The 2024 Debutante Ball was held this Saturday in Paris, an event that was once again full of great expectations and did not disappoint at all. As tradition dictates, the participants wore spectacular haute couture designs for the occasion, as we can see in the following poses that we show you exclusively.
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Rysa Panday
For her debut in the French capital, the young Indian woman chose a dress from the brand Elie Saab and was accompanied by the ‘cavalier’ Maarish Hinduja. She is the daughter of actor Chunky Pandey, a Bollywood star. Rysa has an older sister, Ananya, who has followed in her father’s footsteps into the world of acting. The youngest of the house, who studies Fine Arts in New York, is also talented but her thing is singing.
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Olivia Meijer
Styled by Luisa Beccaria and together with the ‘cavalier’ Antonius Meijer, this young Dutch woman is the granddaughter of two important businessmen from the Netherlands, Maya Meijer-Bergmans and Ton Meijer. A fan of photography, she studied Art History in her country when she enrolled at Leiden University. He currently resides in Spain and has expanded his professional vision, as he is studying Business Administration at the IE business school (Madrid).
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Madelyn Netto
Madelyn wore a red design by Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika, while at the Debutante Ball she went hand in hand with the ‘cavalier’ William Dejoux. She grew up on the east coast of the US and her father is interior designer David Netto. Madelyn studies in Scotland
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Marilia Vamvadikis
Accompanied by Prince Alexis Obolensky as her ‘cavalier’, Marilia has opted for a beautiful strapless dress from the Natan brand.
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Sophie Kodjoe
Her look is signed by Oscar de la Renta. Sophie Kodjoe has roots in Ghana, Germany and the United States. Her parents are models and actors but she still does not have a career planned
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Mina Muniz
Dressed by Jean Paul Gautier and together with the cavalier Zhining Zhao, the young Brazilian is the daughter of two well-known artists in her country, Vicente Muiz and Janaina Tschape
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Ella Yam
The young woman has opted, as she said it was her dream for a long time, for a Giambattista Valli dress. Ella Yam’s parents are Hong Kong actor Simon. Yam and the Qiqi Fei model. She combines her studies at the London School of Economics with a modeling career and dressing Giambattista Valli in le Bal is her dream to get to the truth
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Lucia Ponti
As a clear tribute to her Italian roots, Sofía Loren’s granddaughter has opted for a Giorgio Armani dress. Lucia is the daughter of filmmaker Edoardo Ponti and actress Sasha Alexander. The family lives in Los Angeles but the young woman studies at Brown University, in Rhode Island.
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Sienna Galienne
For tonight in the City of Light, she has opted for a design signed by Dior, as her mother did on this same date just thirty years ago in 1994. Sienna was born in Belgium and is the granddaughter of businessman Albert Frere
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Angel Zhang
Dressed as Alexis Mabille, the young woman is the daughter of a Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. Ethan, his older brother is in the movies too. Angel’s passion is the cinematographic arts. She is constantly drawing and plans to go to college in the US. Her mother, Ting Chen, was a dancer. In haute couture, she likes the classic look of Alexis Mabille. Her brother Daniel is her knight
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Aliénor de Montmort
The young countess wore a design by Emmanuel Ungaro and went with Count Rodolphe de Hemricourt Grunne as her ‘cavalier’. A great lover of animals, he belongs to an aristocratic family with roots in Argentina. She describes herself as an animal lover.
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Apollonie Halard
She chose a dress from the Schiaparelli brand and went with the ‘cavalier’ Gabriel de Kergorlay. At 18 years old, he has a younger sister and his parents are two famous interior decorators.
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Sofia Yadigaroglu
Dressed by Iris van Herpen, Sofia Yadigaroglu is a New Yorker who comes from an artistic family. His mother, Inma Barrero, is a renowned artist from southern Spain, who worked in Japan and Mexico. His father is Greek of Byzantine and Swiss descent, a professional expert in climate change.
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Oona Finch
Dressed in Chanel, the granddaughter of British-Australian performer Peter Finch was accompanied by Count Ascanio di Carpegna Brivio as her ‘cavalier’. Oona, who lives in London, can boast of the extensive and successful career her grandfather had. He won the Oscar in 1977 after playing the role of a television presenter who suffers attacks of madness in the film. network. By then, Finch had already died and the prize was collected by his widow, Eletha
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Isabel Quirot de Poligny
The young Argentine has chosen an original look by Stéphane Rolland for her big night. Isabel de Poligny is from Argentina, of French descent. Art is passion. That runs in the family. She is now studying at the prestigious Courtauld Institute in London, to possibly become a curator. Stéphane Rolland is your exceptional haute couture designer.
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Cornelia Manou
The young Greek has chosen a compatriot of hers, the designer Celia Kritarioti, to make her dress. This dressmaker was also the one who made the wedding dress for Cornelia’s mother, Ioana Martinou, on her wedding day. At the 2024 Debutante Ball, inside the luxurious Shangri-La hotel where the exclusive event took place, our protagonist was accompanied by the ‘cavalier’ León Manos.