'Fat Girl' on winning streak, best of breed at Australian National Cats show

Ms Woodrow, from Glossodia, bred Fat Girl herself. The winning feline, whose pedigree name is Kirei She's a Superstar, is a blue bi-colour ragdoll and is 10 months old.

Fat Girl is Ms Woodrow's pride and joy, having won supreme cat exhibit at the 2022 Sydney Royal Easter Show in April.

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At North Richmond, Fat Girl won best of breed out of 17 ragdolls at the show, then went on to win first place against all other cats in her group, and was placed second in the top 10.

Fat Girl will keep attending shows around NSW and ACT this year. Ms Woodrow is hoping Fat Girl will amass enough points to be named Cat of the Year or Ragdoll of the Year.

Ms Woodrow said the ragdoll breed is a "good family breed", suitable for apartments or big houses, and "low maintenance".

The breed is well-known for the ragdoll "flop or stance", where they flop and allow you to hold and cuddle them. "As long as they get attention they're happy," Ms Woodrow said.

Ms Woodrow attends cat shows regularly, and has made many friends through her passion.

"The community is great. The best thing about my weekends is going to cat shows. Three out of four weekends a month are taken up by cat shows, but it's the best," she said.

"The venues are great, you can have coffee, lunch, and catch up with your friends and other like-minded people."

Ms Woodrow, 25, is a mum-of-three and is studying law and criminal justice full-time at university.

She has been showing and breeding cats for six years, ever since she was 18.

Ms Woodrow said the ANCATS show at North Richmond Panthers on the weekend was the biggest she had attended at the venue, and she hoped Hawkesbury cat shows would continue to grow as more locals became interested in showing their cats.