One is the descendant of the Princess of Norway, the other can boast of having the actor Sean Connery for a grandfather, a third is the daughter of the Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer.
In total, eighteen so-called “well-born” young girls, handpicked, put on their silk gloves and long evening dresses, this Saturday, November 26, to make their entry into the world as it should be.
Held under the chandelier of the Parisian hotel Shangri-La, one of the partners of the event with the jeweler V Muse and the hairdresser Alexander von Trentini, the 2022 Debutantes Ball had, as usual, relied on splendor and elegance.
The Debutante Ball 2022
In images, in pictures
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Among the “beginners” selected this year, Princess Hélène of Orléans, second daughter of Prince Charles-Louis and Princess Iléana of Orléans, Duke and Duchess of Chartres.
The young woman arrived on the arm of her brother, Prince Philippe.
The event was able to count on the presence of the Norwegian influencer Leah Behn, daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, but also on that of Natasha Connery, the granddaughter of the emblematic
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In video, the 2017 Debutantes Ball: the opening waltz
Among the Americans, Eleanor Ford Uzielli, descendant of Henry Ford, accompanied by Prince Alexandre d'Arenberg.
Annabel Zimmer, daughter of Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, as well as Bristol Fales-Hill, one of Harvard's top students, and Ondine Peck, granddaughter of legendary actor Gregory Peck.
For the good cause
The event also had the mission of raising funds for two charities: the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital, and more specifically the Association for Research in Cardiology from the Fetus to the Adult (ARCFA), devoted to the quality of care given to children with malformations and heart diseases, and the World Central Kitchen, which brings food to countries in distress.
