Miss Ireland

Aoife Mary Cogan

Aoife lives in castleknock, a suburb of Dublin the capital of Ireland. She left school with an honours certificate and is a qualified photographer. During her school years she developed a talent for art, speech and drama and has represented her school in basketball, hockey, tennis and athletics. Hobbies include: listening to music (U2 are her favourites) and travelling - she has spent 18 months visiting: France, Spain, Italy, Syria, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia. Aoife is currently working in the fashion industry as a model, but her ambition is to work in television and photography. Her proudest moment to date has been having her painting exhibited in the national gallery of ireland, favourite food is chinese and thai, and her motto would be “whatever I gain in my life, that I would be able to give something back”.

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Creative, good humoured, loyal

Do you have a special or unusual talent? (what is it?)
Painting

Where would you most like to visit in the world and why?
India – from what I read it seems to be a very spiritual, cultured country and the people have a reputation for being warm and friendly like the irish.

What is the best thing about your country?
The people

What is your favourite…..
Film: 'Seven'
Singer/band: U2
Book: 'The Damage Done' by Warren Fellows

If you were granted one wish, what would it be?
That everyone born into this world would have equal opportunities to live their life to its full potential. If you were stuck on a desert island with one other person (famous or not whom would you choose?
My mum.

What is your message to all the other miss world contestants?
I look forward to meeting you all and hope we have a memorable three weeks.

You’re judging the final five contestants, which question would you ask the finalists?
What qualities do you think are most necessary in order to be a good Miss World?