Already she has been heavily involved with the Leeton Show Society, including as its president, but for the moment she has turned her attention to a different cause.

Miss Munn is an entrant in the Leeton SunRice Festival Ambassador Quest, raising money for the Country Women's Association with the help of her Leeton Phantoms Rugby Union Club committee, which also receives a portion of what is raised.

"I was asked a few times by a few different people, including my local footy club to take part," Miss Munn said.

"They are a really good footy club and they've been so accepting of me, so I thought why not?

"I've chosen the CWA as my charity because I wanted a group that helps farmers out for the drought, but I needed a local one at the same time, so that's why I went with them.

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"The Yanco CWA is going to be helping me the most locally, but it will be supporting the CWA drought relief appeal as a whole.

"When I thought about it as well, I received a small scholarship from my local CWA to help me buy a laptop for university, so it's almost come full circle and I can now pay it forward."

Miss Munn is an agronomist in Leeton shire, with the plight of farmers something that is close to her heart.

She said taking part in the quest would be different to anything else she has done previously, but was looking forward to the challenge.

Already, she's held a stall at Light Up Leeton to kick off her fundraising, with several other events in the pipeline, including a major raffle which is underway, a trivia night, barefoot bowls and more.

With the quest a big part of the SunRice Festival, both in the lead up to the event and during the Easter weekend in 2020, Miss Munn said there were several factors she looked forward to each time it rolled around.

"I like that so many people from all walks of life come to the festival ... the other thing I notice is the farmers come into town for it," she said.

"With other events their wives and kids usually come in, but with the SunRice Festival they are there as well.

"It's a great community event for everyone."

Miss Munn is one of five entrants in the quest.

"What I'm looking forward to most about the quest is being a lot more involved in the actual festival itself," she said.

"Up until now I've only ever watched the parade and that kind of thing.

"I've already had so much support from the community and my committee. It's not something you do on your own. Everyone wants to help out."

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