Fionnghuala O’Reilly

It’s Famous Friday!

2021-12-24T04:29:34+00:00December 24th, 2021|

  Hello everyone! And welcome back to Famous Friday! Today we will be talking about Fionnghuala O’Reilly, who is a famous Multiracial Actress, Model, Engineer, and Pageant Title Holder. O’Reilly was born on August 20th, 1993, in Fort Knox, Kentucky, to her Irish father and African American mother. She signed her first modeling contract when she was 19 years old with an agency located in Milan, Italy. She, later on, went to receive her bachelor's degree in Science of Systems and Engineering from George Washington University in Washington D.C. She [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

2020-04-09T20:03:51+00:00April 9th, 2020|

Fionnghuala O’Reilly Fionnghuala O’Reilly is Miss Universe Ireland 2019. She is the first woman of color to be crowned Miss Universe Ireland. O’Reilly is half black-American and half Irish. Her nickname is “Fig.”  Fig is twenty six years old and is the Director of the NASA Space Apps Challenge and a NASA Datanaut. Her position helps her create innovative new thinking, processes, and products. Her platform is #EmpowermentThroughCoding which helps females learn to code. O’Reilly obtained her Engineering degree from George Washington University. Fig was crowned Miss Universe Ireland on [...]

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