MMACGUYVER’S
GOT NOTHING
ON THIS GUY.
Local teen Ashton Cordisco
took “wearable art” to a new level
this summer, winning a national
competition presented by Duck
Tape for his tuxedo made entirely
of 27 rolls of Duck Tape.
Cordisco of Marietta, who
recently graduated from Wheeler
High School and plans to attend
Savannah College of Art & Design
in the fall, won the 20th Annual
Stuck at Prom Scholarship
Contest Grand Prize for Best Tux.
The other grand prize went to
Peyton Manker of Sparta, Illinois
for best dress.
The two talented teen
designers stuck out from the
crowd of incredible entries and
captured the public vote to earn
their titles – and big scholarship
dollars. Manker and Cordisco will
each receive a $10,000
scholarship prize.
“Despite the unusual
circumstances surrounding this
year’s contest, we were blown
away by the near record high
turnout of 355 entries and the
talent displayed by each of our
finalists,” said Ashley Luke, senior
product manager and global brand
manager at Duck Brand’s parent
company, Shurtape Technologies,
LLC. “We’re so inspired by Peyton,
Ashton and the rest of our 2020
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