# Amanda Brunker

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Irish model and writer

**Amanda Brunker** (born 12 June 1974) is an Irish novelist, journalist and beauty pageant titleholder. She is columnist for the Irish *[Sunday World](/source/Sunday_World)* [tabloid](/source/Tabloid_journalism) newspaper,[1] She also won [Miss Ireland](/source/Miss_Ireland) 1991.

Brunker grew up in a [Church of Ireland](/source/Church_of_Ireland) [Protestant](/source/Protestant) family in [Finglas](/source/Finglas).[2] After attending [Mount Temple Comprehensive School](/source/Mount_Temple_Comprehensive_School) she turned to [modelling](/source/Model_(person)), entering and winning the Miss Ireland competition in 1991 when she was 17 years old.[3]

## Career

She has continued modelling, acted in the film *Head Rush*,[4] had a cameo role on the former Irish soap *[Glenroe](/source/Glenroe)*, been a nightclub hostess and presented her own late night TV show *The Dinner Party*.[5]

She also performed at [Oxegen 2011](/source/Oxegen_2011).[6] The decision to give her a prominent slot at the music festival ahead of artists who had released music, as well as her performance on the day, was widely criticised in the music press.[7][8][9]

Brunker declined multiple offers from record companies to concentrate on her FETAC 4[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] course.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*].

She was a judge on the third and final season of the [All Ireland Talent Show](/source/All_Ireland_Talent_Show), replacing Boyzone's [Shane Lynch](/source/Shane_Lynch) as the Dublin judge.

She published her first novel, entitled *Champagne Kisses*,[10] on 25 June 2008, followed in June 2009 by a sequel, *Champagne Babes*.

She participated in season 4 of *[Celebrity Bainisteoir](/source/Celebrity_Bainisteoir)*, managing Aughrim GAA Club, Wicklow.[11]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** sundayworld.com [Brunker meets...](http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107220242/http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php) November 7, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The primetime of Ms Brunker"](https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/the-primetime-of-ms-brunker/26203309.html). *Independent.ie*. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** irishexaminer.com [Where are they now?](http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/08/30/opinion_222.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080712212729/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/08/30/opinion_222.htm) 2008-07-12 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** IMDb. [Internet movie database](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339111/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** rte.ie [Amanda Brunker to front new RTE show](https://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0728/thedinnerparty.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Amanda Brunker Oxegen 2011"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ib3l8Wx45M). *youtube.com*. [RTÉ 2fm](/source/RT%C3%89_2fm). 13 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Brunker's Oxegen debut goes off with a whimper"](https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30512179.html). *Irish Examiner*. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Amanda Brunker defends her ridiculous Oxegen 2011 slot"](https://www.joe.ie/uncategorized/amanda-brunker-defends-her-ridiculous-oxegen-2011-slot-25673). *JOE.ie*. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Review of Amanda Brunker"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/review-of-amanda-brunker-1.879793). *The Irish Times*. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Transworld. [Champagne Kisses](http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=twmain.txt&eqisbndata=1848270011) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110111164451/http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=twmain.txt&eqisbndata=1848270011) 2011-01-11 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoirs announced"](https://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0715/celebritybainisteoir.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110817232359/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0715/celebritybainisteoir.html) 2011-08-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). *RTÉ Ten*. 15 July 2011.

## External links

- Amanda's [column](https://web.archive.org/web/20080423034051/http://www.sundayworld.com/columnists.asp?colID=24) in the *[Sunday World](/source/Sunday_World)*

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