Amanda Brunker has revealed she had to get special permission to compete in the Miss World pageant in 1993.
The Dubliner admitted she was only 17-years-old  when she was crowned Miss Ireland even though the minimum age for entrants is 18.
“I was like the original Nadine Coyle,” she joked.
Underage: Amanda revealed she was only 17 when she competed for Miss World | BRIAN MCEVOY
“I didn’t realise I was going to win the competition when I went in for it, I thought it would be something nice to do.
“Then I went and won the thing and thought, ‘No, we have to try to get out of this’,” she said on RTE’s Saturday Night with Miriam.
“I was going to be dethroned and my family were very upset because I was bringing shame to the family name.
“They had to ring the Miss World and see if they could let me in and it turned out there was some girl from Guatemala who was 17 as well, so they let me in and the rest, as they say, is history,” she revealed.
Homesick: Amanda admitted she was homsick when she competed | VIPIRELAND.COM
The media personality admitted she was homesick while she competed in the international beauty pageant.
“It was five weeks away from home,” she said.
“It was before Skype, there were no mobile phones, the only thing I had for company was a Walkman and I think I had three tracks.
“I cried for most of it,” she added.
