Queens of the Rose Parade


Each September, some 1,000 young women between the ages of 17 to 21 interview for the honor of serving as a member of the Tournament of Roses Royal Court. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses administers a selection process to determine which greater Pasadena-area young women will have the honor of being crowned Queen of the Tournament of Roses, 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 Pasadena City College district, be currently enrolled as a 12th grade senior in high school or as a full-time college student in any accredited school or college in the Pasadena City College 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 Royal Court will then ride on a specially-designed float in the Rose Parade, 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 Southern California area and preside over the Rose Bowl Game. 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 diamonds.
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 Pasadena Playhouse. She is also the first openly LGBTQ queen. Members of the 2019 Royal Court are: Lauren Michele Baydaline and Micaela Sue McElrath, Ashley Symone Hackett, Rucha Kadam, Sherry Xiaouri Ma and Helen Susan Rossi.
2018 Royal Court: Isabella Marez was selected as the 2018 Rose Queen during the 100th Rose Queen Announcement and Coronation Ceremony on October 18, 2017 at the Pasadena Playhouse. Members of the 2018 Royal Court are: Julianne Lauenstein ; Syndey Pickering ; Savannah Bradley ; Georgia Cervenka ; Lauren Buehner ; Alexandra Artura.
Victoria Cecilia Castellanos 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, Audrey Cameron, Natalie Petrosian, Autumn Marie Lundy and Shannon Larsuel
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, Princess Donaly Elizabeth Marquez, Princess Natalie Breanne Hernandez-Barber, Princess Rachelle Chacal Renee Liu, Princess Regina Marché Pullens, and Princess Sarah Sumiko Shaklan.
Madison Triplett 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, Princess Bergen Onufer, Princess Simona Shao and Princess Emily Stoker, who were announced on October 6, 2014 at the Tournament House.
Ana Marie Acosta of Polytechnic School 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, Princess Jamie Kwong, Princess Katherine Lipp, Princess Elyssia Widjaja, and Princess Elizabeth Woolf.
Vanessa Manjarrez of Mayfield Senior School 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, Princess Tracy Cresta, and Princess Victoria McGregor.
Drew Helen Washington of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy was crowned 2012 Rose Queen. Members of the 2012 Royal Court are Princess Sarah Nicole Zuno, Princess Cynthia Megan Louie, Princess Morgan Eliza Devaud, Princess Kimberly Victoria Ostiller, Princess Hanan Bulto Worku, Princess Stephanie Grace Hynes.

Rose Queens