Queens of the Tournament of Roses

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Each year, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses administers a selection process is held in early October to find out which Pasadena-area girls (ages 17 to 21) will have the honor of being crowned Queen of the Tournament of Roses, or in substitution, one of the members of her "Royal Court". Each year over 1000 girls try out. Six princesses and one queen are chosen.^[1]

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 Pasadena area. They usually receive scholarship money and a 30 piece wardrobe; the 2005 Court also received a Mikimoto pearl necklace. 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.

[edit] 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 1924: No Queen 1925: Margaret Scoville 1926: Fay Lanphier 1927: No Queen 1928: Harriet Sterling 1929: No Queen 1930: Holly Halsted 1931: Mary Lou Waddell 1932: Mryta Olmsted 1933: Dorothy Edwards 1934: Treva Scott 1935: Muriel Cowan 1936: Barbara Nichols 1937: Nancy Bumpus 1938: Cheryl Walker 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: Margolyn Johnson 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 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: (TBA)

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