In a suite next to the ballroom, the debutantes and their male admirers waited for their big entrance.
At the Viennese Opera Ball, held Friday, young men and women dressed up and performed the waltz for a grown-up multinational crowd, who later joined them on the dance floor. The Duchess of York said she did not plan to dance as she did not have a partner.
Alessandra Ford Balazs
Ann Curry
The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, and Miss Universe
Cadets Adam Reams and Russell Harris
The horses came up the Waldorf-Astoria elevator more often used to transport presidents and kings.
Meanwhile, those whose photographs ran in the paper today are:
The duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson
The consul general of Austria, Brigitta Blaha
The Austrian ambassador to the United Nations, Gerhard Pfanzelter
The consul general of Sweden, Ulf Hjertonsson
The vice consul general of Germany, Hans-Dieter Stell
Debs and their escorts: Maria Speridakas, Greg Hold, Agnieszka Jankowska, Renata Lokaj & Brian Blake
The biggest selection of photos is in the Sun's photo gallery.