Rose Queen and Royal Court

• Historical photo gallery of past Queens & Courts
• Video: 2008 Royal Court & Rose Queen announcements

A place of honor is reserved in each Rose Parade® for the float carrying the Royal Court. Every September nearly 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.

2008 Rose Queen Dusty Gibbs (center) and her Royal Court, made up of Rose Princesses (left to right): Courtney Rubin, Chloe Ghoogassian, Zena Brown, Katie Merrill, Gaelen Stanford-Moore, Kelsey MacDougall