Rozanna Purcell
Rozanna Purcell | |
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| Born | Rozanna Purcell 3 September 1990 Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Universe Ireland 2010 |
| Hair colour | Light brown |
| Eye colour | Blue |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Universe Ireland 2009 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Universe Ireland 2010 (Winner) Miss Universe 2010 (Top 10) |
Rozanna "Roz" Purcell (born 3 September 1990) is an Irish model, charity worker and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Ireland 2010 and represented Ireland at Miss Universe 2010.
Miss Universe
Purcell competed in Miss Universe Ireland 2009 and competed in Miss Universe 2010.[citation needed]
After Miss Universe
Purcell was offered a contract with Trump Model Management after the Miss Universe 2010 competition ended, and was offered additional contracts in Mexico and Colombia.[1] She was then invited to judge at the Miss Venezuela 2010 pageant. She later joined her mentor Andrea Roche's modelling agency in Ireland.[2]
An experienced hiker,[3] she has talked of her difficulties at temperatures of minus 25C on Kilimanjaro.[4]
She was a judge at Miss Universe Ireland 2012.[5]
In October 2013, she started her own food blog, naturalbornfeeder.com.[6] and published her first cookbook Natural Born Feeder in January 2016.
Her book The Hike Life: My 50 Favourite Hikes in Ireland was published in 2023 and named Lifestyle Book of the Year, as one of the 2023 Irish Book Awards.[7][8]
Television work
Purcell won
She participated in Celebrity Bainisteoir on RTÉ in 2012. She managed Newtown Cashel, in Longford.[10]
She has modelled extensively for Newbridge Silverware and is one of the faces of Newbridge Silverware.[11]
In February 2015 she appeared as the guest Celebrity Chef on TV3's The Restaurant.[12]
In 2021, Purcell joined the judging panel of recycled fashion programme Junk Kouture alongside esteemed talent manager Louis Walsh and star of RuPaul's Drag Race, Michelle Visage.[13]
Charity work
Purcell has also helped to raise awareness and funds for the Irish Cancer Society's 'Get Active For 2015' campaign.[14]
Personal life
Purcell dated Irish musician Niall Breslin from 2013, although they announced the relationship had ended in April 2016.[15]
References
- Herald.ie. Archived from the originalon 27 August 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- Herald.ie. 13 December 2010. Archived from the originalon 15 December 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Wilson, Maria (9 October 2023). "Roz Purcell ranks these four Cork hiking trails among the best in Ireland". YayCork.ie.
- Herald.ie. Archived from the originalon 8 November 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "Congratulations to Miss Universe Ireland 2012 Adrienne Murphy". RSVP Magazine. Dublin: RSVP. 2 November 2012. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- Evoke.ie. 22 July 2015. Archived from the originalon 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS Winners 2023". Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Falvey, Deirdre (22 November 2023). "Paul Murray wins Novel of the Year for The Bee Sting at the An Post Irish Book Awards". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ LB. "Roz loves 'being a lad' as she bonds with dad over 'Celebrity Bainisteoir'". Archived from the original on 8 October 2012.
- Evoke.ie. 24 March 2015. Archived from the originalon 28 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- Evoke.ie. 4 February 2015. Archived from the originalon 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- Evoke.ie. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- Evoke.ie. 6 January 2015. Archived from the originalon 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- Evoke.ie. 21 January 2015. Archived from the originalon 4 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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