| Formation | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Dublin |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss World Miss Europe Miss International Miss Earth Miss Charm |
Official language | English |
| Website | miss-ireland.ie |
Miss World Ireland is a national Beauty pageant in Ireland. Winners of the competition represent Ireland at Miss World. Among the winners are Rosanna Davison, who went on to win Miss World 2003, and Pamela Uba, who in 2021 became the first black woman to win the Miss Ireland title.
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.
In 2003 the winner, Rosanna Davison, went on to win Miss World 2003.
In 2012 the winner Marie Hughes, representing 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 became the first black woman to win the Miss Ireland title. [3]
| 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'Hara | ||||
| 1976 | Jakki Moore | Top 15 | |||
| 1977 | Loraine Bernadette Enriquez | ||||
| 1978 | Lorraine Marion O'Connor | ||||
| 1979 | Mary Hegarty | ||||
| 1980 | Michelle Rocca | ||||
| 1981 | Geraldine Mary McGrory | Top 15 | |||
| 1982 | Roberta Brown | 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 | Collette 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 [4] | ||||
| 2015 | Sacha Livingstone | ||||
| 2016 | Niamh Kennedy [5] | ||||
| 2017 | Lauren McDonagh [6] | ||||
| 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 [7] | ||||
| 2024 | No competition held | ||||
| 2025 | Jasmine Gerhardt [8] | TBA | |||
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