Rozanna Purcell
Irish beauty pageant titleholder
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Rozanna "Roz" Purcell (born 3 September 1990) is an Irish model, charity worker, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Ireland 2010, and represented Ireland at Miss Universe 2010.
3 September 1990
Rozanna Purcell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rozanna Purcell 3 September 1990 Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Universe Ireland 2010 |
Hair colour | Light brown |
Eye colour | Blue |
Major competition(s) | Miss Universe Ireland 2009 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Universe Ireland 2010 (Winner) Miss Universe 2010 (Top 10) |
Miss Universe
Purcell competed in Miss Universe Ireland 2009 and competed in Miss Universe 2010.[citation needed]
After Miss Universe
Purcell was offered a contract with Trump Model Management after the Miss Universe 2010 competition ended, and was offered additional contracts in Mexico and Colombia.[1] She was then invited to judge at the Miss Venezuela 2010 pageant. She later joined her mentor Andrea Roche's modelling agency in Ireland.[2]
An experienced hiker,[3] she has talked of her difficulties at temperatures of minus 25C on Kilimanjaro.[4]
She was a judge at Miss Universe Ireland 2012.[5]
In October 2013, she started her own food blog, naturalbornfeeder.com.[6] and published her first cookbook Natural Born Feeder in January 2016.
Her book The Hike Life: My 50 Favourite Hikes in Ireland was published in 2023 and named Lifestyle Book of the Year, as one of the 2023 Irish Book Awards.[7][8] In 2024 her book The Hike Life: 50 More to Explore was published and was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards.[9]
Since 2022 she has presented various shows on 2fm.[10]
Television work
Purcell won Come Dine With Me on TV3 in 2012.[11]
She participated in Celebrity Bainisteoir on RTÉ in 2012. She managed Newtown Cashel, in Longford.[12]
She has modelled extensively for Newbridge Silverware and is one of the faces of Newbridge Silverware.[13]
In February 2015 she appeared as the guest Celebrity Chef on TV3's The Restaurant.[14]
In 2021, Purcell joined the judging panel of recycled fashion programme Junk Kouture alongside esteemed talent manager Louis Walsh and star of RuPaul's Drag Race, Michelle Visage.[15]
Charity work
Purcell has also helped to raise awareness and funds for the Irish Cancer Society's 'Get Active For 2015' campaign.[16]
Personal life
Purcell is engaged to concert promoter Zach Desmond.[17]
