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Amanda Brunker

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

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.[2]

Career

She has continued modelling, acted in the film Head Rush,[3] 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.[4]

She published her first novel, entitled Champagne Kisses,[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. ^ sundayworld.com Brunker meets... Archived November 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ irishexaminer.com Where are they now?
  3. ^ IMDb. Internet movie database
  4. ^ rte.ie Amanda Brunker to front new RTE show
  5. ^ Transworld. Champagne Kisses
  6. ^ "RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoirs announced". RTÉ Ten. 15 July 2011.