The 52 year-old first-term MP did not shy away from telling voters about her background as a mother, wife and professional with decades of experience in television news.
"I am a mum and I'm a wife ... raising three teenage boys and they are my purpose," she said in her first press conference after emerging victorious as the third woman to lead the party in NSW.
"They are the reason I am here. They are the reason I want our state to be a better place and I want that for all young people in NSW."
The South Australian-born MP trumpeted her credentials as country-raised and public school-educated with experience leading non-profit groups.
In chronicling her meteoric ascent to the top of the NSW Liberals being elected unopposed after her predecessor Mark Speakman resigned, she emphasised she was not a "career politician."
It comes after the chaotic aftermath of the federal Liberals' election wipeout tarnished its state brands and fuelled calls for fresh faces.
But the moderate MP representing Vaucluse, one of the most affluent electorates in the country, said she hoped her win would not be strictly seen through the lens of gender.
"I hope that when they see a female leadership team, which wasn't about gender, but just happened that that will inspire more women to enter politics," she said.
After some hesitation, she declared gender quotas were not urgently needed in the Liberal party to win back voters.
"I have wavered back and forth," she told reporters on Friday.
"Not at the moment in NSW, but I'm open to those conversations with colleagues."
Flanked by her deputy Natalie Ward, she noted it was not an issue that coloured their perceptions of policies.
"Our parliamentary team is almost 50-50 men and women so it is something that we don't think about on a day-to-day basis," Ms Sloane said.
Monash University politics lecturer Blair Williams said the election of two moderate women leaders within days comes at a time when the party needs a much needed boost.
"This move ... is their best bet at appealing to these voters to remain electorally relevant," Dr Williams said.
"It sends a message to voters that the NSW and Victorian Liberal parties are beginning to confront their longstanding problems with women and young people."
Polished communicator Ms Sloane said she did what a lot of professional women in terms of second-guessing themselves before deciding to put her hand up for the job ahead of the state election in early 2027.
"I was a reluctant recruit initially, I'm 100 per cent there now," she said.
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