London, Tralee, Clare

The Irish Echo, from Australia, has more about London Rose Clare Kambamettu, 2010 International Rose of Tralee.

The site quotes Clare ' "It’s been an absolutely amazing week,” she said, “and what I’ve learned about the Rose of Tralee is that everything you think is going to happen, you just double it, and triple it, and add a million on to it and you get somewhere near what actually happens" '.

Visit the Irish Echo.

Less than 40 winks is good for you

How would you look in the morning if you only had 1.5 hours sleep? Not as good as Clare Kambamettu, 2010 Rose of Tralee. The photo appears in the Irish Times.
To quote from the article - '"It's in the unofficial job description. A Rose of Tralee must be able to party all night and emerge by breakfast looking as though she has had her full eight hours in the scratcher.So in keeping with tradition, London Rose Clare Kambamettu (26) from Co Kildare, the 52nd Rose of Tralee, turned up looking radiant, clear-skinned and sparkly eyed after 1½ hours of sleep yesterday morning.
By 9.30am she was on her fifth appointment of the day. “I went to bed at quarter past five and I’ve been up since before seven so it’s been a hectic couple of hours,” she smiled, her voice hoarse. “I’m just getting used to all this.”'

There's a lot more in the article - here.

A Trip to Tullamore

Danielle McBurnett, 2010 Arizona Rose, visited the town of Tullamore during her trip to Ireland, acording to the Offaly Express. Why Tullamore? Because it is twinned with Chandler, a town in Arizona. Simple really.

Read all about in the Offaly Express.

First Night Slideshow

Aisling Ryan, 2010 Queensland Rose, confuses Daithi

The Irish Independent brings us a great slideshow of the first night. One of the photographs is of Rose Talty, 2008 New Jersey Rose, who is Daithi's girlfriend.

Here is the slideshow.

More Pics - Second Night

Clare Kambamettu, London and International 2010 Rose

The Irish Independent has a very good slideshow of photographs of the Roses on the second selection night. Go here to view it.

Clare Kambamettu from London is the 2010 Rose!

Clare Kambamettu, London Rose and

2010 International Rose of Tralee

London Rose Again in 2010!

The 2010 International Rose of Tralee is Clare Kambamettu, reigning 2010 London Rose.

Daithi picks his Rose

Daithi has admitted that he is stepping out with a Rose - the 2008 New Jersey Rose. That's her, Rita Talty, up there!

Click the pic - it's huge!

299 More Photographs!

Those good people at Event Capture have been snapping away. Just visit their site and view (or buy!) 299 photos taken of the Roses at Ballinasloe.

Danielle on the edge

We don't often hear from the Clare Herald - but they bring news of Danielle McBurnett, the 2010 Arizona Rose. Here she is at the Cliffs of Moher, which she has voted to be amongst the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The Clare Herald has an extensive profile not only of Danielle, but on the links between Arizona and Ennis, the county town of Clare.

Read it here.

More Slideshows

Slideshows seem to be this years big new thing. The Irish Independent has a great one - view it here.

No Snakes in Australia?

The Carlton Hotel are one of the sponsors of the Festival - taking care of many of the Rose needs. Earlier in the week the Roses visited Dublin Zoo.

It was there that Bridget O'Connor, the 2010 South Australia Rose, came face to face with Brian the snake. She screamed and screamed, according to the Carlton website! Surely there are more dangerous snakes and spiders in Australia. Maybe not.

Out with the girls.

Went out yesterday with my girlfriends and wanted to share some pictures. I'm the one with black shoes and striped vest. Click for larger view. Kisses!

Down First

Lisburn Today (Ulster Star) brings us up to date with news of the 2010 Down Rose Gemma Murphy. It appears that Gemma is the first Down Rose in 51 years to reach the finals in Tralee. I think Gemma under sells herself slightly when she says (per the article) '"I will be nervous about the TV part because I have never been on stage before. It is not something I am used to, I hate being the centre of attention. It will be a ten minute conversation so I will just try to forget I am on TV. I am nervous that I might fall over or something but once I get started I'm sure it will be fine"'.

Visit the Lisburn Today site for the rest of the article.

Broadsheet Roses

the view from Broadsheet

The site Broadsheet brings you a slide show of some of the 2010 Roses. You should then browse Broadsheet - it should bring a smile to your face.

Daithi and Dublin

From the pages of the Herald we find Niamh Sherlock, 2010 Dublin Rose, with Daithi (you never see Daithi in a pic with another man!). The article tells us about her boyfriend (not Daithi!) and her plans for the coming Festival week.

