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-[[File:UMANA Debutante Ball 2010.jpeg|thumb|[[Debutante]]s presentation [[waltz]] from the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America [[formal wear|formal]] debutante ball in the [[Chicago Hilton|Chicago Hilton and Towers Hotel]], US (2010).]]
-[[File:58th International Debutante Ball 2012, New York City (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel).jpg|thumb|58th [[International Debutante Ball]], [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]], New York City (2012)]]
-A '''debutante ball''', sometimes called a '''coming-out party''', is a [[formal wear|formal]] [[Ball (dance party)|ball]] that includes presenting [[debutante]]s during the [[Season (society)|season]], usually during the spring or summer. Debutante balls may require prior instruction in social [[etiquette]] and appropriate [[morals]]. The [[dress code]] is [[white tie]] and tails for men, and strictly floor-length pure white [[ball gown]] for women. [[evening glove|Long white gloves]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://coronetdebutanteball.org/about/ |title=Coronet Debutante Ball |website=coronetdebutanteball.org |language=en |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> are commonly worn by debutantes<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/society/article_d3e7d924-298a-5a31-bd4f-e4445e6eec5b.html |title=A guide for purchasing gloves for Carnival balls and presentations |website=NOLA.com |language=en |access-date=24 Jan 2014}}</ref> and are considered a symbol of upper-class femininity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/staatsoper/vienna-opera-ball/make-your-debut/|title=Make Your Debut At The Vienna Opera Ball-Dress code |website=wiener-staatsoper.at |language=en |access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.florentinegloves.com/history.html History of Debutante Gloves]</ref><ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/debutante-don-new-york-playwright-article-1.1786318 Curtseys over cursing: 'Debutante' examines old-fashioned ceremony and its attendant good manners]</ref>
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-In the [[United Kingdom]], the tradition with debutantes ceremoniously presented at the [[British royal court]] during [[Queen Charlotte's Ball]] was discontinued by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1958. The ball was revived in the 2000s under the patronage of the [[John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset|Duke of Somerset]]. In the contemporary [[United States]], they are sometimes known as debutante cotillion balls and are held for [[middle school]]ers as a chance to teach manners.<ref>{{cite web |title=NATIONAL LEAGUE OF JUNIOR COTILLIONS |url=http://nljc.com/companyhistory.htm |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823082212/http://nljc.com/companyhistory.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gollatz Cotillion & Social Programs|url=http://www.gollatz.com/dinning-etiquette.shtml |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816123930/http://www.gollatz.com/dinning-etiquette.shtml |archive-date=16 August 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=JDW Cotillions & Social Education Programs |url=http://www.cotillion.com/jdw/informational-video.html |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211004749/http://cotillion.com/jdw/informational-video.html |archive-date=11 February 2011}}</ref> In [[Brazil]], this practice has disappeared in almost every city with the exception of [[Porto Alegre]] (capital of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], the most southern state of Brazil). In Porto Alegre 40 to 90 girls from the richest families participate in a debutante ball per year, with some girls participating in more than one debutante ball.{{cn|date = June 2021}}
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-==See also==
-*[[Cotillion]]
-*[[List of debutante balls in the United States]]
-*[[International Debutante Ball]]
-*[[Vienna Opera Ball]]
-== References ==
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