Francesca Hung was shocked to hear her name being read out as the winner of Miss Universe Australia 2018 as she is not “the typical girl”.

The 24-year-old from the Northern Beaches of New South Wales has a Chinese father and an Irish-Australian mother.

Last night, she was crowned the winner of the national beauty pageant.

Francesca Hung was shocked to hear her name being read out as the winner. (Supplied)

“I didn’t think this was the face Australia wanted to have represent them but you’ve proven me wrong,” Ms Hung told the Herald Sun .

“I’m still a little in shock to be honest. It’s like a dream. Myself being Eurasian, and not Anglo-Saxon, I didn’t think I was the typical girl.”

Ms Hung told the newspaper she entered the pageant to be a role model for other women.

“I didn’t have this person to look up to growing up,” she said.

“I’m so excited and so happy right now.”

The full-time model is studying a Masters in Publishing at the University of Sydney after completing an undergraduate degree in Arts and Sociology.

The 24-year-old from the Northern Beaches of New South Wales has a Chinese father and an Irish-Australian mother. (Supplied)

The full-time model is studying a Masters in Publishing at the University of Sydney. (Supplied)