First black woman crowned Miss Ireland in history-making win
Irish Times she thought it was “strange” that when she first arrived in Ireland, she “couldn’t hear gunshots.” She admitted she “cried” when she finally received her Irish passport.“It means so much to me,” Uba said of her win. “I am so grateful I can show girls that [color] is not something that holds you back and it doesn’t matter where you come from, the world is your oyster.”The oldest of six siblings, Uba said she spent time in cities such as Dublin before moving to Balluhaunis in Co Mayo where she spent 10 years there with her mother and siblings.Come December, Uba will represent the land of potatoes and Irish whiskey at the 70th Miss World pageant in Puerto Rico.