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See the Lovely Showgirls at the Agricultural Show!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at USC (AU) chapter.
Last year, 18 year old Taylor Pascoe won Miss Showgirl and she’s going for the title again at his year’s Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show!
Taylor said she volunteers for the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show every year.
“It’s such a good three days and it’s a lot of fun,” Taylor said.
“I really like raising awareness about the show as it’s such a unique thing that we have and is probably one of the best shows on the Sunshine Coast.”
2013 Miss Showgirl Taylor Pascoe.
 
She said there’s more to being Miss Showgirl than winning.
“Being a showgirl is exciting but scary because you are presented on the first night of the show in front of everyone and you have to make a speech, it’s kind of daunting having the whole show looking at you,” Taylor said.
One of this year’s Show Princess entrants 16 year old Chloe Francis said this is the first time she has ever entered.
“This is my first time applying for Miss Show Princess for the Agricultural Show and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous,” Chloe said.
“I applied not only to build my confidence but to build a better relationship between myself and the community.”
 
Miss Show Princess entrant Chloe Francis.
 
Chloe said running for Miss Show Princess is a way for her to grow as a person.
“Winning Miss Show Princess would mean so much to me,” she said.
“However if I wasn’t to win, people will have the ability to look at how I was before and how I am now and see the whole experience of working with the community and working alongside the rest of the Studio 21 girls and the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show Society has helped me become a better person.
“I want to be a great mentor or role model just as the previous show princess winners have.”
She said running for Miss Show Princess has already helped her future career.
“I’m currently studying beauty therapy and I’d like to one day create my own range beauty/skin care products,” Chloe said.
The history of Miss Showgirl dates back to its inception in 1983 and has been a successful event each year.
An old photo at the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show, then known as the ‘Nambour Show’.
 
Miss Show Princess entrant Chloe Francis said other girls should definitely apply.
“You learn so much about yourself and is honestly an amazing experience,” she said.
“I say go for it!”
To support this years judging of of the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show Society’s showgirls and show princesses, help them fundraise at their annual Family Gala Dinner and Fashion Show event on May 30, 2014. 
For tickets and more information click here.
To buy tickets call the Sunshine Show Office at 5441 2766 or email Helen Bird at admin@sunshinecoastshow.asn.au.
Contact Helen to be in the running for Miss Showgirl 2014!
 
Jasmin Maastricht is a third year Journalism student at USC, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Her Campus chapter at USC, as well as being one of the 2013 USC Student Mentor's, freelancing for online publication WeekendNotes and interning for Australia's number one online fashion store, Fashionfile. Her passion is Journalism but besides that, Jasmin has always had a strong interest in fashion and entertainment, completing six weeks of work experience with Noosa 101.3fm Community Radio Station and has had the amazing opportunity of working with Australia's number one teenage lifestyle magazines, DOLLY in April 2011 and again in April 2013 and Girlfriend in February, 2013. She has also scored herself internships with the Sunshine Coast's local newspaper, the Sunshine Coast Daily and with Caboolture News. She has been working with both papers eight months now. She has previously worked with Darby Radcliff with the Her Campus Ole Miss chapter while on exchange in Mississippi as well as working with the M s Observer magazine and has never looked back. Email Jasmin at jasminmaastricht@hercampus.com for any questions or getting involved at Her Campus USC or contact her via social media. HCXO!