Amanda Brunker

Amanda Brunker (born 12 June 1974) is a novelist, journalist and columnist for the Irish Sunday World tabloid newspaper,[1] and former Miss Ireland.

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 .

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]

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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