Each year in September and early October, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses

Pasadena Tournament of Roses

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, created by the efforts of Charles Frederick Holder and Francis F. Rowland, is the non-profit organization that has annually produced the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade since 1895 and the Rose Bowl Game, since 1902...

 administers a selection process to determine which greater Pasadena-area girls will have the honor of being crowned Queen of the Tournament of Roses

Tournament of Roses Parade

The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is "America's New Year Celebration", a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day , produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.The annual...

, or one of the members of her "Royal Court". Each year over 1000 girls between the ages of 17 to 21, try out. Six princesses and one queen are chosen. They are high school and college students within the Pasadena City College

Pasadena City College

Pasadena City College is a community college in Pasadena, California, USA, located on Colorado Boulevard. PCC is the third largest community college campus in the United States. PCC was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. In 1954, Pasadena Junior College merged with another junior...

 district attendance area.

The winners then ride on a float in the parade, and carry out duties in promotion of the Tournament, mainly during its duration and prelude. Their duties include attending over one hundred events in the Southern California

Southern California

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 area. They usually receive scholarship money, a 30 piece wardrobe, and other benefits. The crown, provided by Mikimoto, is valued at $100,000. It is adorned with 600 cultured pearls and 6 carats (1,200 mg) of diamonds. During the time that they attend Tournament events, usually from October to January, each girl usually attends school a few times a week for only a few hours at a time.

Drew Helen Washington, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy was named the 2012 queen on October 18, 2011. Other members of the 2011-12 Royal Court were announced on October 10, 2011 at Tournament House:

• Sarah Nicole Zuno, Benjamin Franklin High School
• Cynthia Megan Louie, LaSalle High School
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• Morgan Eliza Devaud, La Canada High School
  La Cañada High School
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• Kimberly Victoria Ostiller, Flintridge Preparatory School
  Flintridge Preparatory School
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• Hanan Bulto Worku, Pasadena High School
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• Stephanie Grace Hynes, Maranatha High School
  Maranatha High School
  Maranatha High School is a college preparatory Christian private school in Pasadena, California. The mission of Maranatha High School is to prepare students for living lives of purpose and distinction, as reflected by character, competency and community...
  
  

Last year, Evanne Friedmann was named the 2011 Rose Queen on October 19, 2010. The official Coronation ceremony was held on October 28, 2010 at the Pasadena Convention Center

Pasadena Convention Center

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. The 2010 Royal Court: Natalie Innocenzi, 17, of Arcadia, and a student at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is the 92nd Rose Queen and the princesses are Katherine Hernandez, June Ko, Lauren Rogers, Kinsey Stuart, and Ashley Thaxton.

Rose Queens

• 1905: Hallie Woods
• 1906: Elsie Armitage
• 1907: Joan Woodbury
• 1908: May Sutton
• 1909-1910: No Queens
• 1911: Ruth Palmer
• 1912: No Queen
• 1913: Jean P. French (Queen) & Drummond Harrison (King)
• 1914: Mabel Seibert
• 1915-1922: No Queens
• 1923: May McAvoy (Deceased 5/2/84)
• 1924: No Queen
• 1925: Margaret Scoville
• 1926: Fay Lanphier
  Fay Lanphier
  Fay Elinora Lanphier was a model most noted for becoming Miss California in 1924 and Miss America in 1925. She was also the 1925 Rose Queen. To date, she is the only person to hold both titles at the same time. She is also the first Miss California to become Miss America. Before she was Miss...
  
   (Deceased 6/21/59)
• 1927: No Queen
• 1928: Harriet Sterling
• 1929: No Queen
• 1930: Holly Halsted (Deceased 7/30/04)
• 1931: Mary Lou Waddell
• 1932: Mryta Olmsted
• 1933: Dorothy Edwards
• 1934: Treva Scott (Deceased 9/30/66)
• 1935: Muriel Cowan
• 1936: Barbara Nichols
• 1937: Nancy Bumpus
• 1938: Cheryl Walker (Deceased 10/24/71)
• 1939: Barbara Dougall
• 1940: Margaret Huntley
• 1941: Sally Stanton
• 1942: Dolores Brubach
• 1943: Mildred Miller
• 1944: Naomi Riordan
• 1945: Mary Rutte
• 1946: Patricia Auman

• 1947: Norma Christopher
• 1948: Virginia Goodhue
• 1949: Virginia Bower
• 1950: Marion Bower
• 1951: Eleanor Payne
• 1952: Nancy Thorne
• 1953: Leah Feland
• 1954: Barbara Schmidt
• 1955: Marilyn Smuin
• 1956: Joan Culver
• 1957: Ann Mossberg
• 1958: Gertrude Wood
• 1959: Pamela Prather
• 1960: Margarethe Bertelson
• 1961: Carole Washburn
• 1962: Martha Sissell
• 1963: Nancy Davis
• 1964: Nancy Kneeland
• 1965: Dawn Baker
• 1966: Carole Cota
• 1967: Barbara Hewitt
• 1968: Linda Strother
• 1969: Pamela Anicich
• 1970: Pamela Tedesco
• 1971: Kathleen Arnett
• 1972: Margaret Anne Duncan
• 1973: Salli Noren
• 1974: Miranda Barone
• 1975: Robin Carr
• 1976: Anne Martin
• 1977: Diane Ramaker
• 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 Yamasaki
• 1994: Erica Brynes
• 1995: Aliya Haque
• 1996: Keli Hutchins
• 1997: Jennifer Halferty
• 1998: Purdy Tran
• 1999: Christina Farrell
• 2000: Sophia Bush
  Sophia Bush
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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

External links

• The Rose Diaries