Arizona Couple Sticks Around to Win Duct Tape Prom Contest

AVON, Ohio, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The results are in and after a five-week online voting period generating more than 44,000 votes, Ray Banna, 18, Chandler, Ariz., and Yancy Esquivel, 17, Gilbert, Ariz., have stuck it out to win the 10th-annual Duck® brand duct tape Stuck at Prom® Scholarship Contest, including the top $3,000 scholarship prize.

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Banna and Esquivel beat out more 240 couples from 43 states and six Canadian provinces to be crowned this year's Stuck at Prom winning couple. Banna and Esquivel each received a $3,000 scholarship and Mesquite High School, Gilbert, Ariz., was also awarded $3,000 for hosting the prom.

Designed using 30 rolls of white, black, electric blue, chrome and green Duck® tape, the winning outfits are showstoppers, featuring an intricate, original duct tape swirl pattern. Banna's white tuxedo and electric blue vest are both accented with the signature black swirl, while Esquivel's dress is the perfect complement with a white halter corset top and pick-up bottom that's adorned in the duct tape design and handmade beads. Completing the ensembles are one-of-a-kind accessories, including an electric blue bow tie, boutonniere and shoes for Banna, and Esquivel's matching purse, corsage, jewelry and hair extensions, all created out of duct tape, of course.

Banna and Esquivel weren't the only duct tape duo to be rewarded for their creative fashions. Second place winners Brittany Moran and Rowan Ketchum, Williamson, N.Y., each received $2,000 and $2,000 for their high school, Williamson High School. Carina Epp and Susie Redekop, Leamington, Ontario, placed third, each winning a $1,000 scholarship and $1,000 for United Mennonite Educational Institute, Leamington, Ontario.

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Stuck at Prom Contest, the remaining seven couples among the Top 10 finalists each received a $500 scholarship and a $500 reward was given to each school that hosted the proms.

A panel of judges narrowed all contestants down to 10 finalist couples. Entries were judged on a number of criteria, including workmanship, originality, use of colors, accessories and quantity of duct tape used. The public then voted for their favorite outfits in a new five-week voting format, implemented to commemorate the contest's 10-year milestone. Two couples with the lowest number of online votes were voted off weekly between June 18-July 26, 2010, to determine the winners.

To view all of the entries in the 2010 Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest, visit www.stuckatprom.com.

DUCK® BRAND DUCT TAPE

Duck® brand duct tape is available nationally at mass merchandise, hardware and craft retailers in more than 20 colors and patterns, including aqua, camouflage, fluorescent green, pink, orange and yellow, standard silver, and an assortment of other traditional colors such as red, yellow, black and blue.

Duck® tape is marketed by ShurTech Brands, LLC, and the Duck® brand, which offers an array of tapes, packaging supplies and home products that provide simple, imaginative and helpful solutions for a variety of tasks around the home, school and office. Visit www.duckbrand.com for additional product information. And, keep up-to-date on Duck® brand news by following us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/theduckbrand) and joining our one million fans on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ducktape).

SHURTECH BRANDS

ShurTech Brands, LLC, markets do-it-yourself tapes, office and housewares products under the Duck®, Painter's Mate Green®, FrogTape®, Caremail® and Easy Liner® brands. The company is a subsidiary of Shurtape Technologies, LLC, Hickory, N.C., an industry-leading producer of pressure sensitive masking, duct, packaging and specialty tape products, with facilities in the United States, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United Arab Emirates and China. Shurtape services numerous markets, including industrial, packaging, HVAC, professional paint, auto, marine, aerospace, arts and entertainment, and retail. Shurtape also manufactures and markets the Shurtape® and Kip® brands. Visit www.shurtech.com for more information.

SOURCE ShurTech Brands, LLC

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