sarah haines takes us insightde. >> a parade of princesses.looks like something you'd see in disney world. >> reporter: they are the daughters of some of the most influential families in the world and they're here at the waldorf astoria making their high society debut. this is the international accident ewe debutante ball. the entrance fee $17,000. and of course you have to look the part. >> the designer of my dress, oscar de la renta. >> reporter: going to the balkan cost as much as -- ball can cost as much as a wedding. it used to be about finding suit fors and eventually husbands for society girls. with so many dating apps and social websites the role of the debutante ball has changed. >> it's no longer a marriage market the way it was. >> reporter: today it's more about being seen rubbing shoulders with the 1%. we followed three young women during their big night. sophia from austin. leah from new york. and britney from kansas city. the preparations began months beforehand. it's a few weeks before the big event and many of the ladies still

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for "nightline," i'm sarah haines in new york. >> it's been said a wedding is a party, not a performancege to the one you love then everything went perfectly. thank you for watching inging abc news. we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. did you hear howie simon's son sold one of those funny anecdotes to reader's digest? yeah, ok, good. good for him. that's $50. yeah? so why can't you do something like that? dad, i'm a writer, dad. the newspaper pays me to write full-time. look, i'm not talking about the sports column. that's great. i'm talking on the side. funny anecdotes on the side? yeah. that's free money for you. ok. here. lamb chops. aw, mom, i got the dinner! shs cooking-- all right, one. hi, i'm ray and i live here in long island with my wife, debra. she's eat with the kids, the house, everything. i don't know how she does it. we've got a daughter ally and twin two-year-old boys. it's not really about the kids. my parents live across the street. that's right and my brother lives with them. now, not every family would go by on a conveyer belt for you but mine would beca