Debbie Scurr's husband will be eating his words about now or rejoicing in the fact that he gets to live with this year's Speight's Perfect Woman.

Yes, that's right, blokes, your perfect woman this year is married, has two children and is a hairdresser.

Scurr said she entered because her husband told her she would be useless at the weekend-long competition.

But that was last year's competition. This year, Scurr skinned a rabbit, gave a haircut, drove a four-wheel-drive, whistled, went jetboat driving and whipped off the top of a bottle of beer with her chosen weapon - a bright red stiletto - to win the title.

"I think this competition is important because it shows a woman can get down and work hard during the day and get dirty but still have the class to get out and strut it with the boys at night," she said.