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January 09, 2015

Eagles' Emmanuel Acho going to prom

Girl's retweets earn her a trip to prom with Eagles linebacker

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Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho

Social media has truly made celebrities, athletes and other high-profile individuals more accessible to fans. 

Take, for example, a recent interaction between Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho and a fan who requested to take him to prom. Eagles fan Hannah Delmonte reached out to Acho via social media and was able to land a date to prom with the football star, according to CBS Philly.

Delmonte approached Acho with a direct message on Instagram, according to Sports Illustrated, and asked if he would take her to prom if she received 2,000 Twitter retweets.

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Acho responded, acknowledging the deal, but raised the going price to 10,000 retweets. 

He told Delmonte that she had a week to get the retweets, as he would be away in Hong Kong.

According to CBS Philly, her tweet received over 12,000 retweets and 1,000 favorites in a matter of hours.

Perhaps Acho believed the challenge would be more difficult to achieve. 

However, he appears to be a man of his word, tweeting the following on Thursday night:


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