From direct provision to frontline worker to Miss Ireland: Pamela Uba is a role model for all

Pamela Uba, 25, as she was crowned Miss Ireland 2021. Picture: PIP

Pamela Uba was crowned Miss Galway in March 2020. Three days later, Ireland went into lockdown and she spent her reign working on the frontlines at Galway University Hospital.

A medical scientist, she has worked in the clinical chemistry lab at the hospital for four years.