With the introduction from the hostess, Yas, the audience learned this contestant's name-Zoey.
This female contestant was also the person who had helped Dawn recover her accessory before the competition began, and that was how she and Dawn had met.
Although Dawn did not know much about her yet, nor that she would become her biggest rival in the Sinnoh Region, Xia You had a fairly strong impression of her because she had appeared so many times in the anime.
This tomboy was not to be underestimated.
After all, not only was she Dawn's greatest rival in Sinnoh, but she had also defeated Dawn in the final Grand Festival, winning that competition and becoming a Top Coordinator!
In terms of personality, she was very helpful, but she also strongly disliked Pokémon Trainers who competed in both Pokémon tournaments and Coordinator competitions. She considered them unfocused and merely having fun, which was disrespectful to Coordinator competitions. So when she met Ash and learned that he had entered a Pokémon Contest despite being a Pokémon Trainer, she had a very poor impression of him.
Only later, after learning from Dawn that Ash had entered the Pokémon Contest because of his Aipom, did she seem to understand and shake hands with him to make peace.
Still, although she had initially been somewhat hostile toward Ash, she treated Dawn very well.
She valued her friendship with Dawn greatly and often gave her advice on Pokémon Contests. When Jessie and Ulala provoked Dawn, she would speak up for her, and even when Dawn lost a Pokémon Contest, she would comfort her and reflect with her on the reasons for her defeat.
In short, she was a fairly serious Coordinator with a certain amount of skill.
The only question was whether, with May coming here as