FINLEY YOUNG WOMAN COMPETITION
Formerly the Showgirl Competition
STEWARD: Lauren Clarke [0488 104 688] & Kate Mueller [0409 469 940]
Prize Money: 1st $150.00 2nd $50.00 (plus gift prizes for winners) - winner's prize also includes attendance at a Development Weekend.
SPONSORS: Essential Hair, Finley Pharmacy, Finley Country Club, Three Girls Homewares
The Land Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Woman competition aims to find a young woman to act as an ambassador for rural NSW and the agricultural show movement.
The competition is NOT a beauty pageant, but encourages the participation and subsequent awareness of rural women’s contribution and involvement in both local communities and rural NSW as a whole. It is most important the entrants have a genuine interest in, and knowledge of, rural NSW.
The entrants are judged on personality, confidence, ambition and life goals, general knowledge, rural knowledge, presentation and speech. Finalists are also asked to demonstrate knowledge of their local community and current affairs and apart from their potential ambassadorial qualities, entrants are also judged on their involvement in and experience of rural affairs.
The competition is open to young women aged 18-26 as at May 1, 2026. Judging will take place prior to or on Show Day, and all contestants are asked to help during Show Day. The winner will go on to represent Finley at the Zone Final hosted by Ganmain on 31 January 2026.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS & REGULATIONS:
Prize Money: 1st $150.00 2nd $50.00 (plus gift prizes for winners) - winner's prize also includes attendance at a Development Weekend.
SPONSORS: Essential Hair, Finley Pharmacy, Finley Country Club, Three Girls Homewares
The Land Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Woman competition aims to find a young woman to act as an ambassador for rural NSW and the agricultural show movement.
The competition is NOT a beauty pageant, but encourages the participation and subsequent awareness of rural women’s contribution and involvement in both local communities and rural NSW as a whole. It is most important the entrants have a genuine interest in, and knowledge of, rural NSW.
The entrants are judged on personality, confidence, ambition and life goals, general knowledge, rural knowledge, presentation and speech. Finalists are also asked to demonstrate knowledge of their local community and current affairs and apart from their potential ambassadorial qualities, entrants are also judged on their involvement in and experience of rural affairs.
The competition is open to young women aged 18-26 as at May 1, 2026. Judging will take place prior to or on Show Day, and all contestants are asked to help during Show Day. The winner will go on to represent Finley at the Zone Final hosted by Ganmain on 31 January 2026.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS & REGULATIONS:
- The competition is open to those who are permanent residents of Australia.
- Entrants must be women aged 18 years to under 26 years as at 1 May in the year of the State Final.
- Entrants must reside, be educated, or work within New South Wales for at least three months prior to their local competition to qualify to compete within the State.
- Only candidates nominated by an Agricultural show Society are eligible for Zone and State Final judging.
- Previous entrants in the competition are eligible to enter however they are not to have been one of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd placegetters in a previous State Final.
- The following individuals are not eligible to enter the competition: Staff, Directors and Councillors of the RAS; the daughters of Staff, Directors and Councillors of the RAS; current Rural Achiever finalists
- All entrants are to abide by the Code of Conduct, as set out by the RAS and AgeShows NSW, when acting as an ambassador for RAS, AgShows NSW, or their local Show Society.
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FINLEY SHOWGIRLS & YOUNG WOMEN:
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1959 - Cynthia Nixon
1960 - Lorraine Horneman 1961 - Jan Makkinga 1962 - Lorraine Carr 1963 - Joy Newman 1964 - Elaine Atkinson 1965 - Noeline Maddy 1966 - Elizabeth Forbes 1967 - Joy Hamilton 1968 - Beryl Horneman 1969 - Margaret McMillan 1970 - Noelene Walker 1971 - Elizabeth Barnes 1972 - NO COMPETITION 1973 - Gwenda Brunt 1974 - Debbie Cuthbert 1975 - Judy Scarfe 1976 - Lyn Dickson 1977 - Karen Scarfe 1978 - Karen Scarfe 1979 - Sharon Killeen |
1980 - Trudy Graham
1981 - Kate Braybon 1982 - Mona-Lisa Barber 1983 - Christine Wilson 1984-91 - NO COMPETITION 1992 - Gabrielle Brunt 1993 - Jacinta Little 1994 - Sasha Brooks 1995 - Mandy Brassil 1996 - Jade Camden 1997 - Holly-Lee Lane 1998-99 - NO COMPETITION 2000 - Stacey Callaghan 2001 - Suanne McCumstie 2002 - Caroline Thwaites 2003 - Tessa Carmichael 2004 - Jenna Faulks 2005 - Emily Wulz 2006 - Loretta McNamara 2007 - Tasha Wright 2008 - Jessica Maloney 2009 - Elizabeth Price |
2010 - Morgan Vance
2011 - Hannah Campbell 2012 - Mallory Shaw 2013 - Clare McNamara 2014 - Miliana Nicori 2015 - Rachael Barnes 2016 - LeShai Morris 2017 - Maicie Close - 2018 State Finalist 2018 - Michelle Barnes 2019 - Georgia Webb 2020-21 - NO COMPETITION Competition renamed The Land AgShows NSW Young Woman 2022 - Lauren Clarke 2023 - Georgia Lunn 2024 - NO COMPETITION |
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OFFICE BEARERS:
President: Kevin Sexton Vice Presidents: Gordon Close & Scott Watkins Secretary: Breanne Cleve Assistant Secretary: Carol Kennedy Treasurer: Matt Mueller |
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Last Updated: 31 May 2025
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