Lucy Evangelista
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Lucy Evangelista | |
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| Born | 17 January 1986 Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Northern Ireland (2005) |
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Lucy Avril Evangelista (born 17 January 1986 in Ballymena,[1] Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the 2005 Miss Northern Ireland and represented the nation at Miss World 2005.
Early life and career
[edit]Evangelista was educated at Ballymena Academy and has Italian ancestry on her father's side.[2] She won Miss Northern Ireland 2005 and was placed in the top fifteen at the 2005 Miss World contest. This was the first time Northern Ireland placed at the finals of Miss World. As the highest placed of the four UK contestants, Evangelista won the Miss United Kingdom title in 2015.[3]
Personal life
[edit]She is currently married to former Ulster and Irish rugby player, Matt McCullough.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Miss World 2005 bio Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "WE LOVE LUCY; Evangelista ready to model her Miss Northern Ireland crown. - Free Online Library".
- ^ Sweeney, Joanne (1 January 2018). "Former beauty queen Lucy Evangelista: How I've finally found my (sewing) passion". The Irish News. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Tighe, Mark. "Rugby star in legal scrum with IRFU". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
