SYDNEY SPIKES THE COMPETITION AND GOES FROMTHE VOLLEYBALL COURT TO THE ROYAL COURTWITH A SASH, AND A SECOND CROWN TO MATCHHER HEADGEAR FROM HOMECOMING.

IT'S A PAIR OF QUEENSFOR SYDNEY.

– I JUST GOT CROWNEDPROM QUEEN.

A LOT OF PEOPLECAME UP TO ME TONIGHT AND THEY SAID THATTHEY THOUGHT I DESERVED IT.

IT MEANT A LOT.

I WAS JUST LIKE, “WOW.

” – WHOO!narrator: SORRY, ARI.

YOU JUST COULDN'T BREAKTHE FAMILY CURSE, BUT THERE'S STILL HOPEFOR YOUR DAUGHTER IN 2032.

– WHOO, YEAH, SYDNEY! THE CROWD WAS SCREAMING”SYDNEY, ” AND YOU KNOW, SHE WON, AND I'M NOT GONNALET IT RUIN MY NIGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'M STILL GONNA HAVE FUN.

AND IF I HAD WON, I WOULD HAVE DESERVED IT, BUT I DIDN'T WIN, SO I DIDN'T DESERVE IT.

SYDNEY DESERVED IT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT IS.

narrator:THAT'S GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, ARI.

IT'S NOT WHETHERYOU WIN OR LOSE, IT'S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME.

BUT WINNING IS MORE FUN.

– MY NIGHT JUST GOT MADE.

I CAN'T BELIEVEI WON PROM QUEEN.

IT'S CRAZY.

I THINK I'M GONNA SLEEPIN MY PROM QUEEN CROWN TONIGHT, 'CAUSE I'M SO EXCITEDAND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF.

[dialing] [line trilling]HELLO? – HEY.

– HI.

– WHAT'S WRONG?- I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.

MOM.

I WON PROM QUEEN 2012![screams] [laughs] – [screams excitedly]SHE DID IT! narrator: I THINK THAT MEANSSHE'S HAPPY.

– [laughs] – WHEN SYDNEY CALLED ME, I WAS SO EXCITED FOR HER, JUST BECAUSE I KNEWSHE WAS HAVING A MOMENT.

I WAS SAD THOUGH, I COULDN'T BE THERE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT PARENT GETS TO GOWITH THEIR KIDS TO PROM? – OH, I'M SO HAPPY.

– OKAY, OKAY, I'LL SEE YOU.

– OKAY, TALK TO YOU LATER.

– LOVE YOU.

– LOVE YOU, BYE.

– HELLO?- MOM? – HI, AR.

– HI.

SYDNEY WON PROM QUEEN.

SHE LOOKED SO PRETTY.

– OF COURSE I WISHSHE WOULD HAVE WON PROM QUEEN, BUT IT'S OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW? YOU DON'T WIN THEM ALL, BUT ENJOYING THE RIDEIS REALLY FUN.

narrator: GOOD ADVICE, MOM.

WAY TO SPIN IT POSITIVE.

– WELL, YOU HAVE FUN.

ENJOY YOURSELF.

I LOVE YOU.

AND YOU KNOWYOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY PROM QUEEN.

– [laughs]LOVE YOU TOO.

– BYE-BYE.

– BYE.

[upbeat music] – FOR MY HIGH-SCHOOLEXPERIENCE, WINNING PROM QUEENMEANS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE HAS BEEN WORTH IT.

ALL THE PEOPLEI'VE DECIDED TO BE CLOSE TO, IT'S, LIKE, IT MEANS SOMETHING.

I'VE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND MADE SO MANY RELATIONSHIPSBEING HERE, AND I REALLY LOVETHIS SCHOOL.

narrator: AND THEYLOVE YOU BACK, SYDNEY.

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