Eagle Rock—Irene Maddox of Eagle Rock High School was crowned the 2027 Rose Queen on Tuesday, selected from seven young women on the Rose Court to lead festivities ahead of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.
Tournament of Roses President Terry Madigan crowned Maddox during a ceremony on the front steps of Tournament House. The event included 19 past Rose Queens, including 1945 queen Mary Rutte Wallace, the oldest living Rose Queen.
Maddox was selected from seven members of the Rose Court, announced Sept. 28. The other court members are Evita Bridge of Mayfield Senior School, Tessa Choi of La Cañada High School, Daniela Guzmán of Arcadia High School, Maria Teresa McDonald of Thurgood Marshall Secondary School, Elizabeth Rweyemamu of Polytechnic School and Lucy Wendling of San Marino High School…