"And your prom queen is... Victoria Gallagher!"

The room erupted in applause. Victoria beamed as the principal placed the tiara on her head. The other nominees helped her into the noose. She gave one last wave to her cheering classmates before they kicked the chair away. She gasped and choked, her smiling face turning blue, until she went slack, a line of urine dripping down her leg.

Later, she would be skinned and stuffed, her makeup reapplied and gown re-fitted. She'd go on display next to all the prom queens that came before, her beauty preserved for eternity.