Are debutants still being "introduced?"

[question everything]

A nice episode of Elsbeth where such event was the main story. (no spoiler).

The protagonist was an actor by the name of J. Smith-Cameron. From Succession.

She decided to emulate former Vogue editor Anna Wintour with a recognisable pageboy bob hair style and large sunglasses and succeeded perfectly.

Am still curious of whether debutants are still being introduced, at least in New York.

[RockRaven]

1. Yep.

Here is an FAQ for one particular debutante ball in NYC this year.
https://www.internationaldebutanteball.org/faqs

[question everything]

2. Thanks. Interesting.

[Ilsa]

3. Yes, even in smaller cities in places like Texas.

Sometimes the debs take a deep curtsy, such as all-the-way-to-the-floor curtsy. Fast forward a couple of minutes:

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Standing up is the hardest part.

[question everything]

4. This is ridiculous. I don't think that in the U.K. for example, where they were presented to the monarch

that they curtsied all the way to the floor. It is no longer custom in the U.K., by the way.

[Ilsa]

7. It's all about proving "my daughter has more grace"

or something stupid like that. Imagine spending all of that time practicing nonsense as if they are part of a royal court.

[Sogo]

8. There was only one, maybe two, that looked even remotely natural doing that.

SMH....

[3catwoman3]

9. How demeaning.

At about to be 75, with 2 titanium hips, I'd be down there forever.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. 1974 . . . . My father offered me the opportunity to be introduced at

the Tuxedo Park Harvest Moon Ball.

I laughed in his face.

That was the end of that.

[quaint]

6. Yes, in SoCal, too.

Every young woman at my gdaugter's ball engaged in volunteer work before their formal debut.
In our family, the ball was an acknowlegment (not a reward) for doing good things.