1) Adult female 2) Brenda Frazier was one 3) Certain beginner 4) French word used in English 5) Member of the social whirl 6) New member of society 7) One in the social whirl 8) One throwing a ball 9) Society ingenue 10) Woman Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/debutante
A debutante or deb (from the French débutante, `female beginner`) is a girl or young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity and, as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal `debut` presentation. Originally, it meant the young woman was eligible to marry, and part of the purpose was to disp... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debutante
Debutante is a term applied to a young lady making her first public appearance into society. The term is also applied looslely to a young woman in fashionable society. From the term derives such events as the 'debutante ball'where wealthy young women presented themselves to elligible young men, officially for the first time. These debutante balls w... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXD.HTM