More About Donal

Probably the best aricle about an Escort is the one in the Galway Advertiser. It gives a thorough profile of Donal Gill. Just to give you a flavour of the report '"As the girls were being interviewed the lads were also interviewed by Rose of Tralee delegate, Ollie Lawlor,” he says. “He and the girls chose the escort to go to Tralee to represent Roscommon. When I was chosen I was totally shocked. I had a fantastic night at the selection so it was an added bonus to be chosen. My full compliments go to the Roscommon Rose Committee, they put on a great night"', and "It was fantastic to meet the other lads, they were a sound bunch. It was good to be able to put faces to the names. It was an activity-based weekend with canoeing, kayaking, etc. The organisers also outlined the expected attire for the festival. A lot of it you would have yourself ordinarily. I had most of it myself. You are asked to look sharp, clean and casual"

You really should read the story - here.

Daithi Gets Rose Support

There is no stopping Daithi's progess. This pic and the following quotes come courtesy of IFTN.Their article includes the following quote '"We were in RTÉ,” he explains, “and the girls brought the sunshine with them. There was a big photocall with lots of photographers so we had a bit of fun with the girls chasing after me and sprinkling rose petals on my head. They’re a great gang of girls and I’m looking forward to getting to know them better in the coming days"' and also this '"The new host has admitted some slight issues have already risen as to his rapport with the 32 roses. “A few of the foreign Roses have admitted that they’ve watched some clips of me online to try to get a handle on my accent,” he says. “Hopefully they’ll be fluent by the time they join me on stage.” '

The IFTN is an interesting website - go there to find out about those people behind the RTE TV production.

The Daithi Show

He's everywhere! Daithi on the run, pic from Metro.

Leitrim Rose gets ready

Martha Gilheany, 2010 Leitrim Rose, is ready for the Rose Festival according to the Leitrim Observer. Just this week her itinerary includes "Tomorrow night we have a photo shoot with Daithi O Se and interviews with RTE. This week we fit in visits to Newbridge to sort out jewellery, we have lunch with ambassadors, visit Kilmainham Jail and the Guinness Brewery," before they move on to Ballinasloe, Birr, Banagher, Clare and Limerick. This Friday, August 20 the Roses arrive in Tralee, where the party really gets started. "It is going to get even crazier in Tralee, it moves up to fifth gear there," Martha explained. Each day is scheduled from 10am until 11pm with the judges watching their every move" - taken from the article.

Read more, a lot more, at the Leitrm Observer.

A Balbriggan German Rose

At last something about the German Rose 2010 Ruth Levins. She was spotted by the Fingal Independent at a dress fitting. It appears the Ruth is originally from Drogheda.

Read the Fingal Independent.

Roscommon Pair

Deirdre Lenihan, 2010 Roscommon Rose, Donal Gill, Escort

The Roscommon Rose website has a slideshow of their Roses send-off in conjunction with the Roscommon Lamb Fesival. Confused? No need to. Read all about it here.

♥ Victoria's Secret!

A friend of my mother's came visiting from the States and I was Oh so happy when I saw that she brought us a couple of Victoria's Secret products. I think one of the greatest joys for a pink-addicted, crazy-about-cosmetics European is when they are gifted Victoria's Secret anything, sparing them the entire ordering online and extra cost for the shipping--which is not exactly a small extra cost. Anyway, I took some pictures so you can see what I got and share the joy with you. Kisses!

There's a body spray, a hand and body cream, a shimmer body powder and a cosmetics bag. Love them! And the cream and spray smell so nice!

And these two perfumes are also a gift and they smell amazing! Midnight Fantasy and Fantasy by Britney Spears. Love the first one more.

One wish.

I would be happy with filling my wardrobe only with JC shoes. I wouldn't need any other shoe--or maybe just a pair of Louboutins. But that's it. Jeffrey Campbell is my true love when it comes to shoes. Just look for yourself! Aren't they amazing?

Shopnastygal.com : $188.

Revolveclothing.com : $246;$119;$132

Sorry, but I don't know how much these cost or where you can find them. I just fell in love with them.

Stylebop.com : 298€; 198€.

Modcloth.com : $163, but currently out of stock; $130.

Shocking Emma.

Wow. Emma Watson shocks. She went straight from Goldilocks to pixie. And I kinda love it. She has the bone structure to pull it off and I think it makes her look more mature. What do you think?

Improved.

From now on, you can find posts regarding fashion shows, quotes, editorials or my random thoughts, only under the new pages on the blog, wearing the same name.