Competition Draw
At a special event at the home of the Hill family in Queenstown, the official 2026 Competition Draw – and, thus, competition order – was undertaken by Christine, Lady Hill and Executive Director Anne Rodda:
1. Leanne McGowan, Brisbane/Berlin
2. Hyein Koo, Seoul
3. Anaïs Feller, Vancouver, WA
4. Tianyou Ma, New York
5. Yeonoo Jeong, Seoul
6. Dindin Jingyi Wang, Melbourne
7. Beatrice Colombis, Sydney/Berlin
8. Jakow Pavlenko, Berlin
9. Alexey Stychkin, Berlin
10. Maxim Tzekov, Berlin
11. Julia Wang, Vienna
12. Hairui Lei, Philadelphia
13. Emmalena Huning, Perth
14. Ruiyi Wang, Shanghai
15. Yebin Yoo, New York
16. Xunyue Zhang, Berlin
