For historical information about the Barraba Young Woman and pictures of past Young Women please scroll down the page.
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Do NOT attend the Show if you are unwell.
1.5metre physical distancing, hand & personal hygiene to be observed, masks to be worn at your own discretion.
Do NOT attend the Show if you are unwell.
53rd Barraba Young Woman

2022 L- R: Mia Burgess, Kate Kirkness (judge), Chloe Taylor (judge), Patti Crowley (judge), Brook Smith.
The Showgirl Competition aims to find a young female between 18-25 years of age to be an Ambassador for Barraba and the agricultural show movement. The winning Showgirl of each local Show Society is selected by a panel of three judges and remains the Young Woman until the next year’s Show. Her role involves many official and informal duties locally such as public speaking throughout the year and presenting prizes for winners in agricultural events.
The competition is not a beauty pagent. Entrants are judged on personality, confidence, ambition and life goals, general knowledge, rural knowledge, community involvement, presentation and speech. In addition to their potential ambassadorial qualities, contestants are also judged on their genuine interest in rural NSW and their involvement in their local community.
Today, the Young Woman Competition continues to find young rural women with purpose and ambition and the Competition plays a significant role in the overall development of rural youth, attracting strong support from entrants, sponsors and organizers.
INQUIRIES TO BINDY ABELL: 0477464463 OR KELLY BROWN: 0423408360
The Barraba Young Woman for 2022 is Brook Smith with runner up Mia Burgess & 2nd runner up Eleisha Outridge. Judging taking place with a luncheon at the Barraba Golf Club. Brook being announced as the 2022 Young Woman & sashed by Chloe Taylor the 2019 Showgirl. judges being Kate Kirkness, Chloe Taylor & Patti Crowley.
Brook will now go onto Zone 4 judging at Wee Waa on the 19th February 2022 where she will be a wonderful ambassador for the Barraba Show Society & the Barraba community. Good luck Brook with this next stage of the competition.
Thank you to everyone for attending the presentation and making it a very enjoyable day and to all girls for entering the competition, we hope that your experience was an enjoyable and rewarding one.
Brook, Mia & Eleisha will be guests at the Barraba Show on the 4th, 5th & 6th March 2022.
Once again we would like to thank all of the very generous sponsors of the Young Woman competition. These being: DJ Kelly & Co Accountants Barraba, IGA Barraba, Barraba P A & H Assoc Inc, Bareela Pastoral Co. Barraba, Frocks & Locks, Hart Rural, Babes in the Bush, Dave Penna, Polkadot & Cobbadah Flowers
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2022 JUNIOR YOUNG WOMAN/ MAN COMPETITION - MINI, 6-9, 10-14 & 15-17 YEARS WILL BE JUDGED AT 4.00PM IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND ON SATURDAY 5th MARCH 2022.
The competition is not a beauty pagent. Entrants are judged on personality, confidence, ambition and life goals, general knowledge, rural knowledge, community involvement, presentation and speech. In addition to their potential ambassadorial qualities, contestants are also judged on their genuine interest in rural NSW and their involvement in their local community.
Today, the Young Woman Competition continues to find young rural women with purpose and ambition and the Competition plays a significant role in the overall development of rural youth, attracting strong support from entrants, sponsors and organizers.
INQUIRIES TO BINDY ABELL: 0477464463 OR KELLY BROWN: 0423408360
The Barraba Young Woman for 2022 is Brook Smith with runner up Mia Burgess & 2nd runner up Eleisha Outridge. Judging taking place with a luncheon at the Barraba Golf Club. Brook being announced as the 2022 Young Woman & sashed by Chloe Taylor the 2019 Showgirl. judges being Kate Kirkness, Chloe Taylor & Patti Crowley.
Brook will now go onto Zone 4 judging at Wee Waa on the 19th February 2022 where she will be a wonderful ambassador for the Barraba Show Society & the Barraba community. Good luck Brook with this next stage of the competition.
Thank you to everyone for attending the presentation and making it a very enjoyable day and to all girls for entering the competition, we hope that your experience was an enjoyable and rewarding one.
Brook, Mia & Eleisha will be guests at the Barraba Show on the 4th, 5th & 6th March 2022.
Once again we would like to thank all of the very generous sponsors of the Young Woman competition. These being: DJ Kelly & Co Accountants Barraba, IGA Barraba, Barraba P A & H Assoc Inc, Bareela Pastoral Co. Barraba, Frocks & Locks, Hart Rural, Babes in the Bush, Dave Penna, Polkadot & Cobbadah Flowers
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2022 JUNIOR YOUNG WOMAN/ MAN COMPETITION - MINI, 6-9, 10-14 & 15-17 YEARS WILL BE JUDGED AT 4.00PM IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND ON SATURDAY 5th MARCH 2022.
2022 Young Woman - Brook SmithThe 2022 Barraba Show Young Woman (previously showgirl) is Brook Smith. Brook has been in Barraba for 18 months and works at Hart Rural in the merchandise department. Her hobbies are competing in campdraft events, showing her stock horses, netball & swimming. She and her mother have a small sewing business that sells handmade campdraft accessories and work wear for rural women. Brook has completed a Bachelor of Economics and is now in her 1st year of a Bachelor of Geo Science degree. Brook has become involved in the Barraba community as coordinator of her touch and netball teams and has joined the show society as a ASH & Young Farmer Challenge steward. Her goals are to complete her degree and to continue to grow within herself. She entered the competition to get more involved in the community, to give back to the show society and develop her networking skills within the agriculture sector.
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2022 Junior Young Woman/ Young ManThe Junior Showgirl/man category was revived with great success in 2012. The Junior competition is judged and announced on SATURDAY AFTERNOON in four age categories: Mini, 6-9 years,10-14 years & 15-17 years. The 2022 Barraba Junior Young Woman/man will be announced at the Show in front of the Grandstand on Saturday afternoon 5th March @ 4.00pm Pictured below 2022 Junior Young Woman/man. |
Past Young Women / Showgirls
The Barraba Miss Showgirl was first held in 1964 and has been conducted every year since, with the exceptions of 1980 and 2001. Mrs Esme Trotter was the first showgirl coordinator with Ms Chater. Barraba has had one Zone finalist in this time with Annette Hughes in 1969, aged 17, going to Sydney to represent our Zone. On the 8th March 1975 & 22nd February 2014 the Barraba PA &H Association was the host for the Zone 4 Finals. A Junior Showgirl Compeition ran between 1967 and 1975, and has recently been reinstated in 2012.
Barraba hosted the Zone 4 Final for the first time in 1975 and again on the 22nd February 2014.
If you have a showgirl photo you would like to contribute to this gallery, or can name someone we haven't identified, please get in touch.
Barraba hosted the Zone 4 Final for the first time in 1975 and again on the 22nd February 2014.
If you have a showgirl photo you would like to contribute to this gallery, or can name someone we haven't identified, please get in touch.