The New Zealand Rose of Tralee
The
2010 New Zealand Rose of Tralee is Elizabeth Sara.
Elizabeth represented the Otago Irish Society.
She was born in 1986, and is currently completing a Bachelor of Education, Primary teaching degree at Otago College of Education, with a view to doing post-graduate study in Educational Psychology and design.
Her Irish connection is through her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Juliana Margaret McMillan, who was born in Kells, County Wicklow. where her father worked as a butler on the Rockfield estate.
She says her interests include tramping (she's trying to get through all the 'Great Walks'!), swimming, music (she sings in a church group, plays the harp, and is teaching herself the guitar), photography, sewing, making and fixing things, writing and watersports.
The 2010 contestants:
(l to r)Ashley MacKenzie-White (Hutt Valley), Elizabeth Sara (Otago), Karen Lynch (Christchurch), Anna Mills (Taranaki), Lisa Monaghan (NZ Rose, 2009), Nicole Gourley (Invercargill), Laura Young (Auckland), Kimberley Farthing (Waikato)
Listen to Elizabeth as she talks about winning the 2010 NZ Rose of Tralee title
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“Winning the Rose title was a surprise - and a great honour!”