At Maryville High School’s prom, senior Amy Steverson primped like most other girls that day. She had her hair and makeup done, and spent all day prepping to look fabulous in her gorgeous black and tan lace dress. However, she couldn’t get into the prom—apparently her dress was “too revealing.”
According to one of her friend’s mother’s Facebook post, Amy spent much of the night in the bathroom crying before she was told she could enter the prom, but only if she agreed to wear the Vice Principal’s tuxedo jacket (the jacket wasn’t closed in the front, so it didn’t actually cover much besides the shoulders in the end anyway).
Cosmopolitan reported that the girl was repeatedly told by a teacher, “Us big girls gotta cover up.” No girl should have to spend part of their prom night crying in a bathroom because of adults shaming you for having breasts.
Unfortunately, this has happened across the country, especially to women who have large breasts—which are pretty darn difficult to cover up in a dress unless you wear a turtleneck. Shaming women based on how their bodies fit different gowns is not fair, especially on what was supposed to be an amazing prom night.