Kamal Ibrahim (presenter)

Early life

Kamal was born in Limerick, Ireland to a Nigerian father and an Irish-Italian mother; through his mother, Kamal is a first cousin of U.S. actor Danny DeVito. He finished primary school at J.F.K Memorial and went on to complete his leaving certificate at the Ardscoil Ris all-boys Catholic secondary school.

At 16, he enlisted as a part-time reservist in the Irish Defence Forces and was an active member for 9 years, serving as a 3 star private in the artillery & air defense unit.

At 18 he attended the Limerick Institute of Technology to study Electronic Engineering. He dropped out of the college within a year to fund his way through flight school; he got his private pilot's license at the age of 19. He returned to college at 21 and earned a professional qualification in Resource Management while working as a recruitment consultant for engineering and pharmaceutical companies, which he continued until he was 23.

Career

Ibrahim began modeling at the age of 19 to further fund his pilot studies. At 23 he was entered into the Mr. Ireland contest, which he won. The following year in March 2010, he was flown to South Korea to represent Ireland at "Mr. World," the world's largest and most famous, ‘boot camp styled’ modeling contest. Of the 74 countries represented, Ibrahim placed first and was crowned "Mr. World," “The worlds most desirable man”. Ibrahim spent the following 2 years traveling the world as the global ambassador for the Mister World Organisation.

In January 2011 Ibrahim began to explore television. He attended The Park Studio in Dublin and Aspire Presenting in London to learn about television production and to train as a television presenter. In the summer of 2011 he enrolled at the Met Film School in Ealing studios in London to train as an actor for film and television; he also took up hip-hop, salsa and Jazz at Pineapple dance studios, received vocal training at the London Academy of Media, Film & Television, and worked intermittently as an online game show presenter for Gold Rush TV.

Ibrahim moved to Australia in March 2012. He returned to recruitment for a period. He soon left Australia as he couldn't get a job.

His presenting career progressed in 2012 when he was selected to host Mr. World with Myleene Klass. In 2013 he co-hosted a six-part documentary series on RTÉ Television in Ireland called In Your Shoes and signed a contract with the National Lottery, which also aired on RTÉ. In September 2013 Ibrahim was paired up again with Myleene to host Miss World, which was broadcast live from Bali, Indonesia and aired to an audience of over 1 billion viewers via the official broadcaster RCTI and their international partners.

Up to 2012 Ibrahim had focused more on presenting than acting. He had made only a short film, '’40 Cent Prophecy,’' while in Sydney. It was submitted to the Australian short film festival but was unsuccessful. Ibrahim made his professional acting debut when he was cast by producer Robert C Kelly and the head of the University Concert Hall to play the lead role in the 2013 Christmas pantomime Aladdin, which had 35 performances. successful shows.

In July 2013 Ibrahim appeared on Celebrity Masterchef Ireland as one of eight celebrity chefs.

Charity work

In May 2010, Ibrahim was appointed the National Ambassador of the Variety Club of Ireland. He has since helped to raise over $3,000,000 for them and other organisations worldwide. He continues to work with Variety as well as a number of other charities helping sick, disabled and disadvantaged children and young adults.

Mister World Title

As well as winning the contest in 2010, Ibrahim was a major part in the 2013 Mister World competition held in London. He was involved in all aspects of the selection process to crown the new Mister World, Francisco Javier Escobar Parra representing Colombia.