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Team Penning / Yarding will be held in May and Nov 2012 at our fabulous new facility. BBQ, Bar, Camping & Showers. Free entry for spectators!

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Crookwell A P & H Society Inc.

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Showgirl

The winner will progress to the Zone Final and if successful there can become a State Finalist at the Sydney Royal Easter Show sponsored by The Land newspaper. There are big prizes on offer but the real reward is the personal development gained during the course of the competitions and the opportunities it affords those who strive to meet the goal.

Each year we encourage young ladies between the age of 18 and 24 to enter our local Crookwell Showgirl competition. It is not a beauty pageant and is not a fund raising programme. The aims, conditions of entry, and benefits to the girls are all described in the documentation provided on this page or by links from this page.

State Finalists - The Land Showgirl Competition

State Finalists at the Sydney Royal Easter Show 2004. Including Felicity Wheelwright from Crookwell extreme left.

Judging

The judging criteria for the Zone Final and Local Showgirl competitions are very similar. This will include;
        Personality
        Confidence
        Ambitions & Goals
        General Knowledge (local, Australian and international)
        Rural Knowledge (general, local, Show)
        Personal Presentation (style, grooming, deportment)
        Diction & Speech
        Presentation Ceremony Interview

Felicity Wheelwright 2004

2007 Local Placegetters

2007 Zone finalists (hosted in Crookwell)

Prize Presenting Duties

2007 Zone Placegetters

Local Runner Up 2007 Rachelle Lynch

Junior Section Competition

Jessica Anderson 2008

Kellie McIntosh 2007
and State Finalist

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Junior Section Entry Form

An Overview for Showgirl Entrants
Introduction
The Showgirl Competition aims to find a young woman to act as an ambassador for rural NSW with her role involving many official and informal duties both at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and during her travels interstate and overseas.
It is not a beauty pageant. Most importantly the Showgirls must have a genuine interest in, and knowledge of, rural NSW. The Competition encourages the participation and subsequent awareness of rural women's contribution and involvement in both local
communities and rural NSW as a whole.
In 1962, 20 young ladies entered the first Showgirl Competition. The Winner, Miss Margaret McKay, the late Mrs Margaret Pennefather, RAS Councillor, was awarded a silver tray and $200 cash as first prize. The competition has come a long way in 44 years and now, in 2006, over 600 young women annually enter the competition throughout NSW with competitions being held in over 120 Show Societies.
The Competition plays a significant role in the overall development of rural youth within this country and boasts incredible support from entrants, sponsors and organisers. Sponsorship at a State level is worth over $40,000 in cash and prizes which does not take into account local Show competitions.
Each year the achievement level is heightened and broadened. The contestants meet other young women from rural NSW and gain great insights and personal development through this very rare experience.

Judging
The contestants are judged on personality, confidence, ambition and life goals, genera! 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, contestants are also judged on their involvement in and experience of rural affairs.
These prerequisites have not changed since the inception of the Showgirl competition in 1962, as the value of these skills has not diminished. The contestants continue to be young rural women with purpose and ambition.
The winning Showgirl of each local Show Society is selected by a panel of three judges and remains Showgirl until the next year's Show. She performs various tasks which could include opening a Show, public speaking throughout the year, presenting prizes for winners in agricultural events etc,
Each local Show Society is a member of one of fourteen groups. Two groups combine to form one of seven Zones that make up the NSW area. In February/March of each year Zone Finals are held in which each of the Zones select, from all the winners put forward by each of the individual Societies, a representative for the State Final.

Alexandra Croker
2009

Sophie Gay
2010

Crookwell Showgirl 2012
Jasmine Nixon

read about Jasmine here

All other photos on this page are by Paul Anderson

2012 Nomination Form

Steph Picker
2011

Photo by
Katrina Nixon