When Korben White was only 12 years old, he already knew what he wanted to wear for prom: a dress.<\/p>\n
The biggest supporter of this dream was his mother, Nina Green. She\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0since his early teens, her son had always loved to wear dresses, adopting the persona of \u201csassy\u201d drag queen \u201cMiss Frou Frou\u201d to express himself. But for prom, he wanted the look to be all him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wanted to go as himself, while expressing his feminine side \u2013 with a tuxedo on the top and a dress at the bottom, very much influenced by (American actor) Billy Porter. \u2026 He wanted to be Korben… but in a dress,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n White told \u201cThis Morning<\/a>\u201d that he has always had a girly side.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always been very feminine. I\u2019ve always liked dresses playing with barbies when I was 4 (and) dressing up in my cousin\u2019s dresses. But then when I was 12, that\u2019s when I was like, I want to go to prom in a dress. A suit\u2019s just not for me. I just didn\u2019t feel like that would be expressing myself how I want to and then, thanks to my mom and our lovely friend Kirk, we made it happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Because of his flair for the dramatic, White decided to keep his prom outfit a secret from his friends and teachers, although his mother was sure they knew something was up his sleeve.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the teachers knew he wasn\u2019t going to be in a bog-standard suit,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n And when the student of Archbishop Sancroft High School in Harleston, Norfolk, in the United Kingdom stepped out wearing a fire engine red sequined tuxedo jacket over a full ball gown skirt for prom in 2022, his mother wasn\u2019t the only one who got emotional.<\/p>\n At age 12 my son announced he wanted to go to his school #prom<\/a> in a gown. Four years later we made it happen. I\u2019m so incredibly #proud<\/a> of him for being true to himself & the reception he got from his whole school was incredible. What do you think @michellevisage<\/a> @theebillyporter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lsLKnmY9k5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nina Green (@thisisneenz) July 1, 2022<\/a> Be sure to reach the end of this article to see the full video \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n