60: Young women introduced in this special annual section who will make their debut this season, which runs through Carnival 2026. 7: Organizations represented by the debutantes. They are The Bachelors' Club, Le Début des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orléans, the Debutante Club, the Mid-Winter Cotillion, the Original Illinois Club, the Pickwick Club and the Young Men Illinois Club. 3: Number of states the debutantes call home, including Louisiana (from New Orleans, Metairie, Baton Rouge, Lutcher, New Iberia), Georgia (Atlanta, Newnan) and Texas (Houston). 20: Number of high schools attended or attending. 15: Number of high schools in Louisiana attended by the coterie. 18: Students from Isidore Newman School, the largest number of students. 9: Number of students that attend or attended Academy of the Sacred Heart. 8: Number of students that attend or attended the Louise S. McGehee School. 5: Number of states and the District of Columbia in which the debutantes attend or attended high school, including Louisiana, California, Georgia, Texas and Virginia. 24: Colleges and universities have members of the coterie amongst their student body. 13: Number of states and the District of Columbia where the students attend college, including Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, D.C. 9: The number of debs that attend college in Louisiana. 5: Debs attend LSU and Texas Christian University each, the largest groups. 4: Debs attend college or university in New Orleans — 3 at Tulane and 1 at Loyola universities. 3: The number of states with three colleges or universities in which the debutantes attend: Louisiana (LSU, Loyola, Tulane), Massachusetts (Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern) and Texas (Texas A&M, Texas Christian University and UT at Austin). 18: Number of organizations the young ladies have been presented at or participated in, including the sub-deb krewes of Children's Carnival Club, Squires, Les Pierrettes, Apollo and Harlequins. Other Carnival organizations include Athenians, Caliphs of Cairo, Dorians, Grand Ball of Osiris, Mystery's Ball of the Roses, Olympians, Original Illinois Club, Prophets of Persia and the Young Men Illinois Club. Also, the Houston Girls' Cotillion, Le Moyne de Bienville Club President's Ball, the California Pacific Medical Center's Debutante Ball and Spring Fiesta. 5: Number of crowns worn by members of the coterie, including Apollo, Harlequins, Les Pierrettes, Spring Fiesta and Squires, with more to come in the 2026 Carnival season. 21: The number of debutantes presented by Le Début des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orléans, the first presentation event of the season. Presentations will continue during the fall and holiday season, ending during Carnival 2026.
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