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Pamela Ann Mary Flood (born 25 July 1971) is a former
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television presenter and former
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. She received the
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crown in 1993. A former employee of
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, she was at one time a well-recognised face on the broadcaster's television channels, having presented ''
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'', ''Marry Me'' and ''
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''. She also made an appearance in the
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series '' Who Do You Think You Are?'', learning that her grandmother was an illegitimate child and that a deceased distant relative was accused of murdering her husband, but later found not guilty - over 160 years ago. She then went on to feature on ''Celebrity Showhouse'' broadcast on 29 December 2008.


Career

Flood worked as a continuity officer with national broadcaster RTÉ from 1997 to 2000, and was a presenter of Irish fashion television show ''Off the Rails'' for a number of years before receiving the axe in 2008. Flood moved on to ''Marry Me'', of which there were eight editions, and has presented two editions of ''The Podge and Rodge Show'', For her research in the RTÉ series ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' she travelled through 19th-century Dublin, "taking in red light districts, millionaire solicitors, pawnbrokers, contested wills, illegitimate children and murder." She met historian David Nolan, who has written a history of Corballis House, where her granny was sent to stay and subsequently discovered she was born out of wedlock. She appeared on the front cover of the ''
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'' to promote the show, and on ''
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'' as "Doreen Prendergast". Flood has since found herself exposed and vulnerable at RTÉ.


Personal life

In 2008, Flood announced the recent end of her three-year relationship with Michael Sharp, the manager of Denis Desmond's ''Spirit'' nightclub in Dublin. She then began a new one with restaurateur, Ronan Ryan. Flood and Ryan appeared in the news in 2019 following a public battle with their mortgage provider over a house in which the couple had been living in Clontarf, Dublin. It was reported that the couple had been living in the property valued at €900,000 yet had not made a mortgage payment in over 9 years. Nevertheless, the couple refused to vacate the property.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flood, Pamela 1971 births Living people Irish female models RTÉ television presenters Miss World 1993 delegates Miss Ireland winners Miss Universe 1994 contestants Beauty pageant contestants from Ireland