{{Short description|Irish model and beauty pageant titleholder (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Holly Carpenter | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland | height = 177 cm | hair_color = Brown | eye_color = Green | title = [[Miss Ireland]] 2011 | alma_mater = National College of Art and Design }} '''Holly Carpenter''' (born 9 October 1991)<ref name="The Irish Times">{{cite news | title = Róisín Ingle: Miss University wins national lovely girls crown | newspaper = [[The Irish Times]] | date = 15 August 2011 | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0815/1224302449311.html | access-date = 16 December 2011}}</ref> is an Irish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Ireland]] 2011 on 13 August 2011.<ref name="MW2011">{{cite web | title = Miss Ireland World 2011 - Holly Carpenter's Photos & Profile/Biography | url = https://shinymeteor.blogspot.com/2011/11/miss-world-2011-contestant-miss-ireland.html | publisher = shinymeteor.blogspot.com | date = 6 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="MIC">{{cite web | title = Holly Carpenter (Miss Ireland 2011) | url = http://www.missirelandpageant.ie/portfolio-item/miss-ireland-2011 | publisher = MissIrelandPageant.ie | date = 1 March 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301042858/http://www.missirelandpageant.ie/portfolio-item/miss-ireland-2011 | archive-date = 1 March 2012 }}</ref> She represented Ireland in the [[Miss World 2011|Miss World]] pageant held on 6 November 2011 in [[London, England]].<ref name="PU">{{cite web | title = ''Miss Ireland 2011 (to Miss World 2011): Holly Carpenter'', Pageant Updates | url = https://shinymeteor.blogspot.com/2011/08/holly-carpenter-was-crowned-miss.html | publisher = shinymeteor.blogspot.com | access-date = 16 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news | title = Miss Venezuela crowned Miss World in London | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-missworld-idUSTRE7A529M20111106 | publisher = Reuters.com | date = November 6, 2011}}</ref>
== Media career == {{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2023}} Her modelling career began in 2011 when she was entered into the Miss Ireland national beauty pageant by a friend which she won but was subsequently unplaced in the [[Miss World 2011]].
She ranked only 42nd in the competition which she attributes to not having a polished promotional video. Having won Miss Ireland, her modelling career took off and she found work in Ireland and the UK.
===Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2023}} In 2013, Carpenter was named among 28 semi-finalists for the [[bntm9|9th cycle]] of [[Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model]]. She was chosen as one of the 14 finalists competing for the title. After several appearances in the bottom three/four, she was eliminated in episode 9 and became the 8th eliminated.
===Celebrity MasterChef Ireland===
In January 2017, Carpenter appeared on [[MasterChef Ireland|Celebrity MasterChef Ireland]]. She was eliminated in the first week of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dailyedge.ie/celebrity-masterchef-ireland-2017-3190448-Jan2017/|title=Celebrity Masterchef Ireland got off to a hugely entertaining start last night|date=5 January 2017|work=Daily Edge|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
===''Dancing with the Stars''=== Carpenter appeared on the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 3)|2019 series]] of the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars'']]. She was eliminated from the competition in week four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/comedian-and-irish-model-are-the-newest-stars-announced-for-dancing-with-the-stars-889719.html |title = Comedian and Irish model are the newest stars announced for Dancing with the Stars|date=4 December 2018|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/i-dont-care-what-people-say-holly-carpenter-responds-to-criticism-of-her-reaction-to-getting-dwts-axe-37760128.html|title ='I don't care what people say' - Holly Carpenter responds to criticism of her reaction to getting DWTS axe|date=29 October 2018|work=Irish Independent|access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Carpenter was born and raised in [[Raheny]], [[Dublin, Ireland]].