2024 Queen Naomi Stillitano

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses administers a selection process each year to determine which greater Pasadena-area young women will be crowned Queen of the Tournament of Roses, or more commonly known as "Rose Queen". In addition, six Rose Princesses are also selected to make up the Rose Court. The Rose Court rides on a float in the Rose Parade, and become ambassadors.

Qualifications and selection process

Each September, some 1,000 young women between the ages of 17 and 21 interview for the honor of serving as a member of the Tournament of Roses Rose Court.[1] To be eligible for the Rose 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 (minimum 12 units) 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.[1]

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 will attend over one hundred events in the Southern California area and preside over the Rose Bowl Game.[1] Rose Court members receive scholarship money, wardrobe, and other benefits. The crown, provided and exclusively created by Mikimoto, is valued at $400,000. It is adorned with 600 cultured pearls and 6 carats (1,200 mg) of diamonds.

Naomi Stillitano was honored with the title of the 105th Rose Queen on October 27, 2023, during a ceremony held at Tournament House. Naomi is from Arcadia High School and the first Italian Rose Queen since 1974. She is accompanied by a Rose Court, which was revealed on October 2, 2023. This court includes a diverse group of young women from various educational institutions: Olivia Bohanec from La Salle College Preparatory, Trinity Dela Cruz from Marshall Fundamental School, Phoebe Ho representing South Pasadena High School, Mia Moore-Walker and Jessica Powell both from Flintridge Preparatory School, and Emmerson Tucker of Blair High School.

Bella Ballard, from the Ogburn Online School, was named the 104th Rose Queen on October 25, 2022, at Tournament House. The Rose 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 Tournament House.

There was no queen crowned for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 Pasadena Playhouse. Members of the 2019 Royal Court are: Lauren Michele Baydaline and Micaela Sue McElrath (Westridge School), Ashley Symone Hackett (John Muir High School), Rucha Kadam (La Canada High School), Sherry Xiaouri Ma (San Marino High School) and Helen Susan Rossi (Flintridge Preparatory School).

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 Pasadena Playhouse. 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 (Temple City High School) 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 (La Canada High School), Autumn Marie Lundy (Polytechnic School) and Shannon Larsuel (Mayfield Senior School)

Erika Karen Winter (Flintridge Preparatory School) 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 (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy), Princess Donaly Elizabeth Marquez (Blair High School), Princess Natalie Breanne Hernandez-Barber (Alverno High School), Princess Rachelle Chacal Renee Liu (San Marino High School), Princess Regina Marché Pullens (Maranatha High School), and Princess Sarah Sumiko Shaklan (La Cañada High School).[2]

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 (Pasadena City College), Princess Gabrielle Current (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy), Princess Veronica Mejia (Pasadena City College), Princess Bergen Onufer (Mayfield Senior School), Princess Simona Shao (Westridge School) and Princess Emily Stoker (Temple City High School), who were announced on October 6, 2014, at the Tournament House.[3]

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 (Pasadena City College), Princess Kayla Johnson-Granberry (Pasadena High School), Princess Jamie Kwong (La Salle High School), Princess Katherine Lipp (La Cañada High School), Princess Elyssia Widjaja (San Marino High School), and Princess Elizabeth Woolf (La Cañada High School).[4]

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 (La Cañada High School), Princess Sonia Shenoi (San Marino High School), Princess Kathryne Benuska (Maranatha High School), Princess Nicole Nelam (Pasadena High School), Princess Tracy Cresta (La Salle High School), and Princess Victoria McGregor (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy).[5]

Drew Helen Washington of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 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 (La Cañada High School), Princess Kimberly Victoria Ostiller (Flintridge Preparatory School), Princess Hanan Bulto Worku (Pasadena High School), Princess Stephanie Grace Hynes (Maranatha High School).[6]

