She's one of Ireland's most glamorous women but Rosanna Davison has explained why she always gets glammed up.
The former Miss World, 39, recounted a hurtful and innappropriate comment that she received in the early days of her career that left her feeling 'heartbroken' about her appearance and afraid to show her 'natural self' in public.
Rosanna reminisced about the encounter during a social media video, where she began: 'I just wanted to pop on briefly just to chat about a thought that arose today that I hadn't thought of in a long time and just to really highlight the impact that our words can have on others.'
She said that a follower asked why she never appears on social media without makeup on and that they wanted to see her 'without the lashes and makeup'.
The mother-of-three said that it was a fair comment and it wasn't meant in a mean way but it got her thinking about why she never goes online without makeup on.
'There was an incident a long time ago, I mean I'm talking close to two decades ago. I had recently won Miss World and was doing a photo shoot in London and the photographer said to me at the end of the shoot, "Oh you're actually really photogenic, you looked quite ugly when you came in without makeup on".
'And I remember when he said it, I was what 20 at the time, I was young, I was in this whole new world. I definitely had imposter syndrome, I probably still do. I had issues with my skin in my late teens as well with breakouts.
'I wasn't brimming with confidence having recently won Miss World at all. I remember sort of laughing along but being absolutely heartbroken and thinking that day when I got home, "Okay I never want to have these thoughts again about myself".
'Obviously, other people feel the same way and think I'm really ugly without makeup. So, if I just wear makeup all the time, never show my face without makeup out in public or to strangers and dye my hair blonde, really blonde, then I will sort of put a mask on and people won't be able to see the fact that I'm actually quite ugly without makeup.'
The model continued to highlight how being 'photo-ready' became part of her identity as a way to protect herself and that she never shows her 'natural self' and is always done up in case anyone would make a similar comment that would make her feel that awful again.
Rosanna revealed that her husband Wes Quirke, who she met just a couple of years after winning Miss World, is always pleading with her to leave her eye makeup off and fake eyelashes off!
She urged her followers to think twice about the comments they make about people's appearance online because they never know how their words can have an impact on someone's confidence.
