# Miss Ireland

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Beauty contest

Miss Ireland Formation 1947 Type Beauty pageant Headquarters Dublin Location Ireland Members Miss World Miss Europe Miss International Miss Earth Miss Charm Miss Cosmo Official language English Website miss-ireland.ie

**Miss Ireland** is a national [Beauty pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant) in [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). Winners of the competition represent Ireland at [Miss World](/source/Miss_World). Among the winners are [Rosanna Davison](/source/Rosanna_Davison), who went on to win [Miss World 2003](/source/Miss_World_2003), and [Pamela Uba](/source/Pamela_Uba), who in 2021 became the first [black woman](/source/Black_person) to win the Miss Ireland title.

## History

The first winner of Miss Ireland was Violet Nolan in 1947.[1] The next winner, Eithne Dunne, came 5 years later in 1952.[1] Thereafter there has been a winner every year except 2020, when the competition was cancelled due to the worldwide [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland).

In 2003, the winner, [Rosanna Davison](/source/Rosanna_Davison), went on to win [Miss World 2003](/source/Miss_World_2003), becoming the first and only Irish woman to date to achieve this feat.

[Rosanna Davison](/source/Rosanna_Davison), Miss Ireland 2003 and [Miss World 2003](/source/Miss_World_2003).

In 2012 the winner Marie Hughes, representing [County Mayo](/source/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.[2]

In 2021, following the cancellation of the competition the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [Pamela Uba](/source/Pamela_Uba) became the first [black woman](/source/Black_person) to win the Miss Ireland title.[3]

## Titleholders

Miss Ireland 2007, Blathnaid McKenna

Miss Ireland 2008, Sinéad Noonan

**Color key**

- Declared as Winner

- Ended as runner-up

- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year Miss Ireland Placement at Miss World 1947[1] Violet Nolan (Dawn Beauty) 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[4] 1976 Jakki Moore[5] Top 15 1977 Loraine Bernadette Enriquez 1978 Lorraine Marion O'Connor[6] 1979 Maura McMenamim 1980 Michelle Rocca 1981 Geraldine Mary McGrory Top 15 1982 Roberta Brown[7] 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[2] 2013 Aoife Walsh 2014 Jessica Hayes[8] 2015 Sacha Livingstone 2016 Niamh Kennedy[9] 2017 Lauren McDonagh[10] 2018 Aoife O'Sullivan Miss World Sport (Top 24) 2019 Chelsea Farrell Miss World Head to Head (Top 20) 2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 2021 Pamela Uba[3] Top 40, Miss World Talent (2nd Runner-Up) & Miss World Sport (Top 32) 2022 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2022 2023 Ivanna McMahon[11] Miss World Talent (Top 14) [12]& Miss World Head to Head (Top 25)[13] 2024 No competition held 2025 Jasmine Gerhardt[14] Top 20, Miss World Head to Head (Top 8) & Miss World Top Model 2026 Caoimhe Kenny[15] TBA

## See also

- [Alternative Miss Ireland](/source/Alternative_Miss_Ireland)

- [Miss Northern Ireland](/source/Miss_Northern_Ireland)

