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The Gelbvieh grand champion male at this year's Royal Queensland Show was described by its owner, Julie Nixon, as "a very complete bull from the head right through to the tail".

Mrs Nixon, Weetalabah Cattle, Dulacca, said Weetalabah Vector had stood out ever since he was a calf.

"He's one of my favourite bulls," she said.

The 10-month-old bull weighing 434 kilograms was sired by Wbht207 and was out of Wbhq211.

His P8 and rib fat was 5 millimetres and 4mm respectively, and he had an eye muscle area of 87 square centimetres.

Mrs Nixon said his father was a champion, but unfortunately passed away recently.

"So this little fellow means the world to me...and will replace his dad (in the stud)," she said.

Mrs Nixon and her husband, Aderian, who also have a Hereford stud, started showing at the Royal Queensland Show 32 years ago.

"I saw the Gelbvieh when I was over in the (United) states and my parents had a commercial operation and they put Gelbviehs over their black baldy Hereford Angus cross," she said.

Mrs Nixon's favourites are the Gelbviehs while the Herefords are preferred by Mr Nixon and their daughter Aleacea.

The prestige of the Showgirl competition first caught her eye when she was competing in the show ring and now the Queensland Country Life Showgirl for 2025 is going to be in the same position.

Representing the Roma Show Society and the south west sub-chamber, 24-year-old Aleacea Nixon was announced as the 2025 winner at the View Hotel on Friday, August 8.

She's a fifth generation beef producer, growing up at Weetalabah Herefords and Gelbvieh stud at Dulacca, and began her own stud, Mickey Mouse Beef in 2015 when she was 14 years old.

In 2025, she will mark 10 years with Hereford Queensland Youth, running a youth camp that teaches kids about the beef cattle industry and the role of Herefords.