Rosanna Davison

Rosanna Davison

Beauty pageant titleholder
Rosanna Davison in 2008
Born	Rosanna Diane Davison (1984-04-17) 17 April 1984 (age 28) County Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Ireland 2003 (Winner) Miss World 2003 (Winner) Miss World Europe 2003

Rosanna Diane Davison (born 17 April 1984 in County Dublin, Ireland^[1]) was the winner of the Miss World 2003 title.^[2] She is the daughter of musician Chris de Burgh. The song "For Rosanna" was written by her father in her honour for his 1986 album, Into The Light.

Education

Her primary education was at Aravon School, in County Wicklow.^{[citation needed]}

Rosanna attended Rathdown School, a private, all-girls school located in Glenageary, County Dublin. She was class prefect before graduating and completing her leaving certificate examinations in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, she graduated from University College Dublin with an arts degree in Sociology and Art History.^{[citation needed]}

She has recently enrolled on a part-time course in Dublin with a view to becoming a qualified nutritional therapist.^[3]

Miss World

In August 2003, she entered the Miss Ireland finals in Dublin, and winning the competition, found herself competing for the title of Miss World. December 2003 saw Davison, along with 106 other contestants, compete in the Miss World competition in Sanya, China. Rosanna went on to win the crown and is the first Irish entrant ever to win the Miss World title since it started in 1951. During Davison reign, She traveled to the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, China, Sri Lanka, Germany, Poland and her very own Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Modelling/film career

Davison is currently the face of ‘Holiday On Ice’, and has also been involved in two campaigns for Newbridge Silverware and Rally England.^{[citation needed]}

She is signed to Storm Model Management in the UK, and Assets in Dublin.^{[citation needed]}

In the summer of 2009, Davison starred alongside Irish actor Richard Wall in Vena,^{[citation needed]} in which she played his girlfriend. The movie was directed by photographer and director Kevin Abosch.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2012, she came second in a poll to find Ireland's most desirable Valentines.^[4]

References

External links

• Rosanna's Official Website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lynda Duffy	Miss Ireland 2003	Succeeded by Natasha Nic Gairbheith
Preceded by none	Miss World Beach Beauty 2003	Succeeded by Nancy Randall
Preceded by Azra Akın	Miss World Europe 2003	Succeeded by Katarzyna Borowicz