New Zealand Rose Keely O'Grady has been crowned the 2024 International Rose of Tralee as the festival concluded in Co Kerry tonight.
“I can’t really put it into words. I’m shaking so much right now,” says O’Grady, a 21-year-old fourth-year student at the University of Canterbury, who is taking a degree in speech and language therapy. “What I’m most looking forward to is doing this for my country as an International Rose. We’ve only had two New Zealand Roses. It means a lot to me.”
