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'''Amanda Brunker''' (born [[1973]] in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Miss Ireland winner and current columnist for the | '''Amanda Brunker''' (born [[1973]] in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Miss Ireland winner and current columnist for the Irish ''Sunday World'' newspaper. After attending Mount Temple Comprehensive School she turned to modelling, eventually entering and winning the Miss Ireland competition in [[1991]] when she was 17 years old.<ref>irishexaminer.com [http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/08/30/opinion_222.htm Where are they now?]</ref> She went on to represent her home nation in the Miss World Competition in Nigeria that same year without success.<ref>Everything2.com [http://everything2.com/title/Miss%2520World List of former Miss Worlds winners]</ref> | ||
==Career== | |||
She has continued modelling, acted in the film ''Head Rush''<ref>IMDb. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339111/ Internet movie database]</ref>, had a cameo role on the Irish soap ''Glenroe'', has been a nightclub hostess, presented her own late night TV show ''The Dinner Party''<ref>rte.ie [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0728/thedinnerparty.html Amanda Brunker to front new RTE show]</ref> and is currently a journalist/columnist for the ''Sunday World''.<ref>sundayworld.com [http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php Brunker meets...]</ref> | |||
She lives in Dublin with her partner, Philip O' Loughlin, and their two sons. She is currently | She lives in Dublin with her partner, Philip O'Loughlin, and their two sons. She is currently preparing to release her first novel, entitled ''Champagne Kisses''<ref>Transworld. [http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=twmain.txt&eqisbndata=1848270011 Champagne Kisses]</ref>, which is due for publication on June 25, [[2008]]. She appeared on the Irish chat show ''The Late Late Show'' in late May to promote the forthcoming novel. During the interview she confirmed a story that had appeared the previous February in the ''Irish Independent'', and on it's linked website, which stated that she and her partner had become engaged to be married during a holiday in New York.<ref>independent.ie [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/amanda-brunker-1280070.html Former party girl Amanda Brunker gets serious with Julia Molony]</ref> | ||
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* Amanda's [http://www.sundayworld.com/columnists.asp?colID=24 column] in the ''Sunday World''. | |||
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| Born | 1973 Dublin, Ireland |
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Amanda Brunker (born 1973 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Miss Ireland winner and current columnist for the Irish Sunday World newspaper. After attending Mount Temple Comprehensive School she turned to modelling, eventually entering and winning the Miss Ireland competition in 1991 when she was 17 years old.[1] She went on to represent her home nation in the Miss World Competition in Nigeria that same year without success.[2]
Career
She has continued modelling, acted in the film Head Rush[3], had a cameo role on the Irish soap Glenroe, has been a nightclub hostess, presented her own late night TV show The Dinner Party[4] and is currently a journalist/columnist for the Sunday World.[5]
She lives in Dublin with her partner, Philip O'Loughlin, and their two sons. She is currently preparing to release her first novel, entitled Champagne Kisses[6], which is due for publication on June 25, 2008. She appeared on the Irish chat show The Late Late Show in late May to promote the forthcoming novel. During the interview she confirmed a story that had appeared the previous February in the Irish Independent, and on it's linked website, which stated that she and her partner had become engaged to be married during a holiday in New York.[7]
References
- ↑ irishexaminer.com Where are they now?
- ↑ Everything2.com List of former Miss Worlds winners
- ↑ IMDb. Internet movie database
- ↑ rte.ie Amanda Brunker to front new RTE show
- ↑ sundayworld.com Brunker meets...
- ↑ Transworld. Champagne Kisses
- ↑ independent.ie Former party girl Amanda Brunker gets serious with Julia Molony
External Links
- Amanda's column in the Sunday World.
