--- description: Nina Davuluri said she was flattered by the request of 18-year-old Patrick Farves and hopes the school will change its mind title: Miss America: Don't suspend teen who asked me to prom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411ca871790b8ed2/69868b80d0b6f20941303e5e/ap236848143711.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Education](/tag/education/) ## Education Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Miss America: Don't Suspend Teen Who Asked Me to Prom  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2014 7:08 PM CUT  Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri at a NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 15, 2014\. A Pennsylvania high school student was suspended for asking Davuluri to prom during a question and answer session at school. Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri at a NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 15, 2014\. A Pennsylvania high school student was suspended for asking Davuluri to prom during a question and answer session at school.Nick Lisi—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2014 7:08 PM CUT Miss America asked a Pennsylvania high school to reconsider a decision to suspend a senior who [asked her to prom](https://www.facebook.com/MissAmericaOrganization/posts/10152486274762573?stream%5Fref=10 "undefined") during a school assembly. Nina Davuluri wrote on the Miss America Organization’s Facebook page Saturday to say that while she could not attend the prom because of her schedule, she was flattered by 18-year-old Patrick Farves’ request and has contacted the school about reversing the decision. “Meeting and interacting with students across the country has been an important and rewarding part of my year as Miss America,” she wrote. “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.” The school was aware that Farves intended to ask Davuluri during her Thursday presentation about the importance of math and science education and discouraged him from doing so, [the Associated Press reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FODD%5FMISS%5FAMERICA%5FSTUDENT%5FSUSPENDED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined"). He received a three-day in-school suspension and later apologized for the disruption. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/69592/miss-america-prom-suspended-teen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/69592/miss-america-prom-suspended-teen/"},"headline":"Miss America: Don't Suspend Teen Who Asked Me to Prom","datePublished":"2014-04-20T19:08:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:24:04.766Z","description":"Nina Davuluri said she was flattered when 18-year-old Pennsylvania student Patrick Farves asked her out to the prom during a school assembly. She hopes Farves' high school will change its mind about his three-day suspension","url":"https://time.com/69592/miss-america-prom-suspended-teen/","keywords":["Education","Prom","miss america"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411ca871790b8ed2/69868b80d0b6f20941303e5e/ap236848143711.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411ca871790b8ed2/69868b80d0b6f20941303e5e/ap236848143711.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nina Davuluri","caption":"Nina Davuluri","creditText":"Nick Lisi—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/69592/miss-america-prom-suspended-teen/","name":"Miss America: Don't Suspend Teen Who Asked Me to Prom"}}]}] ```