Peninsula girl Amara Miller turns heads on the Academy Awards red carpet

Peninsula girl Amara Miller made a splash on the red carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards. She arrived and immediately turned heads in an original gown from Italian designer Valentino Garavani. @VanityFair observed :“Only at the #Oscars: The Descendants co-star Amara Miller, age 11, thanks her stylist for finding her white beaded Valentino Couture gown.”E! network personality Giuliana Rancic got the first interview with Miller on the red carpet. Rancic asked Miller about any advice she received from co-star George Clooney."This was the most important thing he gave me, "Wherever you go and whoever you meet, always treat people with kindness and humor," Miller said. Later on the red carpet, Miller was joined by her co-stars Nick Krause, Robert Forster and Matthew Lillard to chat with Ryan Seacrest.

Seacrest said to Miller "This has to got to be incredible for a young lady like yourself, Amara...""It's so exciting to be here and I'm so grateful to be on a project that's gotten this far,” said Miller. 

"The Descendants" lost out on the night's top prize, best picture, to the silent film "The Artist." The film's screenwriters won for best adapted screenplay.