Miss Universe Ireland 2018 Top 10 Hot Picks By Angelopedia

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Megan Ruth Bullard

Megan is currently studying fashion and is in her first year of college. She is very proud to be attending a well-known art school as she struggles with dyslexia and had high anxiety during exams. Megan is dedicated to assisting children with special needs. She was involved in the St Benildus College’s Integration through Sports Day. She hopes to use her influence to start the conversation about special needs, program integration, and body and mental health positivity.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Chloe Oloughlin

Chloe is highly ambitious. The computer science student and competitive horse rider hopes to be the CEO of a technology company one day. She was a member of her student council and 1st in the Punchestown Show Jumping Competition. In addition to being confident and hardworking, Chloe is a caring individual. After Harolds Cross Hospice assisted her grandfather as he battled cancer, she came up with a way to raise money for the charity. She turned her house into a Haunted House for Halloween.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Aoife Ruttledge

Aoife is currently studying International Commerce through French and works as a model. She dreams of using her degree to become an entrepreneur in the fashion industry. She participated in several English and Irish debates and speaking events while in school. She says that she enjoys the challenge of understanding an audience and finding a way to communicate and engage with them. As an aspiring business woman, Aoife fights for gender equality and for the empowerment of women in business.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Elana Rose Archer

Elana co-founded Tough Glove Boxing, which focuses on helping people get fit while learning self-defense. She hopes to use her company and her influence in the health/fitness industry to help other women be happy and confident in their own bodies. Elana wants to work with Jigsaw the National Centre for Youth Mental Health to help young people reduce the strain of mental health struggles. The Irish Cancer Society and Simon Communities Ireland are also dear to her heart.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Aishah Akorede

Aishah overcame bullying and low self-esteem to become a Juice Plus Brand Ambassador and have a YouTube channel. She loves anime and cannot understand the stigma against females liking it. Inspired by her scientist mother who relied on her own inner strength and courage to succeed, Aishah dreams of becoming a barrister and work with organizations like Soroptimist Ireland to empower other women and help them reach their full potential.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Aisling

Aisling is a Physiotherapist and plans to open her own practice. She lived in the Netherlands to learn more about her chosen career, and herself. Aisling was scared to learn that Ireland is set to become one of the most obese countries in the European Union. She wants to use her own education to instruct and train others. Aisling is also concerned by the high suicide rates in Ireland and hopes to work with Pieta House to help provide treatments.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Niamh Frain

Niamh displayed a love for fashion and the beauty industry at an early age. She and her friend would look through their mother’s clothing catalogues, pretending to be fashion designers. Now, she dreams of being a makeup artist in the film world. Niamh is proud to be a foster sister. Her family fosters children with special needs. Growing up with exposure to some of the challenges children face has cause Niamh to become involved with the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Michaela Ohara

Michaela believes in the power of women and their ability to balance femininity with strength and confidence. She studied art history at University College Dublin, then art in Florence, Italy. She began to paint her own artwork and found it powerful and inspiring to embrace the female body. She strongly feels that everyone should be able to express their gender equality and not feel as if they need to sacrifice something to be taken seriously. She hopes to sell her art throughout Ireland and abroad and use it as a method to communicate this message across languages and nationalities.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Naomi Alison Ryan

A student and athlete, Naomi loves to sing. She is currently studying Music and Philosophy at University College Dublin. Shy and quiet herself, Naomi learned the most from other children who didn’t quite fit in. Now, Naomi dreams of working as a model and becoming a leader for the women of Ireland (and beyond). Ever concerned about the more vulnerable, Naomi wants to work with the Alzheimer Society of Ireland to honour, protect, and help elders.

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Miss Universe Ireland 2018 finalist Anna Cahill

When Anna was only 17 years-old, she took a chance on herself and moved to Spain by herself. It was in Spain that Anna began her modelling career. By living on her own, she learned that being beautiful encompasses being warm, kind, and confident. She wants to share that message with others and thinks Miss Universe Ireland is the perfect organization to empower women. She supports the Irish Pilgrimage Trust, a charity that travels on pilgrimage to Lourdes with young people with special needs, and she hopes to travel with them in the future.