Miss Ireland is a national Beauty pageant in Ireland. Winners of the competition represent Ireland at Miss World. Among the winners are Rosanna Davison, who went on to win Miss World 2003, and Pamela Uba, who in 2021 became the first black woman to win the Miss Ireland title.
History The first winner of Miss Ireland was Violet Nolan in 1947. The next winner, Eithne Dunne, came 5 years later in 1952. Thereafter there has been a winner every year except 2020, when the competition was cancelled due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2003, the winner, Rosanna Davison, went on to win Miss World 2003, becoming the first and only Irish woman to date to achieve this feat.
In 2012 the winner Marie Hughes, representing County Mayo, was stripped of her title when it was discovered that she was "too old", as she was aged 25 and would have been 26 at the time of the Miss World competition. She was replaced by the runner-up, Rebecca Maguire, aged 20.
In 2021, following the cancellation of the competition the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pamela Uba became the first black woman to win the Miss Ireland title.
Titleholders
Color key
YearMiss IrelandPlacement at Miss World 1947 Violet Nolan (Dawn Beauty) 1950 Fintan Meyler 1952 Eithne Dunne 1953 Mary Murphy 1954 Connie Rodgers 1955 Evelyn Foley 1956 Amy Kelly 1957 Nessa Welsh 1958 Susan Riddell 1959 Ann Fitzpatrick 1960 Irene Ruth Kane Top 10 1961 Olive Ursula White Top 15 1962 Muriel O'Hanlon 1963 Joan Power 1964 Mairead Cullen 1965 Gladys Anne Waller 2nd Runner-up 1966 Helen McMahon 1967 Gemma McNabb 1968 June MacMahon Top 15 1969 Charlotte Delamere 1970 Mary Elizabeth McKinley 1971 June Glover 1972 Cathy Talbot 1973 Yvonne Costelloe 1974 Julie Ann Farnham Top 15 1975 Elaine Rosemary O'Hora 1976 Jakki Moore Top 15 1977 Loraine Bernadette Enriquez 1978 Lorraine Marion O'Connor 1979 Maura McMenamim 1980 Michelle Rocca 1981 Geraldine Mary McGrory Top 15 1982 Roberta Brown 6th Runner-Up 1983 Patricia 'Trish' Nolan Top 15 1984 Olivia Tracey 6th Runner-Up 1985 Anne Marie Gannon Top 15 1986 Rosemary Elizabeth Thompson Top 15 1987 Adrienne Rock 1988 Colette Jackson 1989 Barbara Ann Curran Top 10 1990 Siobhan McClafferty 1st Runner-up 1991 Amanda Brunker 1992 Sharon Ellis 1993 Pamela Flood 1994 Anna Maria McCarthy 1995 Joanne Black 1996 Niamh Marie Redmond 1997 Andrea Roche 1998 Vivienne Doyle 1999 Emir-Maria Holohan Doyle 2000 Yvonne Ellard 2001 Catrina Supple 2002 Lynda Duffy 2003 Rosanna Davison Miss World 2003 2004 Natasha Nic Gairbheith 2005 Aoife Mary Cogan 2006 Sarah Morrissey 2007 Bláthnaid McKenna 2008 Sinéad Noonan 2009 Laura Patterson 2010 Emma Waldron Top 7, Miss World Talent 2011 Holly Carpenter 2012 Rebecca Maguire Marie Hughes Dethroned 2013 Aoife Walsh 2014 Jessica Hayes 2015 Sacha Livingstone 2016 Niamh Kennedy 2017 Lauren McDonagh 2018 Aoife O'Sullivan Miss World Sport (Top 24) 2019 Chelsea Farrell Miss World Head to Head (Top 20) 2020 colspan=3 2021 Pamela Uba Top 40, Miss World Talent (2nd Runner-Up) & Miss World Sport (Top 32) 2022 colspan=3 2023 Ivanna McMahon Miss World Talent (Top 14)& Miss World Head to Head (Top 25) 2024 colspan=5 2025 Jasmine Gerhardt Top 20, Miss World Head to Head (Top 8) & Miss World Top Model 2026 Caoimhe Kenny
See also Alternative Miss Ireland Miss Northern Ireland Miss Universe Ireland
References
Miss Ireland Website Jakki Moore Nuala Holloway Article on Miss Ireland
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