‘It was like an out-of-body experience’ New Zealand’s Keely O'Grady takes Rose of Tralee 2024 crown The New Zealand Rose, who has been announced as the 2024 International Rose of Tralee, said it “will bring her closer to Irish culture and heritage”. Keely O'Grady (21), a fourth-year Speech and Language Therapy student at Canterbury University, has become the third New Zealand Rose to take the title. Speaking to the Irish Independent just after the show at the MTU Kerry Sports Academy, she said: "When I heard my name called, it felt unreal.
It was like an out-of-body experience." The 2024 International Rose of Tralee Keely O’Grady selected on stage at the Kerry Sports Academy, MTU during the Rose of Tralee International Festival on Tuesday night. Photo: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD "The shock comes from the fact that I'm standing alongside these 31 beautiful, amazing, talented women, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
"That could have been any one of them, and the fact that the judges saw something in me while standing alongside those other 31 incredible women that really means a lot to me," she added. Mrs O'Grady said she didn't expect to win the title of the Rose of Tralee. "Not that I don't believe in myself or think that I'm capable of it, but I just think that every single one of those women out there had something incredible to offer.
"I just thought it was a one-in-32 chance for any single one of us. It's a bit of a small chance at the end of the.