<ref name="MW2011"/><ref name="MW">{{cite web | title = The Miss World 2011 Contestants | url = http://www.missworld.com/competitor/IRELAND/73.html | publisher = MissWorld.com | access-date = 16 December 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111209135614/http://www.missworld.com/competitor/IRELAND/73.html | archive-date = 9 December 2011 }}</ref> She is the granddaughter of the social diarist [[Terry Keane]]<ref name="The Irish Times"/><ref name="Suburbia">{{cite web | title = SuburbiaSPECIAL: Holly Carpenter | work = Suburbia | date = October–November 2011 | url = http://suburbiamagazine.com/suburbiaSPECIAL.html#special | access-date = 17 December 2011}}</ref> In 2011, she was working towards an arts degree in [[textiles]] at the [[National College of Art and Design]].<ref name="The Irish Times"/><ref name="MW2011"/><ref name="MW"/><ref name="Suburbia"/> She speaks English, Irish and French.<ref name="MW"/><ref name="The Sunday World">{{cite journal | title = Miss University Holly Carpenter | journal = The Sunday World | date = 7 August 2011 | volume = 8 | issue = 50 | url = http://www.sundayworld.com/3dissue/swm_51.8/data/search.xml | access-date = 16 December 2011 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
She was in relationship with Leinster and Ireland Rugby International [[Cian Healy]] for two years before they split up in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/holly-carpenter-talks-dating-as-ex-cian-healy-cuddles-up-to-someone-new/| work= evoke.ie| title= Holly Carpenter talks dating as ex Cian Healy cuddles up to someone new| date= 3 November 2015| access-date= 4 November 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160502060127/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/holly-carpenter-talks-dating-as-ex-cian-healy-cuddles-up-to-someone-new| archive-date= 2 May 2016| url-status= dead}}</ref>
Between 2015 and 2016 she dated Danny O’Reilly of Irish rock band [[The Coronas]].<ref>{{cite news| url= http://evoke.ie/showbiz/were-on-a-boat-holly-carpenter-and-danny-oreilly-live-it-up-in-dubai/| work= evoke.ie| title= 'We're on a boat!' Holly Carpenter and Danny O'Reilly live it up in Dubai| date= 14 December 2015| access-date= 15 December 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160502062133/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/were-on-a-boat-holly-carpenter-and-danny-oreilly-live-it-up-in-dubai| archive-date= 2 May 2016| url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://evoke.ie/showbiz/holly-carpenter-makes-grand-romantic-gesture-for-new-boyfriend-danny-oreilly/| work= evoke.ie| title= Holly Carpenter makes grand romantic gesture for new boyfriend Danny O'Reilly| date= 10 December 2015| access-date= 15 December 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160502060109/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/holly-carpenter-makes-grand-romantic-gesture-for-new-boyfriend-danny-oreilly| archive-date= 2 May 2016| url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/celebrity-couple-holly-carpenter-and-danny-oreilly-split-35240111.html|title=Celebrity couple Holly Carpenter and Danny O'Reilly split|date=23 November 2016 }}</ref>
She dated football pundit [[Richard Sadlier]] for five months in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Model Holly Carpenter and RTE analyst Richie Sadlier split up due to 'different priorities' |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/model-holly-carpenter-and-rte-analyst-richie-sadlier-split-up-due-to-different-priorities-35624971.html |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=independent |date=15 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> They split after Carpenter claimed Sadlier, who is twelve years her senior, was too old for her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/holly-carpenter-on-her-split-from-rtes-richie-sadlier-he-was-too-old-for-me-i-want-to-be-with-someone-young-at-heart-and-full-of-life-36140795.html|title=Holly Carpenter on her split from RTE's Richie Sadlier: 'He was too old for me - I want to be with someone young at heart and full of life'|date=17 September 2017 }}</ref>
Carpenter married her long-term partner, Jamie Hunt, on May 19 29th, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-29 |title=Holly Carpenter ties the knot with fiancé Jamie in Dublin |url=https://evoke.ie/2025/05/29/entertainment/celebrity/holly-carpenter-ties-the-knot |access-date=2026-03-17 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Miss World 2011 delegates}} {{Britain's Next Top Model}}
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