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Super Sweet: Teen hopes MTV can give her the party she never had
DeKALB - Crissy Torres, 15, laughed as she described growing up in a two-bedroom apartment she shared with her mother, Madeline Velez, and her grandmother Flora Juanez.
“We only had two rooms,” Torres said. “I either shared a room with my mom or my grandmother. That's how I lived my whole life.”
The three spent years moving from apartment to apartment because they could not always afford rent. Torres never had a birthday party because usually her family couldn't afford more than a cake from Wal-Mart. Then she discovered an opportunity to have the birthday party of her dreams.
The MTV reality show “My Super Sweet 16,” about privileged girls whose parents have the means to throw them elaborate and expensive parties for their 16
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