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  • Nina Davuluri: Miss America Appeals To School To Reconsider Student’s Suspension

    Reigning Miss America Nina Davuluri has urged a Pennsylvania school district to reconsider its decision to suspend an 18-year-old high school senior who asked her to be his prom date during a school assembly.

    According to The York Dispatch, the Indian-American beauty posted a message on the Miss America Organization’s official Facebook page saying that she reached out to the administrators of Central York High School to ask them to reevaluate the three-day in-school suspension given to the student, whose name is Patrick Farves.

    Officials of the school claim that they had been aware of Farves’ plan to ask Davuluri to the prom and warned him against doing it. As punishment for Farves’ defiance, the school decided to issue him the suspension.

    A video uploaded online shows Farves approaching Davuluri and giving her a plastic flower. His fellow students in the audience cheered Farves on as he asked the beauty queen to the school prom. Davuluri graciously accepted the flower but declined Farves’ invitation because her travel schedule does not  permit her to attend the school event.

    Partrick Farves asks Miss America to be his prom date

    Farves’ suspension requires him to stay put in a classroom and work on his own. He expressed regret over his stunt because he said that it might have overshadowed Davuluri’s efforts to promote diversity. As the first ever Indian-American winner of the Miss America pageant, Davuluri was trying to send a strong message that places importance on a person’s ideals instead of divisive factors such as religious beliefs and the color of one’s skin.

    The 18-year-old student is himself a product of a mixed race marriage – his father is black and his mother is white. Despite the massive wave of support that he has been getting from the online world, specifically Twitter and Facebook, Farves said that he remains date-less for his school’s prom on May 10th.

    Image via Nina Davuluri (Miss America), Twitter

  • Nina Davuluri Defends Suspended Student

    On Thursday, April 17, Nina Davuluri, the current Miss America, visited Pennsylvania’s Central York High School to give a presentation.

    While she was presenting, Patrick Farves, 18, took the opportunity to ask Nina to attend his senior prom as his date, even though he had already been warned not to.

    Following his proposal, Farves was suspended from the school for three days. “It is not our practice to disciple a student for asking someone—even Miss America—to a school dance,” a statement from the school read.

    “However, it is our practice to set expectations for student behavior, to communicate those expectations and rules to students and families and to ensure those rules are followed within our schools.”

    When Nina heard about Patrick’s suspension, she took to Facebook to address the situation, in hopes that the school would reconsider their punishment.

    “On Thursday, a student invited me to prom and gave me a flower while I was giving a presentation in York, Pennsylvania,” she wrote. “I was flattered by the gesture although I am unfortunately unable to attend due to my travel schedule. I later learned of the disciplinary action taken and reached out to the school in hopes that they will reconsider their decision.”

    “Meeting and interacting with students across the country has been an important and rewarding part of my year as Miss America,” Nina continued. “I always encourage students to follow their dreams through education, and I’m inspired daily by the enthusiasm and aspirations of the bright young adults I have the pleasure of meeting through my travels.”

    Post by Nina Davuluri.

    Farves is a self-proclaimed prankster, and said, during an interview with Today’s Tamron Hall, that this is just the type of thing he does, and he didn’t think it would go this far. “This whole thing has just been insane,” he explained. “I didn’t expect any of this. This is kind of what I do,” he added. “I’m kind of known for this type of stuff.”

    Do you think Patrick deserved to be suspended? Leave your comments below.

    Image via Facebook

  • Miss America Prom Stunt Results in Suspension

    Patrick Farves’ dream of attending the prom with Miss America Nina Davuluri won’t come true, but his actions have made national headlines.

    During an assembly at Central York High School in York, PA, the high school senior decided to ask out Davuluri as part of a joke, but it turned into something more serious: a suspension. Farves’ plan to ask Miss America to prom soon spread across his school. He felt pressured to keep his word; he had to do it.

    News of Farves’ goal reached the administration at Central York High School; they couldn’t allow it to happen. Right before the assembly, he was told that if he asked Davuluri to prom he risked disciplinary actions. Despite their warning, Farves felt determined to succeed in his mission.

    “At that point in time, it was 10 minutes before the presentation, and I was pretty much set to do it…I was a little pressured. Everyone expected me to do it,” he said.

    Prior to the assembly, a few students were selected to ask pre-approved questions to Miss America, which Farves wasn’t among the short list. So when given the chance, he high-jacked the microphone, and then proceeded to ask Davuluri to prom. The beauty queen took it in good strive by laughing it off and accepting his plastic flower.

    He received two rounds of applause from the crowd. However, Farves’ glory didn’t last long, because immediately following his stunt he was escorted out of the auditorium and received a three day in-school suspension.

    After his friends and classmates discovered Farves’ suspension, they used Twitter to protest it with the hashtag #freepatty.

    Though Farves may be honored by their protest, he understands and accepts his punishment, even expressing gratitude for not facing a harsher discipline for his rule break.

    “I do understand why the administration was mad, I don’t want to be the kind of person to try to justify myself. …I didn’t intend to disrespect the administration. I can see how it was seen as a slap in the face,” he stated.

    Also as part of his punishment, the administration made him write an apology letter to the superintendent. Additionally, he wrote one to Miss America, but this wasn’t necessary because she thought his actions were “cute.”

    Later Central York High School posted an official statement about the incident on their Facebook page.

    Post by Central York School District.
    Image via Nina Davuluri, Twitter