Miss Country Girl Australia will hold a preliminary competition at Gosford Golf Club on Sunday, August 16, to give local girls opportunities in the modelling industry, education and career building.
Ambassador and founder, Ms Katie Jones said: “We hold rehearsals and a motivational experience to build self-confidence throughout all contests.
“We see many girls participating in the competition to build their confidence through the preliminary workshops along with interacting with other contestants, making friends, and opening their minds to new and exciting opportunities.
“This is a fun, friendly competition with no experience needed and I am very excited to be visiting Gosford and spreading my message to dream, believe and achieve,” she said. Former mentor and current event coordinator for Miss Country Girl Australia, Ms Elena Crnalic said:
“This is a great chance for girls to have some fun, learn new skills, win some great prizes, be launched into the modelling industry and most importantly make new friends and build inner confidence.”
Central Coast resident, Ms Crnalic entered the fashion industry four years ago at the age of 18, through a national model search with Big Girls Modelling (BGM) and Simone Perele.
She has since been signed to BGM Models in Sydney then to Models 1 in London and Brigette Models in Germany. Ms Crnalic became event coordinator after being a national final mentor for those in Miss Country Girl Australia in 2014. She applied for Miss Country Girl Australia preliminary, held in Woy Woy.
“By researching different categories that the competition had to offer, I then decided to enter the Career Girl category which teaches young girls about the behind the scenes of the fashion industry. “In the preliminary, I had an interview with Katie Jones, the CEO of Miss Country Girl Australia and won.”
Ms Crnalic then went on to the national finals on the Gold Coast for three days where she was offered an internship. “This is such a great opportunity, as the winner gets a permanent position with the company itself.”
Ms Crnalic said that while she has never done event management before, she is enjoying it and both roles have allowed her to meet many girls across the country and always be there to offer advice and make them feel confident.
“Through this experience, I also hope to teach girls that confi dence comes from within and knowing that some girls will become confident with the help of the team and me would probably be the greatest achievement of them all,” Ms Crnalic said.
Miss Country Girl Australia 2015 contains a number of categories for entry. The junior category is for those aged eight to 12 years, the senior for those aged 13 to 28 years and the Career Girl category can be entered by those aged between 16 and 30 years of age.
Also included in the event is the Country Girl Performance Categor, which is split into the junior category for those aged between eight and 12 years and senior category for those aged between 13 and 30.
“There will be several winners in each category, with one junior winner being crowned as their region’s Miss Country Girl junior, who will win some fantastic prizes,” Ms Crnalic explained.
“The senior winner will be crowned as their region’s Miss Country Girl Australia and will compete in the Country Girls national final for modelling contracts and opportunities.”
Interview, 9 August 2015
Media release, 6 August
2015
Elena Crnalic, Miss
Country Girl Australia
Victoria Power, journalist