- [Miss Universe Ireland](/source/Miss_Universe_Ireland)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MissIreland-01a_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MissIreland-01a_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MissIreland-01a_1-2) ["Miss Ireland - Legacy"](http://miss-ireland.ie/about-us/legacy/). Miss Ireland. 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Indo2012-05-02a_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Indo2012-05-02a_2-1) O' Regan, Mark (2 May 2012). ["Tantrums and tiaras as Miss Ireland stripped of title for being too old at 25 to be beauty queen"](https://www.independent.ie/style/beauty/tantrums-and-tiaras-as-miss-ireland-stripped-of-title-for-being-too-old-at-25-to-be-beauty-queen-26849292.html#:~:text=Hair-,Tantrums%20and%20tiaras%20as%20Miss%20Ireland%20stripped%20of%20title%20for,25%20to%20be%20beauty%20queen&text=JUST%20days%20after%20she%20was,to%20enter%20the%20beauty%20competition.). [Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent). Retrieved 14 October 2021. JUST days after she was handed her Miss Ireland crown, Marie Hughes has been dethroned after it emerged she was too old to enter the beauty competition. Miss Hughes was officially stripped of her title on Sunday after organisers inadvertently discovered during a routine conversation that she is 25 -- and not 21 as originally believed. ... The surprise news has paved the way for the competition's first runner-up, brunette Rebecca Maguire (20), to represent Ireland in China in four months.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SkyNews2021a_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SkyNews2021a_3-1) ["Pamela Uba: First black Miss World Ireland reveals she's suffered racism and bullying since win"](https://news.sky.com/story/pamela-uba-first-black-miss-ireland-reveals-shes-suffered-racism-and-bullying-since-win-12403312). *Sky News*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["THE NEW MISS IRELAND"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-the-new-miss-ireland/187477466/). *[Evening Herald](/source/The_Herald_(Ireland))*. 25 October 1975. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2026 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Kelly, Vincent (31 October 1976). ["FRIENDLY ACT WON HER BEAUTY CROWN"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-independent-dublin-ed-friendly/181582679/). *[Sunday Independent](/source/Sunday_Independent_(Ireland))*. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2026 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Collins, Liam (19 October 1978). ["Bubbling over last night - the champagne beauties: It was like a cattle mart!: But Lorraine is happy to be Miss Ireland"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-it-was-like-a-cattle-mart/172085814/). *[Evening Herald](/source/The_Herald_(Ireland))*. p. 6. Retrieved 17 March 2026 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Power, Bairbre (17 August 1982). ["'Breakfast' with Miss Ireland"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-breakfast-with-miss-ire/168021533/). *[Evening Herald](/source/The_Herald_(Ireland))*. p. 3. Retrieved 18 March 2026 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Miss Ireland 2014 winner announced"](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2014/0720/631931-miss-ireland-2014-winner-announced/). *rte.ie*. RTÉ. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Miss Tipperary crowned winner of Miss Ireland in glitzy bash"](https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/miss-tipperary-crowned-winner-miss-8902104). irishmirror. 21 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["18-year-old Lauren McDonagh from Donegal is crowned the new Miss Ireland"](http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/18yearold-lauren-mcdonagh-from-donegal-is-crowned-the-new-miss-ireland-36160905.html). *independent.ie*. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Miss Munster Ivanna McMahon Crowned Miss Ireland 2022"](https://goss.ie/showbiz/miss-munster-ivanna-mcmahon-crowned-miss-ireland-2022-307857). *goss.ie*. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** World, Miss (3 March 2024). ["71st Miss World - Talent Competition"](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=794047866090307&id=100064553029968). *Miss World Facebook*. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Head-to-Head challenge: photos of the Top 25"](https://www.missworld.com/news/head-to-head-challenge-photos-of-the-top-25). *Miss World*. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Miss Dublin Jasmine Gerhardt Crowned the Winner of Miss Ireland 2023"](https://goss.ie/showbiz/miss-dublin-jasmine-gerhardt-crowned-the-winner-of-miss-ireland-2023-357794). *goss.ie*. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Barr, Caoimhinn (16 June 2025). ["Former Inishowen schoolgirl crowned Miss Ireland 2025"](https://www.donegallive.ie/news/home/1826756/former-inishowen-schoolgirl-crowned-miss-ireland-2025.html). *[Donegal Live](/source/Donegal_News)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250616160846/https://www.donegallive.ie/news/home/1826756/former-inishowen-schoolgirl-crowned-miss-ireland-2025.html) from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.

- [Miss Ireland Website](http://www.miss-ireland.ie/)

- [Jakki Moore](http://web.me.com/sic.ltd/jakkiart/Welcome.html)

- [Nuala Holloway](https://www.nualaholloway.com)

- [Article on Miss Ireland](http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/miss-ireland--despite-the-sneers-theres-life-in-the-old-girl-yet-248814.html)

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.miss-ireland.ie/)

- [Miss Ireland](https://www.facebook.com/105643402849134) on [Facebook](/source/Facebook_(identifier))

v t e Miss Europe Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales States with limited recognition Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies and other entities Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

