Yup, thats a Ford comp they run annually. Basically out of each country that participates, they choose one representative to send to the world finals. Australia has had a few winners and runnerups in the past few years I think (Alyssa Kealy (not Sutherland) won a few years ago, Nicole Trunfio did pretty good last year, and Gemma Bidstrup (not Ward) came 3rd runner up a few years ago).
To be honest, not many of the girls go on to make it big, Nicole is the only girl who has really hit the mark I think (had a massive season just past doing runway for the spring shows.. but surprise surprise, she isnt with Ford anymore, she's now with Supreme). I havent seen Alyssa around for much and Gemma pretty much just disappeared.
I had a look at the Singapore comp's website.. my gosh how short are some of the girls in the final 20

168cm! I'm surprised they made it to the finals. and speaking from an Asian's perspective, a lot of those girls are really plain janes, even the girl who won is a bit mediocre in my opinion

but never the less, it's great to see more asian faces out there