Midwifery student crowned as winner of Miss Ireland; will represent country in this year's Miss Universe pageant

(Miss Ireland / Facebook)

BY: Rachael O'Connor
September 16, 2019

THIS WINNER of this year’s ‘Miss Ireland’ has been crowned.

Miss Chelsea Farrell beat 32 other contestants to be awarded the honour of representing Ireland at the international Miss Universe competition later this year.

The 19-year-old, from Ardee in County Louth, is currently studying to be a midwife, and was awarded the crown by last year’s winner Aoife O’Sullivan, a primary school teacher from Cork.

Aoife O'Sullivan crowning Chelsea Farrell (Miss Ireland / Facebook)
While the Miss Ireland pageant doesn’t get half the national interest as the Rose of Tralee festival-- there was neither a boot nor a bottle of wine to be found in the pageant-- The Helix venue in Dublin drew a large crowd to watch the winner of the 72nd annual competition be crowned.

Ms Farrell will go on to represent Ireland in this year’s Miss Universe, where she will appear alongside up to 99 other contestants.

The winner will be crowned by last year’s winner, Filipino-Australian model Catriona Gray, who moved to New York after her success last year.

People took to Twitter to congratulate Miss Louth-- aka Chelsea Farrell, aka the newest Miss Ireland-- and wish her luck in the upcoming competition.

Helen Desbois
@helendesbois
Big congrats to #MissLouth #chelseafarrell for taking the crown @MissIrelandORG tonight! #ShowbizInFullHD #MI19

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As of yet there has been no official confirmation of which country would host this year’s Miss Universe, despite several different countries expressing their interest, including the Philippines and Israel.

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