The Legacy
A place of honor is reserved in each Rose Parade® for the float carrying the Royal Court. Every September more than 1,000 young women vie for the honor of riding that float - participating in a month-long interview process designed to find those participants with the right combination of poise, personality, public speaking ability and scholastic achievement.
When it's all over, a Rose Queen® and six Rose Princesses will reign over the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game®. They will attend nearly 150 public and media functions during their year in the spotlight, spreading the word about the Tournament and Pasadena wherever they go.
For information regarding Rose Queen and Royal Court tryouts, please download the 2012-2013 Rose Queen and Royal Court tryout brochure (PDF). If you have additional questions, please contact the Tournament of Roses at (626) 449-4100.
Rose Queens Through the Years
2013 - Vanessa Manjarrez
2012 - Drew Washington
2011 - Evanne Friedmann
2010 - Natalie Innocenzi
2009 - Courtney Lee
2008 - Dusty Gibbs
2007 - Mary McCluggage
2006 - Camille Clark
2005 - Ashley Moreno
2004 - Megan Chinen
2003 - Alexandra Wucetich
2002 - Caroline Hsu
2001 - Michelle Jacobs
2000 - Sophia Bush
1999 - Christina Farrell
1998 - Purdy Tran
1997 - Jennifer Halferty
1996 - Keli Hutchins
1995 - Aliya Haque
1994 - Erica Brynes
1993 - Liana Yamasaki
1992 - Tannis Turrentine
1991 - Cara Rullman
1990 - Yasmine Delawari
1989 - Charmaine Shryock
1988 - Julie Myers
1987 - Kristin Harris
1986 - Aimee Richelieu
1985 - Kristina Smith
1984 - Ann Marie Colborn
1983 - Suzanne Gilaspie
1982 - Katherine Potthast
1981 - Leslie Kawai
1980 - Julie Raatz
1979 - Catherine Gilmour
1978 - Maria Caron
1977 - Diane Ramaker
1976 - Anne Martin
1975 - Robin Carr
1974 - Miranda Barone
1973 - Salli Noren
1972 - Margolyn Johnson
1971 - Kathleen Arnett
1970 - Pamela Tedesco
1969 - Pamela Anicich
1968 - Linda Strother
1967 - Barbara Hewitt
1966 - Carole Cota
1965 - Dawn Baker
1964 - Nancy Kneeland
1963 - Nancy Davis
1962 - Martha Sissell
1961 - Carole Washburn
1960 - Margarethe Bertelson
1959 - Pamela Prather
1958 - Gertrude Wood
1957 - Ann Mossberg
1956 - Joan Culver
1955 - Marilyn Smuin
1954 - Barbara Schmidt
1953 - Leah Feland
1952 - Nancy Thorne
1951 - Eleanor Payne
1950 - Marion Brown
1949 - Virginia Bower
1948 - Virginia Goodhue
1947 - Norma Christopher
1946 - Patricia Auman
1945 - Mary Rutte
1944 - Naomi Riordan
1943 - Mildred Miller
1942 - Dolores Brubach
1941 - Sally Stanton
1940 - Margaret Huntley
1939 - Barbara Dougall
1938 - Cheryl Walker
1937 - Nancy Bumpus
1936 - Barbara Nichols
1935 - Muriel Cowan
1934 - Treva Scott
1933 - Dorothy Edwards
1932 - Myrta Olmsted
1931 - Mary Lou Waddell
1930 - Holly Halsted
1929 - No Queen
1928 - Harriet Sterling
1927 - No Queen
1926 - Fay Lanphier
1925 - Margaret Scoville
1924 - No Queen
1923 - May McAvoy
1922
1921
1920
1919 - No Queens (1915 – 1922)
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914 - Mabel Seibert & Dr. F.C.E. Mattison (King)
1913 - Jean P. French & Harrison Drummond (King)
1912 - No Queen
1911 - Ruth Palmer
1910 - No Queen
1909 - No Queen
1908 - May Sutton
1907 - Joan Woodbury
1906 - Elsie Armitage
1905 - Hallie Woods
No Queens between 1904-1890