Niamh Marie Redmond (born ) is an Irish former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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1996. Born to parents Ronald and Orla, Redmond grew up the only female child with three brothers in

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. At the age of nineteen she represented Dublin at Miss Ireland and was crowned the winner. Although her win qualified her to represent the country at

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, Redmond – who had deferred a place at

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to prepare for the pageant – was controversially replaced by Miss Ireland second runner-up Fiona Mullaly. When queried, pageant boss Kieran Murray stated that Mullaly was best suited to represent Ireland, and his decision to remove Redmond was a bid to raise the standard and profile of Miss Ireland. Redmond had previously been a contestant at

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where she was a favourite, but did not place, and former Miss Ireland boss Krish Naidoo, who defended Murray, claimed that Redmond had failed to impress the judges because she had given up completely. As a model, Redmond was lined to promote a range of summer clothing for

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alongside ''

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'' actor Peter Warnock, but came under fire when she appeared in a

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s commercial shortly after being crowned. Redmond graduated with a degree in finance, and worked in IT after her reign.Niamh Redmond wishes it to be known that she is retiring from full-time modelling at the age of 22
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player and businessman

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. She has two sons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Redmond, Niamh Miss World 1996 delegates Alumni of Maynooth University Living people Miss Ireland winners Year of birth missing (living people) Beauty pageant contestants from Dublin (city)