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This year's Queen of Carnival is a vibrant young woman who comes from a long line of family members that were chosen as Rex royalty, and WGNO's LBJ got a chance to meet her. 2025’s Queen of Queen of Carnival Tatum Lady Reiss is an equestrian and world traveler, with deep Rex roots Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Howell Crosby, a longtime Rex lieutenant and civic leader, will reign as King of Carnival, joined by Queen Tatum Reiss, the daughter of a former Rex, for Mardi Gras The Queen of Carnival 2024 is Elizabeth Brent Montgomery. Montgomery is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bullard Montgomery IV. Her mother is the former Courtney Scott Butcher of New Orleans. The 2024 Queen of Carnival is Miss Elizabeth Brent Montgomery, a University of Alabama student majoring in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communications, and is minoring in Business. The Queen of Carnival and her court will greet Rex and enjoy the Rex parade from reviewing stands at the Hotel Intercontinental on Mardi Gras day. For Montgomery, a graduate of Isidore Newman School, becoming queen is the culmination of a dream she has harbored since childhood, when she dressed as Tinker Bell on Mardi Gras and turned on her NEW ORLEANS — Evaline Finley Gomila, who prefers to go by “Evie”, has been bestowed one of the highest honors of Mardi Gras – Queen of Carnival.The University of Virginia computer science This year’s theme is “Palio di Siena,” a salute to a horse-racing tradition in Siena, Italy, that dates from the 13th century. It was supposed to be the theme of the 2021 Rex parade, but the Growing up in New Orleans, this year’s queen loved parades, costuming and Carnival. “I typically spent Mardi Gras day with my mom and my brother, the three of us, would walk to Napoleon Avenue NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Rex Organization on Saturday (Feb. 18) unveiled Evaline Finlay Gomila as its 2023 Queen of Carnival. The 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia is the daughter “I never saw myself represented as Mardi Gras royalty as a little girl,” Williams said. “I was at parades every year on St. Charles on Mardi Gras day, as I always saw myself in a supportive role, marching but never a queen.” The love from her Nyx sisters was expected, but the adoration from parade goers was overwhelming. Queen of Carnival Tatum Lady Reiss is an equestrian and world traveler, with deep Rex roots Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 A “cultural revolution on wheels.” That's how the Krewe of ALLA describes its Mardi Gras parade this year. Named in honor of Algiers, La., the 93-year-old New Orleans krewe rolls through Unidentified Carnival Queen, Gelatin-Silver, date unknown Joseph Woodson "Pops" Whitesell-Courtesy The Historic New Orleans Collection, William Russell Jazz Collection Mollie Hodges, Queen of the Elinor Pitot White, this year’s queen of Carnival, has been a lady in waiting for almost two years. it’s a verb in Mardi Gras jargon – as well as school schedules, while keeping the good The oldest female Mardi Gras organization in Jefferson Parish will celebrate Carnival 2025 with a 200-member, 18-float parade. This year's theme is “Isis Goes on a Field Trip” Floats will include Rivertown Theater , Aquarium, and Circus . The king and queen of Mardi Gras are chosen each year by a panel of judges from the Krewe of Rex, the oldest and most prestigious Mardi Gras krewe in New Orleans. The Rex Organization selects a theme for the Mardi Gras season, and the king and queen’s costumes and float designs are based on that theme. From New Jersey to New Orleans: Meet Andrea Mistretta, the Poster Child of Mardi Gras Posters. Mistretta's studio on White's Pond in New Jersey, 1,300 miles from NOLA. For the last 37 ye A display of her gowns is housed in the Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum on the second floor of Arnaud’s. When she died in 1983, she was buried in a gold lamé gown she wore as queen of the Queen Seline’s family history of Mardi Gras is an extensive one, dating back to the 1930s when her great grandfather, Clifton Clarke Inge, Sr., reigned as King of Carnival alongside Queen Sophia Dunlap.
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