People’s Choice Winners

2016 Lauren Rowe, 27, NSW.

Organ transplant advocate and cystic fibrosis sufferer, double lung transplant recipient. Creator of Gifted Life, workshops and empowerment days for organ recipients.

2015 Rowena Gilbett, 28, NSW.

Founder, Strong Girl Fitness and Built Strong, after-school programs which encourages girls and boys in regional areas to be physically active.

2014 Annabelle Chauncy, 31, NSW.

Founding director and CEO of

School For Life Foundation, empowering communities in rural Uganda to help themselves and create their own opportunities.

2013 India McGuigan, 22, Qld.

Diagnosed with cancer and given just four years to live in 2011, India is studying medicine at the University of Queensland, and has raised over $5000 for Make-A-Wish Australia and CanTeen.