Photo by Terry Miller, Pasadena Independent

Sixteen?? This girl is sixteen???? How the heck is she a senior in high school at 16, let alone the new Rose Queen? But indeed she is both, and she is Natalie Innocenzi, a senior at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. She’s a tennis player, a volunteer and apparently an all-around wonderful girl. And, we might add, a whiz with the makeup and hair products.

Here’s a report from our favorite national-but-local blogger, Lian Dolan of the Chaos Chronicles.

And here’s the photo gallery from the Pasadena Star-News of the whole final selection.

Rose princesses Michelle Van Wyk (La Canada High) and June Ko (Arcadia High) flank stunned Rose Queen Natalie Innocenzi. Photo by Terry Miller, Pasadena Independent