Eva Longoria Gave Me Her Pounds 50,000 Frock ; Desperate for a Dress: Melissa Saunders, 18, Was the Belle of the Ball When the Desperate Housewives Star Sent Her a Glitzy Gown Straight From Her Own Wardrobe...

Sunday Mirror › May 29, 2005

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Iknow what its like to be Cinderella because, for a few magical hours, I got to wear a pounds 50,000 dress to my school prom... the very same dress Id seen being worn by one of TVs biggest stars.

It all began when I saw the dress of my dreams on the very first episode of Desperate Housewives, when Eva Longoria who plays Gabrielle leaves a glam party in the gown to go back to Wisteria Lane to mow the lawn.

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Eva Longoria Gave Me Her Pounds 50,000 Frock ; Desperate for a Dress: Melissa Saunders, 18, Was the Belle of the Ball When the Desperate Housewives Star Sent Her a Glitzy Gown Straight From Her Own Wardrobe...

I immediately fell in love with that dress, with its dusty rose colour and mermaid shape. I knew I wanted one just like it to wear to my school prom, so I wrote to the show to ask for pictures of the dress, so I could ta...

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