Queen of the Tournament of Roses, more commonly known as "Rose Queen", consists of young woman selected for the annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses in California, United States. Six Rose Princesses are also selected to make up the Rose Court. The Rose Court rides on a float in the Rose Parade, and becomes ambassadors.
Qualifications and selection process Each September, approximately 1,000 young women between the ages of 17 and 21 interview to serve as a member of the Tournament of Roses Rose Court. To be eligible, applicants must be a female resident of the Pasadena City College district, which include Pasadena, Altadena, La Cañada Flintridge, South Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Arcadia, Temple City, the northern portion of Rosemead and the western portion of El Monte. Starting with the 2025 Rose Parade, the cities of Alhambra and San Gabriel and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Monterey Hills and El Sereno were included as part of the geographic expansion plan. Applicants must be currently enrolled as a 12th grade senior in high school or as a full-time college student (minimum 12 units) in any accredited high school or college in the Pasadena City College district, Alhambra Unified School District, San Gabriel Unified School District or Los Angeles Unified School District, possess at least a 2.0 grade point average in the current year's and previous year's course work, and be at least 17 years of age by December 31 of the current year and not more than 21 years of age before January 5 of the next year. Each applicant also must never have been married or have had a marriage annulled, have no children, and must agree not to marry prior to January 5 of the next year.
Background
The Rose Court rides on a float in the Rose Parade, and become ambassadors of the Tournament of Roses, mainly during its duration and prelude. The Rose Court members attend over one hundred events in the Southern California area and preside over the Rose Bowl Game. Rose Court members receive scholarship money, wardrobe, and other benefits. The crown, provided and created by Mikimoto, is valued at $400,000. It is adorned with 600 cultured pearls and of diamonds.
There was no queen crowned for 2021 because the Rose Parade was cancelled.
Complete list
1905: Hallie Woods (McConnell) 1906: Elsie Armitage (Prizer) 1907: Joan (Hadenfeldt) Woodbury 1908: May Sutton (Bundy) 1909-1910: No Queens 1911: Ruth Palmer 1912: No Queen 1913: Jean P. French (Queen) & Drummond Harrison (King) 1914: Mabel Seibert (Loughery) 1915-1922: No Queens 1923: May McAvoy (Cleary) 1924: No Queen 1925: Margaret (Mann) Scoville 1926: Fay Lanphier 1927: No Queen 1928: Harriet Sterling 1929: No Queen 1930: Holly Halsted (Balthis) 1931: Mary Lou Waddell 1932: Mryta Olmsted (Poulson) 1933: Dorothy Edwards (Conlon) 1934: (Loretta) Treva Scott (Oxford) 1935: Muriel Cowan (Moore) 1936: Barbara Nichols (Field) 1937: Nancy Bumpus (Urquhart Buck) 1938: Cheryl Walker (Etzell Coumbe Andrews) 1939: Barbara Dougall 1940: Margaret Huntley (Main) 1941: Sally Stanton (Rubsamen) 1942: Dolores Brubach (Chase) 1943: Mildred Miller 1944: Naomi Riordan 1945: Mary Rutte (Wallace) 1946: Patricia Auman (Richards) 1947: Norma Christopher (Winton) 1948: Virginia Goodhue 1949: Virginia Bower (Nichols) 1950: Marion Brown 1951: Eleanor Payne 1952: Nancy Thorne 1953: Leah Feland (Cullen) 1954: Barbara Schmidt (Mulligan) 1955: Marilyn Smuin (Martell) 1956: Joan Culver (Warren) 1957: Ann Mossberg (Hall) 1958: Gertrude Wood 1959: Pamela Prather 1960: Margarethe Bertelson (Knoblock) 1961: Carole Washburn 1962: Martha Sissell 1963: Nancy Davis (Maggio) 1964: Nancy Kneeland (Kish) 1965: Dawn Baker 1966: Carole Cota (Gelfuso) 1967: Barbara Hewitt (Laughray) 1968: Linda Strother 1969: Pamela Anicich 1970: Pamela Dee Tedesco 1971: Kathleen Arnett (Miller) 1972: Margolyn Johnson 1973: Salli Noren 1974: Miranda Barone 1975: Robin Carr 1976: Anne Martin 1977: Diane Ramaker (Stimson) 1978: Maria Caron 1979: Catherine Gilmour 1980: Julie Raatz 1981: Leslie Kawai 1982: Katherine Potthast 1983: Suzanne Gillaspie 1984: Ann Marie Colborn 1985: Kristina Smith 1986: Aimee Richelieu 1987: Kristin Harris 1988: Julie Myers (King) 1989: Charmaine Shryock (Bailey) 1990: Yasmine Delawari 1991: Cara Rullman 1992: Tannis Turrentine 1993: Liana Carisa Yamasaki (Joyner) 1994: Erica Brynes 1995: Aliya Haque 1996: Keli Hutchins 1997: Jennifer Halferty 1998: Purdy Tran 1999: Christina Farrell 2000: Sophia Bush 2001: Michelle Jacobs 2002: Caroline Hsu 2003: Alexandra Wucetich 2004: Megan Chinen 2005: Ashley Moreno 2006: Camille Clark 2007: Mary McCluggage 2008: Dusty Gibbs 2009: Courtney Chou Lee 2010: Natalie Innocenzi 2011: Evanne Friedmann 2012: Drew Helen Washington 2013: Vanessa Manjarrez 2014: Ana Marie Acosta 2015: Madison Elaine Triplett 2016: Erika Karen Winter 2017: Victoria Cecilia Castellanos 2018: Isabella Marie Marez 2019: Louise Siskel 2020: Camille Kennedy 2021: No Queen (cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic) 2022: Nadia Chung 2023: Bella Ballard 2024: Naomi Stillitano 2025: Lindsay Charles 2026: Serena Hui Guo
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References
External links
Tournament of Roses Rose Court