23/09/2026
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THESE WOMEN! + Tina from
Our judges for 2026 - I love how colourful and vibrant this photo is... and then there's their outfits bringing colour. So much joy, heart, smarts and vivacious-ness.
What I love is how different they all are. Their backgrounds in business and life. But what they all have in common is integrity, wanting to see others' win and massive hearts. They all have a story to tell of life but they show up with kindness, heart and resilience.
Meredith from Winner of Rural Woman of the Year 2025 - a powerhouse woman. She has been in business for 30+ years who has ridden so many waves of business, economic and social changes - she continues to show you can't hold a good woman down!
Cindy from - winner of Community Queen (NFP) 2025 and a huge lover of community, people and has tenacity and drive.
Sam from .imbil - winner of Beauty Queen 2025. Sam has a huge heart for people, her clients and shares her challenges with being dyslexic feeling like it would hold her back in life - to now showing that couldn't be further from the truth.
Rachel from .momentum . Rachel was at our very first networking event in 2021 as the speaker - a business coach, huge heart for others and seeing them soar. Rachel has also been on the judging committee since 2024. She is such a cheerleader for others.
Branka from - an integral part of Gympie Women in Business, and so many other local communities. Her heart and investment into the judging this year was incredible. Another huge cheerleader and successful business woman in our region.
Tina from Believe, Empower, Evolve - a woman on a mission to help others through regulating their nervous system. I love that Tina is HR by day, free spirit in her side hustle - with a huge heart for others.
And Donagh from - the head judge keeping everything on track and lifting a massive weight off my shoulders so I could be support for all the finalists (which I loved so so much!)
Judges for 2026 - thank you for all the long, long hours investing into this. I read the notes, and I could see the genuine heart, non-biased approach to the rubric system and boy, once again, it was a hard task.
And as Cindy said on stage, make next year so much harder for all of us and nominate your people - there are SO many women within our region deserved to be recognised.
