Carnival fever
Ireland's most beautiful ambassador, last year's Miss World Rosanna Davison, took to the catwalk for the first time since handing her crown over last December. Looking ravishing in a dramatic red Synan O'Mahony creation, Rosanna was the star of the DIT Carnival of Fashion Show, last night's show in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation, in Vicar Street.
At a pre-show West Coast Cooler cocktail party guests got a sneak preview of some of the amazing gowns from Synan O'Mahony, Ceylon and Julien among others. TV3 duo Debbie O'Donnell and Alan Hughes, Miriam Ahern, former wife of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, models Astrid Brennan and Roz Lipsett, stylist Roxanne Parker and socialite Karla Elliott.
The MCs for the evening were the stunning Emma Brown and radio presenter Dermot Whelan. Emma Brown? Better known as TV and radio star Emma Buckley, who is now using her married name, since her nuptuals to sportsman Frazer Brown.
The entertainment really had the crowd going (or was it agog?). Radioactive Pussy (geddit?), were finalists in last year's Alternative Miss Ireland contest and are back for more. I'm sure Louis Walsh is keeping a close eye on the trio. Speaking of Louis, I hear he is off to the States with Sharon Osbourne to meet with the producers of American Idol. The man from Mayo still has a long way to go it seems.
Congratulations to Heidi Walsh of Sallynoggin College, who won the Student Designer of the Year Award with her flamboyant netting outfits. Well done also to Jane Wilde and Beccie Johnson, who won modelling contracts with the best agency in town, Compton.
