Pamela Uba

Pamela Uba is a Nigerian-Irish scientist, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She grew up in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. As Miss Ireland 2021, she was selected to represent Ireland in the Miss World 2022 beauty pageant. Uba is the first black woman to win the Miss Ireland competition and represent Ireland for the Miss World competition.

Background Pamela Uba was born in 1995 in South Africa to Nigerian parents. She moved from Johannesburg to Ireland with her family as an asylum seeker when she was 8 years old. Uba spent 10 years in direct provision. She has since raised money for educational support for children in direct provision. Singing is one of her passions and Uba has sung in numerous competitions including teen idol Dublin while recently recording two cover songs as part of her talent pieces for Miss World.

Career Uba earned her undergraduate degree in medical science at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, before graduating with a Master's degree in clinical chemistry from Trinity College Dublin. Having herself grown up in direct provision, in October 2021 she became an ambassador for Dídean, "a social enterprise which provides alternative housing for residents in Direct Provision". Uba finished in the top 40 of the Miss World 2021 competition.