{"id":507017,"date":"2026-06-19T00:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507017\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:27:14","slug":"emma-is-kildares-rep-at-miss-universe-ireland-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507017\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma is Kildare&#8217;s rep at Miss Universe Ireland! &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A 27-year-old former ballet dancer and opera singer has been named as this year\u2019s Kildare representative for the final of the Miss Universe Ireland pageant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emma Gavin (27) from Maynooth is currently working in HR, but curiously this is not her first time in this pressured environment as 10 years ago she was crowned Miss Teen Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emma and her 23 competitors were introduced to the nation at a launch party in the iconic Bewley\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Theatre on Grafton Street on 4 June, however she began her round of interviews this week (17 June) in preparation for the final on Saturday in the Bonnington Hotel in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3855126_2_articleinline_Helen_Gavin_from_Maynooth_at_the_Miss_Universe_Ireland_2026_launch.jpg\" alt=\"Finalist Emma\u00a0\" title=\"Finalist Emma\u00a0\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Finalist Emma\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emma was a ballet dancer for over 18 years and also sang classical Italian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She has spoken at the Mansion House in Dublin to 250 people about mental health awareness, anti-bullying and suicide prevention, and has also modelled in Chicago fashion week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Through Miss Universe Ireland, I hope to encourage women to pursue their goals fearlessly and recognise their value regardless of the path they choose,\u201d said Emma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI want to use this platform to promote positivity, ambition, and self-confidence while representing qualities that go beyond appearance \u2014 including compassion, authenticity, and determination.&#8221; she said The winner will be crowned by current Miss Universe Ireland Aadya Srivastava (19) from Galway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Miss Universe Ireland will follow in the footsteps of previous winners Roz Purcell, and Joana Copper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old former ballet dancer and opera singer has been named as this year\u2019s Kildare representative for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-507017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}