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administers a selection process to determine which greater Pasadena-area young women will have the honor of being crowned Queen of the

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, or more commonly known as "Rose Queen". In addition to one Rose Queen, six Rose Princesses will also be selected to make up the Royal Court. To be eligible for the Royal Court, applicants must be a female resident of the

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district, be currently enrolled as a 12th grade senior in

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or as a full-time college student (minimum 12 units) in any accredited school or

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in the

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.

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The Royal Court will then ride on a specially-designed

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in the

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, and become ambassadors of the Tournament of Roses, mainly during its duration and prelude. The Royal Court members will attend over one hundred events in the

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area and preside over the

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. In celebration of their achievements, Royal Court members receive scholarship money, wardrobe, and other benefits. The crown, provided and exclusively created by Mikimoto, is valued at $100,000. It is adorned with 600 cultured pearls and of

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s. Bella Ballard, from the Ogburn Online School, was named the 104th Rose Queen on October 25, 2022 at Tournament House. The Royal Court was announced on October 3, 2022. Other members of the court are Salia Baligh, Alverno Heights Academy; Sahanna Rajinikanthan, Arcadia High School; Zoe Denoncourt, John Marshall Fundamental High School, Michelle Cortez-Peralta, Pasadena High School; Uma Wittenberg, La Canada High School; and Adrian Crick, Sequoyah High School. For the 2022 Rose Parade, Nadia Chung (La Cañada High School) is the Rose Queen. The princesses are Jeannine Briggs (John Marshall Fundamental High School), Ava Feldman (South Pasadena High School), Abigail Griffith (Pasadena High School), Swetha Somasundaram (Arcadia High School), McKenzie Street (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy), and Jaeda Walden (La Cañada High School). The coronation of the new queen was held on October 26, 2021 at

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. There was no queen crowned for 2021 because of the

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. That marked the first time in 92 years that no Rose Queen was crowned. For the 2019 Rose Parade, Louise Siskel from Sequoyah High School was selected as the 101st Rose Queen, and the first Jewish woman to wear the crown, during the Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation Ceremony on October 23, 2018 at the

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. Members of the 2019 Royal Court are: Lauren Michele Baydaline and Micaela Sue McElrath (

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), Ashley Symone Hackett (

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), Rucha Kadam (

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), Sherry Xiaouri Ma (

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) and Helen Susan Rossi (

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). 2018 Royal Court: Isabella Marez (La Salle High School) was selected as the 2018 Rose Queen during the 100th Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation Ceremony on October 18, 2017 at the

. Members of the 2018 Royal Court are: Julianne Lauenstein (La Cañada High School); Syndey Pickering (Arcadia High School); Savannah Bradley (Pasadena High School); Georgia Cervenka (La Cañada High School); Lauren Buehner (Arcadia High School); Alexandra Artura (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy). Victoria Cecilia Castellanos (

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) was selected as the 2017 Rose Queen during the 99th Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation Ceremony on October 20, 2016. Members of the 2017 Royal Court are Maya Khan and Lauren Emiko Powers ( Arcadia High School), Audrey Cameron ( Blair High School), Natalie Petrosian (

), Autumn Marie Lundy (

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) and Shannon Larsuel (

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) Erika Karen Winter (

) was selected as the 2016 Rose Queen during the 98th Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation Ceremony on October 22, 2015. Members of the 2016 Royal Court are Princess Bryce Marie Bakewell (

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), Princess Donaly Elizabeth Marquez ( Blair High School), Princess Natalie Breanne Hernandez-Barber (

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), Princess Rachelle Chacal Renee Liu (

), Princess Regina Marché Pullens (

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), and Princess Sarah Sumiko Shaklan (

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). Madison Triplett ( John Marshall Fundamental High School) was selected as the 2015 Rose Queen during the 97th Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation ceremony on October 21, 2014. Members of the 2015 Royal Court are Princess Mackenzie Byers (

), Princess Gabrielle Current (

), Princess Veronica Mejia (Pasadena City College), Princess Bergen Onufer (

), Princess Simona Shao (

) and Princess Emily Stoker (

), who were announced on October 6, 2014 at the

. Ana Marie Acosta of

was crowned 2014 Rose Queen during the 96th Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation Ceremony on October 24, 2013. Members of the 2014 Royal Court are Princess Sarah Hansen (

), Princess Kayla Johnson-Granberry ( Pasadena High School), Princess Jamie Kwong ( La Salle High School), Princess Katherine Lipp (

), Princess Elyssia Widjaja (

), and Princess Elizabeth Woolf (

). Vanessa Manjarrez of

was named the 2013 Rose Queen on October 16, 2012. Members of the 2013 Royal Court include Princess Madison Teodo (

), Princess Sonia Shenoi (

), Princess Kathryne Benuska (

), Princess Nicole Nelam ( Pasadena High School), Princess Tracy Cresta ( La Salle High School), and Princess Victoria McGregor (

). Drew Helen Washington of

was crowned 2012 Rose Queen. Members of the 2012 Royal Court are Princess Sarah Nicole Zuno ( Benjamin Franklin High School), Princess Cynthia Megan Louie ( La Salle High School), Princess Morgan Eliza Devaud (

), Princess Kimberly Victoria Ostiller (

), Princess Hanan Bulto Worku ( Pasadena High School), Princess Stephanie Grace Hynes (

Rose Queens

* 1905: Hallie Woods (McConnell) * 1906: Elsie Armitage (Prizer) * 1907: Joan (Hadenfeldt) Woodbury * 1908:

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(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:

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(Cleary) * 1924: ''No Queen'' * 1925: Margaret (Mann) Scoville * 1926:

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* 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:

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(Etzell Coumbe Andrews) * 1939: Barbara Dougall * 1940: Margaret Huntley (Main) * 1941: Sally Stanton (Rubsamen) * 1942: Dolores Brubach * 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 * 1989: Charmaine Shryock * 1990: Yasmine Delawari * 1991: Cara Rullman * 1992: Tannis Turrentine * 1993: Liana Carisa Yamasaki * 1994: Erica Brynes * 1995: Aliya Haque * 1996: Keli Hutchins * 1997: Jennifer Halferty * 1998: Purdy Tran * 1999: Christina Farrell * 2000:

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* 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

) * 2022: Nadia Chung * 2023: Bella Ballard

References

External links

Tournament of Roses Royal Court

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