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Former contestant angry at Miss Ireland’s outdated rules about mothers

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A former Miss Dublin finalist has hit out at requirements for those entering the Miss Ireland contest, which include not being a mother and being unmarried.

Blue Scannell, 19, who is currently training to be a midwife, entered this year’s competition at the end of last summer. The Miss Ireland website includes a long list of rules of eligibility, including that potential competitors must be ‘unmarried or never have been married’, and have ‘never given birth to a child’.

Contestants must also ‘be of good character’ and ‘be a person whose background is not likely to bring into disrepute the Miss Ireland Contest, Miss Ireland brand, Miss World Contest, its titles, or its organisers’.

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