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A Donegal nurse Grainne Gallanagh was crowned the winner of Miss Universe Ireland 2018 in the Round Room of the Mansion House tonight.

The Donegal native, wowed with her poise, passion and intelligence and was named unanimously as the winner by the esteemed panel of judges.

As well as the title, Grainne has won over €40,000 in prizes.

Previously Grainne, from Buncrana, was crowned Miss Donegal 2016, and she was also a Miss Earth NI runner-up.

Grainne, who works in London, has been raising awareness about women’s health during her Miss Universe Ireland journey, and has raised funds for her local women’s centre in Donegal.

Grainne was one of three Donegal women competing tonight for the title, the others were Niamh Frain from Letterkenny, and Emma Roarty from Dunlewey. Miss Universe Ireland 2017 winner, Cailín Áine Ní Toibín presented her 2018 successor  with the coveted Miss Universe Ireland crown alongside Managing Director, Brittany Mason.

Model Alannah Beirne, leading fashion designer Umit Kutluk, editor of EVOKE.ie Sybil Mulcahy, award winning actress Amy Joyce Hastings, IFTA nominated Irish director Graham Hastings and Director of the Actavo Group Margaret Clandillon had their work cut out for them as 28 confidently beautiful women took to the stage in the hopes of being named Miss Universe Ireland 2018.

Attendees at the event also enjoyed a performance by musician Meg LaGrande who provided some light entertainment whilst the judges deliberated.

Sponsors of Miss Universe Ireland, Flormar, Dundrum Cosmetic Clinic, Great Lengths, Shoes by Chavez, SMAK make up brushes and Liliana Montoya swimwear were also present on the night to show their support.

Grainne will now go on to represent Ireland in the International competition and compete against women from all over the world in the hope of becoming Miss Universe.

Donegal Gaelic football manager and player

For the Dublin Gaelic footballer sometimes referred to as "Jim", see Séamus McGuinness.

Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is a Gaelic football coach, and former player, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a player with, and later manager of, the Donegal county team. Since 2023, he has been manager, for the second time, of Donegal's senior team.

Having guided Donegal to 2010 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final, McGuinness was appointed manager of the senior county team later that year. In his time at the helm, he oversaw a Donegal team that won three Ulster Senior Football Championship titles in four seasons and led his team to the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title. The 2012 final was the county's first appearance on football's ultimate stage since 1992, and only its second All-Ireland SFC title in more than 120 years of attempts. In addition, McGuinness's Donegal was the only team to defeat Dublin in a championship match during Jim Gavin's time as manager, doing so in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final, and McGuinness's condensing of the pitch influenced how Dublin subsequently improved over the next five years. McGuinness ended his first spell as Donegal manager shortly after that defeat of Dublin.

McGuinness then became one of very few county team managers to have taken a role at a professional sports team outside Ireland. He began working with the Scottish association football club Celtic as a coach in 2012, progressing to the position of assistant manager its under-20 squad. In 2017, he took up a coaching role with Chinese Super League association football club Beijing Sinobo Guoan, until January 2018. In December 2018, he was named as head coach of USL Championship association football club Charlotte Independence. Over the course of his involvement in association football coaching,

The director of Miss Universe Ireland, Brittany Mason and the reigning Miss Universe Ireland, Grainne Gallanagh launched the 2019 search for finalists for this year's competition which takes place in the Round Room of the Mansion House on Thursday August 1.

Hailing from Buncrana, Grainne is the ninth Irish woman in history to make it to the final round of Miss Universe securing a place in the top 20.

This was the first time ever that Ireland made it to the finals in two consecutive years, with Gallanagh mirroring the achievement of Miss Universe Ireland 2017, Cailin Áine Ní Toibín.

Due to this historical achievement, Ireland is now 1 of 5 countries in the world to currently hold a back to back finalist placement. We are hoping that the third time is a charm and we will bring our first ever Miss Universe crown home this year.

Grainne has achieved monumental success since walking away with the Miss Universe Ireland crown with approximately €70,000 in prizes. She proudly represented Ireland at events like London Fashion Week and The Brits.

The Buncrana native has also just signed with London Modelling agency, BMA Models and will be the first Irish born and bred model to walk in Miami Swimweek this summer as her last official role as Miss Universe Ireland.

During her reign Grainne, who is a fully qualified nurse, raised vital awareness and funds for the Women’s Health Clinic in Donegal, speaking at events and educating her followers about important issues surrounding women's health. She hopes to utilise her network platform as Miss Universe Ireland to one day open her own Women's health centre employing an all female staff.

First Round applications to compete as one of up to 30 finalists for the title of Miss Universe Ireland 2019 are being accepted from now until May 17 2019. The online application form and further requirement details can be found here:  http://mis

Donegal were hot favourites to dispense of a Louth side playing in its first ever All-Ireland quarter-final, but the Leinster finalists went toe-to-toe with Donegal for the first half an hour or so.

Twice Louth came to within a point of Donegal in the first half, but the Ulster champions led 0-11 to 0-8 at half time and saw the game through.

McGuinness cut an agitated, anxious figure early on as Louth traded blows with his team, but he grew more content as the game wore on.

He was particularly happy with the spread of scorers with 11 different players on target.

"The way the modern game is, you need that spread of scores coming from all over the place and we got that today," he said.

"Defensively we conceded 0-18 and Louth looked threatening and dangerous at times so there are areas we have to look at, but the important thing is to progress. Once you do that you have a chance to sort things out and make them better for the next day."

Donegal are now where they want to be, back in the All-Ireland semi-final for the first time since 2014, the last year of McGuinness' first stint in charge.

Now he is in year one of his second spell and has transformed the county again.

Starting at a low base, they won Division Two, won the Ulster title and now are in the last four for the first time in a decade.

"We are extremely happy to be in the semi-final, if we were told that at the start of the year, we’d have taken your arm off, so we are thankful for that.

"We are delighted for the people of Donegal here and abroad who give us massive support all the time."