Miss America Nina Davuluri (Bill Kalina) 
 
 Update: News of Patrick Farves' suspension for asking Miss America to the prom has reached the White House. On Saturday, the Miss American Organization issued the following statement from Nina Davuluri on its Facebook page. "I was flattered by the gesture, although I am unfortunately unable to attend due to my travel schedule," Davuluri said in a statement posted to the pageant's Facebook page. The disciplinary action taken by school administrators in York against the 18-year-old senior made national headlines, and generated sympathy for the young man on social media. But the senior at Central York High School might have had the most public non-answer in the history of the high school when he asked the reigning Miss America, Nina Davuluri, to his high school dance in front of the entire student body during a Thursday assembly. "By that time, my mind was already set," he said. It shows Farves walking up to Davuluri bearing a plastic flower and ask her to his prom, as the crowd of students erupts in laughter and cheers. "She was trying to get across a very strong message - about how it's not about your beliefs or the color of your skin, but who you are," he said.  Miss America has suggested officials at a Pennsylvania high school reconsider their decision to suspend a student for approaching her at a school assembly and asking her to be his prom date, the beauty queen said on Saturday. "However, it is our practice to set expectations for student behavior, to communicate those expectations and rules to students and families and to ensure those rules are followed within our schools."
– Miss America won't be going to the prom with the Pennsylvania high school student who asked her to be his date—but she wants the school to reconsider its decision to suspend him for asking. "I was flattered by the gesture although I am unfortunately unable to attend due to my travel schedule. I later learned of the disciplinary action taken and reached out to the school in hopes that they will reconsider their decision," Nina Davuluri said in a statement on the pageant's Facebook page, the York Dispatch reports. Officials at Central York High School say 18-year-old Patrick Farves was handed a three-day suspension for popping the question after having been warned not to. The senior, who remains dateless, says he now feels bad about the way the stunt overshadowed the first Indian-American winner of the pageant's efforts to promote diversity. "She was trying to get across a very strong message—about how it's not about your beliefs or the color of your skin, but who you are," he tells the New York Daily News.