CINCINNATI -- Imagine it's a special day at school, and you're asked to leave because of what you're wearing.

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Mother: 'There's Going To Be Cleavage' Girl Says Her Cleavage Isn't That Bad

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Slideshow: Teen Kept Out Of Ceremony

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That's what happened to a 13-year-old girl at Holy Family Catholic School in Price Hill on the day of her May crowning and graduation pictures, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Brian Hamrick reported.

"I don't think nothing was wrong with the dress," eighth-grader Dannielle Fuqua said. "I wouldn't have came to school if I thought something was wrong with the dress."

But she was told otherwise because the dress was too revealing, according to the principal.

"I was crying until I got home, and I was still crying when I got home," Fuqua said.

Added her mother, Kathy Meyer: "They said Dannielle's dress showed too much cleavage."

Meyer bought the dress for her daughter because it was so similar to the one Dannielle wore to confirmation, and there were no problems with it, according to the family. Meyer added that Dannielle is simply mature for her age, and that's the only reason the dress shows perhaps more than it would on others.

"There's cleavage, but when you're as big as Dannielle, there's going to be cleavage," Meyer said. "There's nothing I can do about that."

No one from the school wanted to talk to Hamrick on-camera, but officials said they felt they made the right decision, and added that the dress didn't meet the standards for the occasion.

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Discussion: Did School Officials Make The Correct Decision?

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According to a letter sent home to parents, dresses should reveal no cleavage. Also, Catholic schools are allowed to set their own standards, Hamrick reported. But Fuqua said she's convinced it's a simple case of over-reaction.

"It's not something I intended to do, to get the wrong dress so I wouldn't be able to go to May crowning and graduation," she said.