Our 2025/2026 Young Woman & Miss Maitland

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Entries for the 2025/26 Maitland Show Young Woman of the Year are now closed

The Young Woman Competition is a significant movement across New South Wales and provides young women an opportunity to become advocates in their local communities as rural ambassadors.

No matter if you are a local finalist, Zone finalist or Sydney Royal Show finalist, the competition can open many professional and personal opportunities. Even after the Young Woman competition, most contestants continue to be valuable leaders in their communities with purpose and ambition.

2024 Young Woman Winner – Caylin King

Congratulations to all finalists (in order) Caylin King (Winner), Meredith Blair, and Gemalla De Beuzeville-Howarth (Runner Up) left to right.

Caylin King Dedication to her role as Young Woman & Miss Maitland 2024

It sounds like Young Woman & Miss Maitland 2024, Caylin King, is actively participating in her role by visiting Newcastle High School, Cooks Hill Campus. Her engagement with both students and teachers highlights her commitment to fostering community connections and promoting the Maitland spirit Mayor Philip Penfold Maitland City Council as part of our Maitland Show competitions.
This kind of outreach can inspire students and strengthen ties between local figures and educational institutions.

In 1962, twenty young female ambassadors entered the first Miss Showgirl competition, as it was originally known, with hopes of representing their region and working as ambassadors for women throughout rural New South Wales.

The competition has undergone a name change this year, with the new name reflecting the importance of the program along with its evolution. The young women entering today have great insight and knowledge of the issues faced in rural NSW, they are involved with their communities and are confident ambassadors. They are young women with purpose and ambition and ready to face the challenges and rewards offered by the agricultural show movement and deserving of the title The Land Sydney Royal Ag Shows Young Woman 2023 and the role of custodian and ambassador.

The competition plays a significant role in the development of rural women and boats incredible support from sponsors with over $40,000 in cash and prizes, another important progression from the $200 and silver tray won by Margaret Mackay in 1962.