Miss Drogheda 2007
Presented by
Pulse Event Management

Terms and Conditions

Contestants must be aged between 18 and 23 and shall have attained the age of 18 on or before April 1st 2007 and shall not have attained the age of 23 on that date.

Contestants must be of good character, possess charm, poise, personality and knowledge of Drogheda and its heritage.

Contestants must wear formal attire on the night of the event and must be accompanied by an escort sourced by themselves, who will also wear formal attire.

Contestants will attend an informal interview, conducted by Ms Sheila Martin from the Miss Drogheda team, following their application. This interview will create a short list of 12 contestants.

The 12 successful contestants must then pay an entry fee of E20.

On the night, the contestants will model their attire, walking to the stage accompanied by their escort. They will then have an onstage interview lasting approximately ten minutes and this will be followed by a performance of the contestants talent.

There will be a panel of six judges, three male and three female from Drogheda, who will be from the areas of media, fashion and beauty.

Judging will be based on appearance, personality, beauty, communication and their performance. Each category will be marked out of twenty points, giving an overall score of one hundred points. The contestant with the highest number of points will be crowned Miss Drogheda 2007.

There will also be runner up positions, being second and third place.

Miss Drogheda must be available to attend events where her presence is requested.

Miss Drogheda was the brainchild of Drogheda Youth Focus, led by Miss Ruth Martin in 2001 and was co-produced by Ms Sheila Martin. Drogheda Youth Focus saw Miss Drogheda as an opportunity to knit the local community together and to have the youth of Drogheda become actively involved in the town.
The sell out event proved to be a huge success, which gained the support of all local businesses and traders in Drogheda.

The event was judged by Mr Des Grant, Drogheda Leader, Ms Ria Meegan, Madison Hair and Beauty, Mr Rodney Devine, Devine Hair Salon, Dundalk, Ms Angela McQuaid, Dundalk Argus, Miss Rachel Lavin, Student Rep and a representative from Dunnes Stores.

Industria Clothing, sponsored the entire event and also supplied the contestants with their attire for the night. Sean Freeman, Drogheda supplied the tuxedos for the escorts.

Miss Drogheda was presented by Mr Paul Maguire, currently a reporter with RTE.

Entertainment was provided courtesy of Paddy O’Shea.

Ms Sheila Martin, trained and mentored the contestants prior to the event.

Donna Bradley, from Clogherhead was crowned Miss Drogheda 2001 and she has now gone on to have her own dance school.

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Miss Drogheda 2002, hosted by Daire Nelson from LMFM radio, followed suit and once again turned out to be immensely successful. Again we had outstanding support from all of our local industries.

2002 was judged by Mr Des Grant, Drogheda Leader, Ms Caroline Kavanagh, Drogheda Independent, Alderman Michael O’Dowd, Drogheda Borough Council, Ms Irene Sands, Youth Representative, Mr Vinnie O’Dowd, Captain U19 Irish Rugby Team, Ms Rachel Lavin, Student Rep.

Again the girls were tutored by Ms Sheila Martin.

Entertainment was provided by South Paw.

In 2002, Tracey Finlay was the lucky girl, who gained the title of Miss Drogheda 2002.