All Hail: Rose Queen Picked for 121st Parade
Arcadia teen Natalie Innocenzi was selected to be head of the royal court at the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
The anticipation. The tears. The water-proof mascara. Like any pageant worth its salt, such are the requisite nail-biting moments that made up LA's annual Rose Queen selection.
Today, 16-year old Arcadia resident Natalie Innocenzi gleefully accepted the royal title. She will hold court over the 2010 Pasadena Tournament of Roses, and will wave to the adoring crowds from a rose-bedazzled float in the 121st Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
Innocenzi was chosen for the honor -- which also involves a year-long role of making public appearances and attending media functions (150 of them, or more) -- after a month-long process involving more than 1,100 potental royals.
According to the Tournament of Roses Web site, Innocenzi is a member of her school's junior varsity tennis team, does track and field and is on the board for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America Teens.