v t e Miss World participant countries and territories Active (1951–present) Africa Angola Botswana Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Venezuela Asia Armenia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine Wales Oceania Australia New Zealand Inactive since 2025 Africa Algeria (2002) Cape Verde (2017) Chad (2014) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016) Egypt (2018) Eswatini (2009) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Guinea-Bissau (2023) Lesotho (2023) Liberia (2023) Malawi (2012) Morocco (2023) Rwanda (2021) São Tomé and Príncipe (2014) Seychelles (2017) Tanzania (2023) Americas Antigua and Barbuda (2019) Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2021) Barbados (2019) Bermuda (2015) Bonaire (2012) British Virgin Islands (2019) Costa Rica (2023) Cuba (1975) Dominica (2013) Grenada (2007) Montserrat (1964) Saint Barthélémy (2011) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015) Saint Lucia (2021) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994) Sint Maarten (2021) Turks and Caicos Islands (2004) United States Virgin Islands (2019) Uruguay (2023) Asia Hong Kong (2019) Israel (2017) Iraq (2023) Jordan (1981) Laos (2019) Macau (2023) Syria (1966) Taiwan (2013) Uzbekistan (2013) Europe Andorra (2003) Austria (2018) Belarus (2019) Cyprus (2018) Georgia (2019) Greenland (1992) Iceland (2021) Kosovo (2014) Lithuania (2014) Luxembourg (2021) Norway (2023) Monaco (1955) Russia (2019) Slovakia (2023) Switzerland (2014) Oceania Cook Islands (2019) Fiji (2017) French Polynesia (2010) Guam (2018) Northern Mariana Islands (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) Samoa (2015) Tonga (1986) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories and others Czechoslovakia (1992) Guernsey (1975) Hawaii (2001) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1965) Serbia and Montenegro (2005) South Africa (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976) Soviet Union (1990) United Kingdom (1999)

v t e Miss International participant countries and territories Active (1960–present) Africa Angola Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Réunion Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Turks and Caicos Islands United States United States Virgin Islands Venezuela Asia Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Thailand Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Oceania Australia Hawaii New Zealand Inactive since 2024 Africa Burkina Faso (2019) Cameroon (2019) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1987) Egypt (2018) Equatorial Guinea (2019) Gabon (2014) Lesotho (2023) Liberia (2019) Madagascar (2018) Morocco (2019) Republic of the Congo (2008) Senegal (2004) Seychelles (1995) Sudan (2009) Togo (2022) Uganda (2023) Zambia (2019) Americas Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2010) Belize (2019) Bermuda (1971) Curaçao (2018) Guadeloupe (2019) Guyana (2014) Haiti (2022) Martinique (2023) Suriname (2013) Trinidad and Tobago (2011) Uruguay (1999) Asia Armenia (2019) Georgia (2014) Israel (2014) Jordan (1963) Kazakhstan (2005) Lebanon (2018) Pakistan (2023) Uzbekistan (2022) Europe Austria (1994) Belarus (2022) Croatia (2003) Cyprus (2006) England (1986) Estonia (2023) Germany (2022) Gibraltar (2017) Hungary (2018) Iceland (2013) Latvia (2012) Lithuania (2023) North Macedonia (2002) San Marino (2001) Scotland (1986) Serbia (2023) Slovakia (2022) Sweden (2019) Switzerland (1993) Wales (1986) Oceania Cook Islands (2018) Fiji (1996) French Polynesia (2019) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (2006) Northern Mariana Islands (2022) Palau (2001) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories Czechoslovakia (1992) Latin (Ethnic Representative) (2003) Native American (Ethnic Representative) (2003) North Borneo (1960) Serbia and Montenegro (2006) South Pacific (1960) Soviet Union (1990) West Indies (1965)

v t e Miss Earth participating countries and territories Active (2001–present) Africa Angola Algeria Botswana Burundi Cape Verde Cameroon Ethiopia Eswatini Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion Island Rwanda Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Venezuela Asia Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Palestine Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam Europe Albania Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Crimea Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Wales Oceania Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa Northern Marianas Inactive since 2024 Africa Burkina Faso (2020) Chad (2004) Côte d'Ivoire (2020) DR Congo (2022) Egypt (2018) Gabon (2014) Republic of Congo (2007) Americas Antigua and Barbuda (2003) Aruba (2015) Bahamas (2018) Barbados (2002) Bonaire (2013) British Virgin Islands (2013) Cayman Islands (2010) Curaçao (2018) Guyana (2020) Martinique (2013) Saint Lucia (2014) Suriname (2016) Turks & Caicos (2009) Asia Afghanistan (2005) Bhutan (2008) Chinese Taipei (2017) Israel (2019) Macau (2016) Europe North Macedonia (2022) Cyprus (2018) Finland (2020) Georgia (2009) Gibraltar (2003) Hungary (2019) Lithuania (2013) Luxembourg (2011) Northern Ireland (2019) Turkey (2015) Oceania Cook Islands (2017) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (2015) Niue (2007) Tahiti (2014) Tokelau (2005) Papua New Guinea (2019) Tonga (2019) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories Serbia and Montenegro (2006) Tibet (2007) United Kingdom (2020) (competed as England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) Zanzibar (2001)

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