Niamh Marie Redmond (born ) is an Irish former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ireland 1996.THE BIZ; The ugly truth about modelling, by Niamh; IT'S IRELAND'S HOTTEST SHOWBUSINESS COLUMN (17 November 1996)
Born to parents Ronald and Orla,Oh baby, you were out of this world..; PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: MISS IRELAND'S CHILDHOOD PHOTO ALBUM Redmond grew up the only female child with three brothers in Drimnagh. At the age of nineteen she represented Dublin at Miss Ireland and was crowned the winner.NIAMH HAS THE WORLD AT HER FEET; Beauty vows to do us proud MISS IRELAND'S FEAR FOR MUM AFTER COLLAPSE; Shock before farewell bash
Although her win qualified her to represent the country at Miss Universe 1997,Niamh aims to conquer universe Redmond – who had deferred a place at Maynooth College to prepare for the pageant – was controversially replaced by Miss Ireland second runner-up Fiona Mullaly.Miss Ireland UpdatesI FEEL SO SAD FOR POOR NIAMH, BUT IT REALLY SHOULD BE ME WHO IS GOING!; MISS IRELAND RUNNER-UP MICHELLE JOINS BATTLE OF BEAUTIES When queried, pageant boss Kieran Murray stated that Mullaly was best suited to represent Ireland, and his decision to remove Redmond was a bid to raise the standard and profile of Miss Ireland.WHY FIONA IS MY MISS UNIVERSE BY CONTEST BOSS; Beauty supremo breaks his silence Redmond had previously been a contestant at Miss World 1996 where she was a favourite,Yes, Niamh is really sizzling... but did not place, and former Miss Ireland boss Krish Naidoo, who defended Murray, claimed that Redmond had failed to impress the judges because she had given up completely.CATTY KRISH GETS UGLY IN BATTLE OF THE BEAUTIES; NIAMH 'GAVE UP' AT MISS WORLD SAYS EX-BOSS
As a model, Redmond was lined to promote a range of summer clothing for Lee Jeans alongside Fair City actor Peter Warnock,KISS OF LIFE; GAY SCENE DOES PETER NO HARM AT ALL but came under fire when she appeared in a contraceptives commercial shortly after being crowned. Redmond graduated with a degree in finance, and worked in IT after her reign.Niamh Redmond wishes it to be known that she is retiring from full-time modelling at the age of 22NUI MAYNOOTH CONFERS DEGREE ON FORMER MISS IRELAND Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday 16 September, 1998.
She is married to former Ireland rugby player and businessman Aidan McCullen. She has two sons.
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