Living like royalty: Meet the former Miss Ireland taking on America

She completed three degrees by the age of 23, and then decided to enter Miss Ireland. She won — and now the former beauty queen is trying to make it in New York. Aoife Walsh tells Rowena Walsh about life in the Big Apple

She’s a self-confessed homebird who moved to New York for her career. She completed three degrees by the age of 23, and then decided to enter a beauty pageant. Aoife Walsh is certainly ambitious, but the former Miss Ireland is also an intriguing mix of contradictions.

If life had gone according to her plan, Aoife would be teaching a class of secondary-school children now. Instead she is settling into a hectic new life in New York, where she hopes to further her career as a model and influencer.