On The Land
10 June, 2023
Entrants ready for 2023 Malanda Show quest
THE Malanda Show Dairy Queen and Princess quest is well underway, with 10 young Malanda women being introduced for this year’s competition.
The queen competition has been a major part of the Malanda Show for decades however for a period of time it was discontinued until the committee revived it in 2016 to coincide with their centenary.
The competition format has since changed to be held every two years in between the rural ambassador competition which was launched in 2022 which is geared towards young men and women focused on the agricultural aspect.
This year’s entrants for the queen quest are Kimberly Daley, Heidi Ryan and Danielle Bowden.
Kimberly is an active exhibitor in dairy cattle at the Malanda Show with family enterprise Millaaview. She is a keen explorer, baker and artist and is sponsored by her workplace Travel Experience.
Horse whisperer Heidi is currently studying at Malanda State High School and loves to keep active through gymnastics and barrel racing. She is sponsored by the Malanda Show Society.
For Danielle, expressing herself through art is what she loves most with photography and crotchet being her chosen mediums. She hopes to make the best of every opportunity that comes her way and is sponsored by the Malanda Manor.
This year’s princess entrants are Bridie Blinco, Erin Burtenshaw, Leah Linneman, Charlie Carey, Danii Stremouchiw, Tara Bevan, France English and Heidi Brettschneider.
A proud member of the cattle showing team, Bridie is an active member of the Millaa Millaa community and is completing a certificate III in agriculture with her sponsor, Rocky Creek Orchards.
Erin, who is sponsored by Tablelands Business Solutions, is currently in high school and loves to work with cattle in both the beef and dairy industry.
Spending her weekends working on her family’s cattle property, Leah loves the cattle and station life and aspires to continue in this field when she completes her studies at St Monica’s Catholic College in Cairns. She is sponsored by Burnell Builders.
Charlie is sponsored by Rumours Diner and enjoys relaxing by the river whilst fishing and has aspirations to become a veterinarian when she completes her high school studies.
Sponsored by SPAR Malanda, Danii loves working on the farm, playing touch football and netball with aspirations to represent her sport in a high level. She hopes to travel once she completes high school studies.
Coming from Ravenshoe, Tara knows her dairy and is excited to be sponsored by Bega. When she isn’t on the dairy, she is playing touch football and rugby league.
A regular volunteer to the Malanda Show Society, Frances honours the century long legacy of her family’s cattle history exhibiting Illawarra dairy cattle. She is sponsored by her workplace Away With Hair.
Heidi is sponsored by Millstream Springs Cattle Company and enjoys cooking, drawing, making candles and Tae Kwon Do. She has ambitions to make a positive difference in the word and pursue a career in the medical field.
Coordinator Georgia Dull said she was pleased with this year’s entrants and their enthusiasm as they take on their responsibilities as entrants.
“We have kind of branched off from the original vision of Miss Showgirl, we wanted to really get the girls more involved in our local community rather than being a figurehead,” she said.
“We didn’t want someone that can just smile and pose for photos, look beautiful and hand out ribbons – we wanted somebody who is a part of that backbone and is really passionate about the future of agricultural shows and the industry as a whole.
“In this region, agriculture is our lifeblood, particularly here in Malanda we have a big focus on the dairy industry which is a finite resource, so we want to keep supporting it for as long as possible.”
