Tracy Maness never thought her prom dress would get a second use, but it seems she was happy to be proven wrong. And her story goes to show that sometimes, your old prom dress can come in handy.
Maness explained to ABC 13 that she left her red prom dress at her father’s house after her prom 20 years ago. Her father’s home in Meyerland, Houston, was flooded after Hurricane Harvey last year, but her dress wasn’t damaged.
One of Maness’s friends, Selene Ballestas, was also affected by Hurricane Harvey. Ballestas’s apartment flooded and the family lost their furniture and other belongings. As ABC 13 notes, a new prom dress for Ballestas’s daughter, Maya Munoz, wasn’t high on the priority list.
So Maness suggested Munoz wear her old dress — and it ended up…
