Article: QUINCENERA FOR CHRISTINA AND JENNIFER DEL RIO AND OTHER HISPANIC GIRLS, THE RITE OF PASSAGE IS RICH IN TRADITION.(DAILY BREAK)

Byline: KATRICE FRANKLIN HARDY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

THE TIARAS were on top of Christina and Jennifer Del Rio's heads hours ago.

But did anyone bring makeup, they wondered loudly?

How did the straps on their gowns go?

Should they put their bracelets under or over their gloves?

Marcela Del Rio smiled at how girlish they seemed. After today, her babies would be young women. It was happening already.

In the cascade of wavy, long curls and the pinned-up hairdo that was professionally done. In the contacts she bought for them for this event. In how they expertly curled their eyelashes.

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