{{short description|Irish model}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use Irish English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Niamh Kennedy
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1995}} | birth_place = [[Nenagh]], [[County Tipperary]], Ireland | occupation = Model, [[Miss Ireland]] }} '''Niamh Kennedy''' (born November 1995) is an Irish fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Ireland|Miss Ireland 2016]] and represented her country at [[Miss World 2016]]. ==Career== Before her modeling career, Kennedy worked as a waitress and was a classically trained ballerina.<ref>{{cite web |last=Independent.ie Newsdesk |url=http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/meet-the-tipperary-beauty-queen-who-nabbed-the-miss-ireland-title/35075438.html#:~:text=Miss%20Tipperary%20Niamh%20Kennedy%20beat,is%20a%20classically%20trained%20ballerina.|title=Meet the Tipperary beauty queen who nabbed the Miss Ireland title|date=24 September 2016 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=29 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522233529/https://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/meet-the-tipperary-beauty-queen-who-nabbed-the-miss-ireland-title/35075438.html#:~:text=Miss%20Tipperary%20Niamh%20Kennedy%20beat,is%20a%20classically%20trained%20ballerina. |archive-date=22 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016 Kennedy was crowned [[Miss Ireland]]. She went on to represent Ireland at the [[Miss World]] competition, where she ended up unplaced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.donegalwoman.ie/2016/12/19/-miss-world-ireland-misses-top-placement/ |title=Miss World Ireland misses out on top placement |date=19 December 2016 |website=donegalwoman.ie |access-date=29 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522235032/https://www.donegalwoman.ie/2016/12/19/-miss-world-ireland-misses-top-placement/ |archive-date=22 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Since winning Miss Ireland, Kennedy returned to education at [[Maynooth University]] to study a degree in International Finance and Economics.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=29 December 2024 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523003543/http://www.wheelsforwomen.ie/index.php/car-chat-niamh-kennedy/ |date=25 September 2017 |title=Car Chat with Niamh Kennedy |url=http://www.wheelsforwomen.ie/index.php/car-chat-niamh-kennedy/ |url-status=live |website=wheelsforwomen.ie}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kennedy is a member of the [[Alzheimer Society of Ireland]] due to her father being diagnosed when she was 5 and eventually succumbing to the disease.<ref>{{cite web |last=Byrne |first=Katie |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/mental-health/miss-ireland-niamh-kennedy-i-was-just-five-years-old-when-my-dad-was-diagnosed-with-alzheimers/35562471.html |title=Miss Ireland Niamh Kennedy: 'I was just five years old when my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's' |website=[[Irish Independent]] |date=27 March 2017 |access-date=29 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229004352/https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/mental-health/miss-ireland-niamh-kennedy-i-was-just-five-years-old-when-my-dad-was-diagnosed-with-alzheimers/35562471.html |archive-date=29 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Miss World 2016 delegates}}
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[[Category:1995 births]] [[Category:Beauty pageant contestants from County Tipperary]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Nenagh]]