BY YOANA ESTRADA
The pandemic has caused many girls to postpone their celebrations until their sixteenth birthday . Including , Vincentian Marian Youth / LAPD recruit Cadet , Ilieen Ramirez-Magallanes . She has a long history of advocating for youth-based grief and loss groups . Ilieen has also won several beauty crowns from participating in beauty pageants . Keep reading to find out more about how she threw her very own Mean Girls themed quinceañera .
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO PLAN YOUR MEAN GIRLS-THEMED QUINCE ?
“ I celebrated my Quinceañera at the age of 16 due to the pandemic . My theme was “ Mean Girls ”, which is my favorite movie !”
- Ilieen Ramirez
“ The planning of my theme took approximately 2 years because it ’ s never been used as a Quinceanera theme before . This made it difficult to plan because it took a lot of patience and creativity since there was not any examples or ideas online . Although , I refused to give up or change my theme due to the pandemic !”