Amanda Brunker
Irish writer
Intro | Irish writer | |
Places | Ireland | |
is | Model Beauty pageant contestant | |
Work field | Fashion | |
Gender |
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Birth | 12 June 1974, Dublin | |
Age | 50 years |
Amanda Brunker (born 12 June 1974) is a novelist, journalist/columnist with the Irish Sunday World tabloid newspaper, 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.
She has continued modelling, acted in the film Head Rush, 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.
She published her first novel, entitled Champagne Kisses, 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.