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Beauty pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...
in Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. Winners of the competition represent Ireland at Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...
. Among the winners are Rosanna Davison, who went on to win Miss World 2003
Miss World 2003 was the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on December 6, 2003. It was the first time that the Miss World pageant held in China.
Azra Akın of Turkey crowned Rosanna ...
, 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 worldwideCOVID-19 pandemic
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In 2003 the winner, Rosanna Davison, went on to win Miss World 2003
Miss World 2003 was the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on December 6, 2003. It was the first time that the Miss World pageant held in China.
Azra Akın of Turkey crowned Rosanna ...
.
In 2012 the winner Marie Hughes, representing County Mayo
County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...
, 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.
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* Alternative Miss Ireland * Miss Northern Ireland *Miss Universe Ireland
Miss Universe Ireland is a national beauty pageant that has selected Ireland's representative to the Miss Universe pageant since 2002.
History
Beginning in 2002 Andrea Roche, who represented Ireland at Miss Universe 1998 in the United States ...
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