. >> 17-year-old samantha bryant's life changed today. the w.t. woodson high school senior designed a prom dress that beat out the dresses of others in a nationwide contest. >> when i sent in that sketch so many months ago, i had no idea i'd be here right now, it's amazing. >> david's bridal and "seventeen magazine" were the judges. bryant is a devoted art student. her day begins with art classes at woodson, then she spends the second part of her day taking fashion design classes at the fairfax academy for communications and the art. >> every night she is up to the wee hours of the morning spending time on this dress and her academy classes for art. her entire life is art. >> her prom dress ran addition of van gogh's starry night will go on sale in david's bridal stores. >> we felt the color was right, blues and brights are so big in the fashion world right now, and especially in prom fashion. >> i didn't think i would actually have anything of my own in stores until i was in my 30s or even later. i always assumed it would take me so long. i'm 1

samantha bryant has won the grand prize in david's bridal contest. thousands of students across the country submitted sketches of their dream properly dresses. she not only gets a trip to new york but a $25,000 scholarship and her design will be featured in "17 magazine." >>> this weekend in chicago and new york, people paid tribute to the soul train founder. don cornelius started the show while working at a chicago radio station. he was 75 years old when he died last wednesday in los angeles of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >>> in new york hundreds of people showed up for a flash mob soul train dance line in times square. >>> 4:57. macy gray prepares to release a new album with some pretty familiar sounds on it. >> we have that and more in this look at entertainment headlines. >> reporter: macy gray is bringing back some oldies but goodies. she put her own spin on several covers for her new album. she's remaking nothing else matters along with here comes the rain again. her album comes out march 27. >>> be careful what you wish for. in the new mov

samantha bryant has won the grand prize in david's bridal company. sketch your prom dress contest. thousands of students from across the country submitted sketches of their dream prom dresses. bryant not only gets a trip to new york, she gets a $25,000 scholarship and her design will be featured in 17 magazines. good for her. >>> the oddsmakers made the patriots favorites to win the super bowl, but the people of indy favor the giants. a preview of the big game sunday still ahead. >>> a man finds out his fate for killing a nun in a high profile drunk driving case. i'm surae chinn. i'll have that story coming up. >>> we're in southeast washington. coming up, a review of security at all d.c. public schools. i'll reveal the failures that may have led to a girl being molested here at ketcham elementary. >>> new information tonight on an alleged sex assault inside an elementary school in southeast. a number of security policies were broken which was what led up to that incident. a student at ketcham elementary claims she was inappropriately touched by a vesturer to her school earlier thi

. >> reporter: 17-year-old samantha bryant's life changed today.t woodson high school senior designed a prom dress that beat out the dresses of more than 2,000 other high school students in a nationwide contest. >> it just, when i sent in that sketch so many months ago i had no idea i'd be here right now. it's amazing. >> reporter: david's bridal and "17" magazine were the sponsors and judges. they surprised bryant with a big win in her school cafeteria revealing her dress and $25,000 scholarship. bryant is a devoted art student. her day begins with art classes at woodson then she spends the second part of her day taking fashion design classes at the fairfax academy for communication and the arts. >> every night she is up until the wee hours of the morning spending time on this dress and her academy classes for art and it's her entire life is art. >> reporter: her prom dress rendition of van gogh's starry night will now go on sale in david's bridal stores starting next week. >> her design was everything that the david's bridal team was looking for.