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

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Brunker grew up in a Church of Ireland Protestant family in Finglas. [2] After attending Mount Temple Comprehensive School she turned to modelling, 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 , been a nightclub hostess and presented her own late night TV show The Dinner Party. [5]

She also performed at 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 on multiple offers from record companies to concentrate on her FETAC 4 course [ citation needed ].

She was a judge on the third and final season of the All Ireland Talent Show, replacing Boyzone's 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 , managing Aughrim GAA Club, Wicklow. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ sundayworld.com Brunker meets... Archived November 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "The primetime of Ms Brunker". Independent.ie. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ↑ irishexaminer.com Where are they now? Archived 2008-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ IMDb. Internet movie database
  5. ↑ rte.ie Amanda Brunker to front new RTE show
  6. ↑ "Amanda Brunker Oxegen 2011". youtube.com. RTÉ 2fm. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Brunker's Oxegen debut goes off with a whimper". Irish Examiner. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Amanda Brunker defends her ridiculous Oxegen 2011 slot". JOE.ie. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Review of Amanda Brunker". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Transworld. Champagne Kisses Archived 2011-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoirs announced" Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine . RTÉ Ten. 15 July 2011.


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