Holly Carpenter (born 9 October 1991) is an Irish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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2011 on 13 August 2011. She represented Ireland in the Miss World pageant held on 6 November 2011 in

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. Since 2015 she has written a Friday column for the Herald newspaper on topical issues such as positive body image and dating.

Media career

Her modelling career began in 2011 when she was entered into the Miss Ireland national beauty pageant by a friend which she won but was subsequently unplaced in the

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, despite being many bookmakers' favourite to finish within the top 5. She ranked only 42nd in the competition which she attributes to not having a polished promotional video. Having won Miss Ireland, her modelling career took off and she found work easily in Ireland and the UK.

Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model

In 2013, Carpenter was named among 28 semi-finalists for the 9th cycle of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model. She was chosen as one of the 14 finalists competing for the title. After several appearances in the bottom three/four, she was eliminated in episode 9 and placed 7th.

Celebrity MasterChef Ireland

In January 2017, Carpenter appeared on Celebrity MasterChef Ireland. She was eliminated in the first week of the competition.

''Dancing with the Stars''

Carpenter appeared on the 2019 series of the Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars''. She was eliminated from the competition in week four.

Personal life

Carpenter was born and raised in

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, Dublin, Ireland. She is the granddaughter of the social diarist

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In 2011, she was working towards an arts degree in textiles at the

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. She speaks English, Irish and French. She was in relationship with Leinster and Ireland Rugby International

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for two years before they split up in July 2014. Between 2015 and 2016 she dated Danny O’Reilly of Irish rock band

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. She dated football pundit,

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for five months in 2017. They split after Carpenter claimed Sadlier, who is twelve years her senior, was too old for her.

References

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