Complete list

  • 1905: Hallie Woods (McConnell)[7][8]
  • 1906: Elsie Armitage (Prizer)[9]
  • 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[10]
  • 1926: Fay Lanphier
  • 1927: No Queen
  • 1928: Harriet Sterling
  • 1929: No Queen
  • 1930: Holly Halsted (Balthis)[11][12][13]
  • 1931: Mary Lou Waddell
  • 1932: Mryta Olmsted (Poulson)
  • 1933: Dorothy Edwards (Conlon)[14]
  • 1934: (Loretta) Treva Scott (Oxford)[15]
  • 1935: Muriel Cowan (Moore)[16]
  • 1936: Barbara Nichols (Field)[17]
  • 1937: Nancy Bumpus (Urquhart Buck)[18]
  • 1938: Cheryl Walker (Etzell Coumbe Andrews)[19]
  • 1939: Barbara Dougall
  • 1940: Margaret Huntley (Main)[20]
  • 1941: Sally Stanton (Rubsamen)[21]
  • 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)[22]
  • 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[23]
  • 1994: Erica Brynes
  • 1995: Aliya Haque
  • 1996: Keli Hutchins
  • 1997: Jennifer Halferty
  • 1998: Purdy Tran
  • 1999: Christina Farrell
2010 Queen, Natalie Innocenzi, on January 1, 2010
  • 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[24]
  • 2021: No Queen (cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic)
  • 2022: Nadia Chung
  • 2023: Bella Ballard
  • 2024: Naomi Stillitano, the 105th Rose Queen

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Rose Court". Tournament of Rosesm. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Flintridge Prep student Erika Winter crowned 98th Rose Queen". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Madison Triplett crowned as 2015 Rose Queen". Los Angeles Times. October 22, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2014 Rose Parade: Ana Marie Acosta crowned Rose Parade Queen". Pasadenastarnews.com. October 24, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Vanessa Manjarrez chosen as 2013 Rose Parade Queen". Daily News. May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rose Queen Drew Washington to reign over 2012 Rose Parade". Pasadena Star News. May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "L.A. Times Past". Latimespast.tumblr.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dec. 17, 1948: First 'Rose Queen' Says It Was Thrill". Los Angeles Times. December 17, 1948.
  9. ↑ "Santa Ana Orange County Register Archives, May 4, 1978, p. 1". Newspaperarchive.com. May 4, 1978. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Margaret Mann Scoville". Newspapers.com. July 31, 1963. p. 15.
  11. ↑ "Holly Halsted Balthis, 95; Oldest Rose Queen and 'Mom' to Successors". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Services today for a queen". Coastline Pilot. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ O’neill, Ann (January 1, 2001). "Rose Queens: They're a Mixed Bouquet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Dorothy E. Conlon Obituary (2004) Sun-Sentinel". Legacy.com.
  15. ↑ "Star News Newspaper Archives, Oct 1, 1966, p. 3". NewspaperArchive.com. October 1, 1966. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Muriel Cowan Moore Obituary (2005) Daily Bulletin". Legacy.com.
  17. ↑ "Barbara Nichols Field Obituary (1919 - 2009) Daily Breeze". Legacy.com.
  18. ↑ "FUNERAL NOTICES - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993-2009)". Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Cheryl Walker - The Private Life and Times of Cheryl Walker. Cheryl Walker Pictures". Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com.
  20. ↑ De Leon, Anthony (November 30, 2023). "Margaret Huntley Main, oldest living Tournament of Roses queen, has died at 102". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Sally Stanton Rubsamen, 1941 Rose Queen, dies at 92". Pasadenastarnews.com. April 22, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Rose Parade 2014:1953 Rose Queen and her court keep ties over the years". Pasadenastarnews.com. December 23, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  23. ↑ Newton, Edmund (October 21, 1992). "104th Tournament of Roses Queen Overwhelmed with Joy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  24. ↑ "Breaking News: Rose Queen Crowned in Pasadena". Southpasadenan.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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