Miss World Australia Jasmine Stringer recalls harrowing ordeal of fending off alleged attacker outside Southport Park Shopping Centre

The reigning Miss World Australia winner has opened up about a “terrifying” encounter in which she and a group of aspiring models were forced to fend off an alleged random attacker outside a shopping centre.

Jasmine Stringer and a group of Top Model Australia contestants had just completed catwalk training at a gym in the Southport Park Shopping Center on the Gold Coast around 6pm on Friday evening.

The group of pageant hopefuls, some as young as 14, walked into the street to wait for their taxis when they noticed a woman across the road who was reportedly behaving erratically.

The woman then confronted the models who were allegedly physically and verbally assaulted during the terrifying ordeal.

‘I tried to stand my ground without escalating the situation, but she charged at me and tried to punch me in the face. It was a terrifying situation,” Ms Stringer told the newspaper Courier mail.

Ms Stringer claimed that the woman allegedly continued to assault and physically assault several young ladies.

The alleged incident was also witnessed by Tiarnie Mueller, who was escorting her 16-year-old daughter Eloise, a finalist for the Top Model Australia competition.

The Cairns mother claimed the woman pulled one of the other participants to the ground by her hair.

Ms. Mueller tried to help free the girl from the alleged attacker — who she believed was going to “pull a big chunk out of her hair.”

The woman then tried to hit Ms. Mueller’s other daughter.

“And then she came up to my 14-year-old daughter and verbally abused her and tried to hit her,” she alleged.

The concerned parent said the woman then tried to open the taxi doors and started abusing her daughters again.

Reigning Miss World Australia Jasmine Stringer (pictured) described the ordeal as ‘terrifying’

Miss World Australia director Deborah Miller said she was shocked that such a violent incident could happen in a “tourist-friendly area” like the Gold Coast.

‘People from all over the world come to this place. It was terrifying. “I also live in Los Angeles and I have never seen anyone single out young teenagers and young women with so much anger and rage,” she said.

Additional security would now be implemented immediately to protect participants at all events.

Ms Miller also promised to ensure procedures are in place to ensure all participants are safe.

A Queensland Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia that a 46-year-old woman was outside the center and was issued a notice to appear for public nuisance.

She was not charged in connection with the alleged attack.

The young models were waiting for taxis outside the Southport Park Shopping Center (pictured) on Friday evening when the alleged incident took place