AN IRISH attractiveness queen is on a mission to establish that bald is gorgeous – as she battles to get better from a mystery health issues.
Samantha Nicholl, 42, was warned that she “could die any moment” due to an iron deficiency that has still left her in inadequate health for pretty much a ten years.
Samantha was healthier and content nine several years ago, until finally she instantly began to put up with from mysterious illness.
Medics identified her with acid reflux but couldn’t detect what else was contributing to her ailment.
But the Dubliner advised how she’s sensation confident about her look once again just after shaving her head as section of her mission to regain control over her daily life.
Samantha, who was just lately crowned Miss out on Ireland Common 2022, explained of her battle to get a diagnosis: “I was so depressed I required to get rid of myself.


“I was preparing my own suicide which I know that sounds negative. I know that seems horrible. But I was so frustrated at that time.”
Samantha’s weak overall health started in 2014 and she put in a long time trying to find health care assistance and attending quite a few hospitals.
Her trips involved blood tests, urine samples, x-rays and endoscopies.
She mentioned: “I was finding up a good deal of viruses quite a great deal. My immune procedure was so minimal. It was so effortless to decide up a lot of bugs, flus, colds, everything.”
Samantha admitted she was “afraid to go outside” at the believed of finding ill.
In 2020, her associate was whisking her away to celebrate her 40th birthday.
But on the day of her birthday, Samantha was referred to as into clinic urgently.
She mentioned: “On my birthday, in the morning, I get a mobile phone simply call to occur down to the health care provider straightaway.
Overall health Battle
“He tells me that my iron is so lower. Its two pints, in which it should have been a tiny little bit increased. I’m closer to loss of life.”
She was offered a blood transfusion. A several months afterwards, Samantha was eventually specified her initially iron infusion.
She stated: “It was wonderful. Following having that iron infusion it was wonderful.”
But 5 months later on and she commenced to truly feel unwell once more.
Samantha experienced no strength and inevitably gave up her position.
In 2021, the splendor queen was offered a next iron infusion which lasted a comprehensive 12 months.
In October, Samantha won Skip Eire Classic 2022.
But shortly soon after scooping the title, her wellbeing took yet another convert and she was left with bald patches.
She claimed: “My hair began to slide. So it was just straggly, slipping, slipping frequently.”
‘PART OF WHO I AM’
The Tallaght girl determined to get back again some control and arranged to shave her head New Year’s Eve morning.
She admitted it wasn’t an straightforward selection.
She stated: “I was not all set to shave it off. I was not ready to let go of my hair. This is section of who I am.”
But as the times handed, the 42-year-previous made the decision it was the correct action for her.
Xzibit Hair & Beauty in Killinarden shaved the magnificence queen’s hair for free of charge.
Samantha mentioned: “I put my head down. I did not want to glance in the mirror. I was like a statue, like a mannequin I was. There were a number of minimal tears. Then I was just blank. I just didn’t experience [anything] and I just enable it go.”
‘I Glimpse AMAZING’
She additional: “After I did it. I went house and I appeared in the mirror. This the very first time I have ever reported this. Oh my god I seem wonderful. I hardly ever claimed that at any time before.
“I by no means beloved myself. I never favored the way I looked.”


Samantha is acquiring much more blood tests up coming week to evaluate her approach for 2023. But the New Year has introduced a new point of view on lifestyle for the pageant female.
Samantha added: “I’m acquiring employed to owning no hair and loving it. You can be gorgeous and be a queen with no hair.”