How to Become a Rose

So you want to be a Rose? The first thing you should do is download and complete an application form (Microsoft Word) or application form (PDF) .

Please note that the only Selections in Ireland that are still open for applications are Cork and Dublin. You are welcome to still apply for Rose Selections in other counties but your application will now be considered for 2012.  

For a special message from Rose of Tralee Clare Kambamettu and to see what it's really like to be a Rose at the International Festival, take a look at this video

If you have any questions about your local Rose event or to find out if there is a Rose Centre in your area, you can view a list of all our Rose Centres here.
 

There are several criteria that each Rose representing a centre in the final must meet, and your Centre will be able to give you more details of these.

We wish you every success and perhaps it will be our pleasure to welcome you to Festival 2011 as a Rose! 

Roses are chosen by centres throughout the world including Australia, Dubai, the USA, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the UK and of course Ireland. Entrants are initially nominated by local businesses or organisations and take part in local heats to find one person who will represent the centre in the final.

Judges consider many different attributes of the Rose including, in the words of William Mulchinock's song The Rose of Tralee, an indefinable quality that captures "the truth in her eyes". The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates modern young women in terms of their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage.
 

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