Prom is right around the corner, and the race for the dress is on! Helping your daughter, niece, or pal look for a new trend this spring? Clue them in to the latest celebrity dressy-dress rage… short dresses. Today’s big-screen fashionistas are bringing short to new heights with prints, glitz, beads, and bows.

Check out these fab dresses on your favorite stars:

SHORT & SWEET

If you like AJ Michalka’s adorable strapless cream dress with brown stripe detailing, then you’re sure to like this brocade dress with this season’s must-have bow and ruffles. Add some elegance by wearing your hair up. Cutout shoes to match the details add the finishing touch. This dress is about $149 and comes in pastel colors: baby blue, lilac, mint, pink, and ivory.

SHORT & SPARKLY

Ashley Tisdale, aka Sharpay from “High School Musical” fame, goes for the glitz in this shimmery metallic dress. You, too, can sparkle in this formal bling-embellished formal dress. In gorgeous black, white, gold, coral, or brown, this dress is just $169 — leaving plenty of room in your budget for some shiny cutout shoes and bling, bling, bling!

SHORT & SEXY

Selena Gomez looks elegant in a black dress with a striking detailed neckline. Get a similar look with this black, chiffon dress with a lace-up back. The shoes give it that same Egyptian feel that Selena has going on. If black is too formal for you, try this style in red, turquoise, coral, or ivory. This dress is a steal at $129.

SHORT & SHINY

Lovely Brittany Snow dons a pale satin dress for a youthful, yet classic, look. You’ll be glamourous, too, in this unique satin concoction. If the silver is just not bold enough for you, then try this on in one of its many other colors, including magenta, purple, teal, black, and brown. For a mere $119, you will look like a million bucks!

SHORT & COLORFUL

Like Hillary Duff, you’re sure to turn heads in a brightly colored, strapless dress. The gathered sweetheart neckline enhances a small bust, and the bold hue is attention-getting. This fuchsia charmeuse dress, also available in stunning royal blue, has enough sparkle and detail that you won’t have to fuss over jewelry. You can snag this gem for $141.

SHORT & LACY

Add a little more formality to your short dress with a lace overlay. Shenae Grimes looks amazing in an off-the-shoulder, belted dress. Get Shenae’s Beverly-Hills look with this short, lacy dress with a satin ribbon belt. The lace comes in black, plum, and dark rose. So affordable at just $136.

Find all of these dresses — and hundreds more — at Prom Dresses 2009.

Long or short: Which do you prefer for prom?

(Celeb photos: Seventeen)

The immensely popular Twilight movie stars some of the most gorgeous people we’ve ever seen. The pale, smooth-as-marble skin of Edward, Alice, Rosalie, and the rest of the Cullen vampires exemplify the beauty of fair skin.

For decades, tanned celebs led scores of teens to hit the tanning beds and beaches — with little or no protection — in search of that golden look of Hollywood. Sadly, tanned skin is damaged skin, and many sunbathers are now paying a heavy price for their tanning indulgences. Dermatologists and plastic surgeons are making a fortune helping prematurely aged stars look young again, while other medical professionals are coming to the aid of unfortunate sun worshipers who suffer from deadly skin cancer.

Some stars decided to take a safer route, opting for spray-on and other artificial tans notoriously referred to as the orange-y fake bake. But more and more young celebrities are embracing their porcelain skin and bringing a new-found glamour to pale. Here are just a few of these natural beauties:

Dakota Fanning — acting since age 5, Dakota landed the coveted role of vampire Jane in the Twilight sequel, New Moon

Abigail Breslin — 12-year-old Kit Kittredge really is “an American Girl”

Avril Lavigne — Lavigne makes pale look hot, whether she’s rocking out on the music scene or designing clothes on the fashion scene

Emma Roberts — Julia’s niece has three movies coming out in 2009

Alexander Ludwig and Anna Sophia Robb — the new Race to Witch Mountain stars are attractive on-screen siblings

Daniel Radcliffe — Harry Potter bared more than just his fair face in the much talked-about play, Equus

Frances Bean Cobain – the fair lass is the daughter of Courtney Love and late Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain

Kristen Stewart — Twilight’s “Bella Swan” doesn’t have to change into a vampire to flaunt her smooth skin

Lily Cole — Look for her lily-white skin in this year’s Rage and The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus

Rumer Willis – the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis was one of People magazine’s 2008 Most Beautiful celebrities

Are you ready to embrace your fair complexion?