Early life

Laura was born in Bray

Bray

Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...

, County Wicklow

County Wicklow

County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

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She attended St Patricks Primary School and Loreto Bray Secondary School until she was 18 years old. She then went on to study journalism in Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland with a semester abroad at Boston University (BU) in the US.

Broadcasting career

In April 2008, MTV Networks Europe

MTV Networks Europe

MTV Networks Europe is a division of Viacom International Media Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom.MTV Networks Europe includes the multimedia entertainment brands: MTV, VH1, TMF, VIVA, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Nick Jr...

 launched a campaign Pick Me MTV where Laura Whitmore battled it out against other contestants to become the face of MTV News

MTV News

MTV News is the news division of MTV, one of the first and most popular music television network in the U.S., as well as some of MTV's related channels around the world. MTV News began in the late 1980s with the program The Week In Rock, hosted by Kurt Loder, the first official MTV News correspondent...

 in MTV Europe

MTV Europe

MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...

. Currently, she hosts news bulletins for MTV in Ireland, the UK and pan-European MTV channels. She previously co-hosted MTV News The Cube in 2009/2010 with former MTV presenter Rickie Haywood Williams

Rickie Haywood Williams

Rickie Haywood Williams, , is a radio DJ and television presenter from Croydon, England.-Early life:He attended the Riddlesdown High School in Riddlesdown. At 16 he attended the BRIT School, gaining an A level in Media and a BTEC in broadcast journalism...

. She previously hosted MTV Digs on MTV UK and is regularly seen on MTV News hosting special events in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe.

Before winning MTV's Pick Me MTV and moving to London, she worked as a researcher on award winning Lunchtime with Eamon Keane for Newstalk, a national station in Ireland.

In 2010, Whitmore hosted the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts for ITV2

ITV2

ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...

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She is a spokeswoman for the Because I Am a Girl

Because I Am a Girl (campaign)

Because I Am a Girl is a campaign by the aid organization Plan. The campaign is made to address the issue of gender discrimination around the world...

 charity clothing campaign.

In October 2011, she was confirmed as the new presenter of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2

ITV2

ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...

 airing after I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! replacing Caroline Flack

Caroline Flack

Caroline Louise Flack is a British television presenter. She is known for presenting I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! from 2008 to 2010....

. She presents alongside Joe Swash

Joe Swash

Joseph Adam Swash is an English actor and presenter. He once played Mickey Miller in the British television soap opera EastEnders. He is the older brother of Shana Swash, who played his on-screen younger sister Demi Miller until July 2006. He also won the TV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me...

 and Russell Kane

Russell Kane

Russell Kane is an English writer, comedian, actor and media personality. In June 2006, he became the face of digital station Five US. He has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning the main prize in August 2010...

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Fashion

As of August 2009, Whitmore has her own clothing range available at A Wear

A Wear

A|Wear is an Irish chain of clothing stores that operates in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and more recently in the United Kingdom.-History:...

 in Ireland.

In 2010, Whitmore became the face of RoC's new Hydra range.

External links

• New Look MTV News
• Photo shoot and interview for FHM
  FHM
  FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
  
   September 2008
• Photo MTV UK
• Sunday Times Style Magazine Shoot and Interview 14 December 2008