By Jessica Micallef
By her own admission Demie Atherton is not your usual “girly girl”
But the Sunbury resident was among 30 contestants who participated in the Miss World Australia Victorian preliminary final earlier this month.
The 22-year-old said it was a last minute decision to apply for the competition.
“The application opened maybe a month or so ago but I only applied maybe a week out,” she said.
“It was quite stressful. I was trying to find last-minute dresses and book hair and makeup in.
“It was a really good experience, it was something different.”
Ms Atherton is no stranger to being in the spotlight, having done modelling in the past.
“I started [modelling] back in 2014 and I went up to Queensland and I did a runway show,” she said.
“That was my first ever experience of modelling and I actually enjoyed it.”
Outside the beauty world, Ms Atherton is studying an education degree.
“I’m the complete opposite to the girly girl,” she said.
“I ride horses, I ride motorbikes, and I’ve grown up on this acreage so doing this was definitely something different. I was not used to all the glitz and glam.
“I still have a year left of studying so I’ll continue that. I’ll continue with Miss World to see what happens. I want to explore more in the modelling industry because I do love it. I also have a few plans to travel next year.”
