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How to Become a New Jersey Rose

So you want to be a Rose? If you live in New Jersey please download a 2009 New Jersey Rose Application here.
(If you do not live in New Jersey, other Rose Centres can be found here )

Eligibility Criteria and Application

All entrants must meet the following criteria:

Be 18 years of age at the time of competition entry and will not have reached her 28th birthday on or prior to the last night of the International Rose of Tralee Selection on August 26, 2009.

Be unmarried, never been married and have no children.

Be born in Ireland or of Irish origin by virtue of one of her ancestors having been born in Ireland.

Never have previously represented any Centre as a Rose in the International Rose of Tralee Selection.

Be available for New Jersey Rose Selection, and if selected, be available for International Festival Events from August 22 – 26, 2009 inclusive.

Be available for all New Jersey Rose Events throughout the year.

Prize

The New Jersey winner be crowned and titled "The 2009 New Jersey Rose of Tralee." She will be flown to Ireland to compete in the festival, which features contestants from all over the world, and take part in all the festival has to offer - including nation-wide television coverage and huge press attention. Accommodation and meals will be courtesy of The International Rose of Tralee Festival.
For more information on the International Festival click here

To Enter

1. Email the completed Application and your photo to njroseoftralee@optonline.net or submit by mail to: New Jersey Rose of Tralee, 215 Chestnut Street, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 07450
2. Submit the $250 entrance fee with a 3" x 5" photo.

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 many 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.

We wish you every success and perhaps it will be our pleasure to welcome you to Festival 2009 as a Rose!