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"&lt;img alt=\"0530_evelyn_lozada\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/30/0530-evelyn-lozada-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Better late than never ... so says \"&lt;strong&gt;Basketball Wives&lt;/strong&gt;\" star &lt;strong&gt;Evelyn Lozada&lt;/strong&gt; who finally went to prom last night -- TWENTY YEARS after graduating from high school, TMZ has learned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how it all went down -- just a few months ago, a high school senior from Bloomfield, Michigan reached out to the VH1 star on Twitter and threw up a Hail Mary ... by asking her to be his date to the prom. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shockingly, Lozada ACCEPTED -- thinking it would be a fun experience ... particularly because she never went to her own high school prom because she was pregnant at the time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Evelyn's date Anthony was quite the Romeo ... and even bought Evelyn's corsage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She took care of the rest -- paying for transportation (in a sick Denali) ... and a fancy dinner -- plus, she paid for her own plane ticket out from L.A..&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told the two had a great time -- with Evelyn dancing her face off the entire night ... but unfortunately for her date -- her prom dress stayed ON after the party. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, not a bad night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://photos.toofab.com/galleries/celebrity_yearbook_photos#tab=fab_photos\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0530_prom_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/30/0530-prom-footer-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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