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Miss Ireland star Sarah Jane Dunne admits 'of course there was bitchiness behind the scenes'

Miss Ireland star Sarah Jane Dunne has revealed what it was really like backstage at the beauty pageant this year.

Sarah Jane, who was the pageant’s first traveller contestant, admitted things got a little nasty behind the scenes.

“You do get a little bitchiness behind the scenes, but that’s natural when there are 34 girls in a room,” she admitted.

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But Sarah Jane insisted she made great friends from the competition.

“I’ve made friends for life at pageants, I got on really well with all the girls, especially at Miss University Ireland and Miss Ireland.

“When I got so much exposure for being a traveller, the girls were really supportive,” she told VIP magazine.

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Despite getting support from fellow contestants, Sarah Jane admitted she was worried about the backlash when she revealed she was a traveller.

“I was a bit conscious of getting media attention,” she said.

“At the back of my mind I felt a bit guarded because I didn’t want to be made a spectacle of, which you would see happen an awful lot with the media and Travellers.”

“I didn’t want to be made out to be some sort of Big Fat Gypsy like character. It can be so easy for people to twist what you say and make you out to be something you’re not.”

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