| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Helen McConnell |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner / Boyfriend | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 3 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | Irish |
| What is Helen McConnell doing now? | Helen was a model before she became a reporter for MUTV. She was also a finalist at Sunday Life Covergirl in 2004. |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Helen McConnell is a reporter and presenter at MUTV, Manchester United’s official television channel. The blond-haired young presenter is also a part-time model.
Family, Married Life and Children :
- On 1st June 2013, Helen married Jonny Evans, a professional footballer who has played for the Northern Ireland National Team and also for the football club, Leicester City as a defender. He is more famous for being the centreback defender of the Manchester United football club.
- They married at Clough Presbyterian Church in his home county in a ceremony conducted by Helen’s father, Reverend Kenneth McConnell, an ardent Red Devil’s fan. The popular couple later spent their honeymoon in the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados.
- The couple had first met in 2011 when she interviewed him for MUTV.
- The pair has three children – Lottie (10), Heidi (7) and Eli (4) (ages as of 2024). Lottie was born on 15th May 2014.
- Helen’s brother Nathan is also a professional football player. He has played formerly for Cliftonville and Ballymena, both being Northern Irish’s semi-professional association football clubs.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Helen studied at the co-educational grammar school, Wellington College Belfast.
- She did her graduation in Sports Studies from Ulster University, a public university in Northern Ireland.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- In the year 2004, during her teenage years, Helen was a finalist in the Sunday Life Covergirl competition, which is a prestigious model competition that scouts young talents for Northern Ireland’s top models.
- Later, she joined Style Academy, a Belfast based modelling agency, while she was a finalist in the competition and is still with them. Here she was signed up mostly for photographic works rather than cat walking on the ramp due to her height issues.
- She has also fronted Northern Ireland’s Shopping Centre, Victoria Square’s summer/early spring fashion billboard campaigns. She modelled a gamut of clothes ranging from swimwear to maxi dresses for the campaign.
- She was also one of the models, namely ‘Morganettes’ for Captain Morgan’s rum, which is a part of the alcohol giant- Diageo. During this time, she had to don the American accent and perform.
- Helen moved to Manchester to work as a freelance reporter for Irish League games, hockey, motorsports, and fishing while she was still a student.
- A keen ManU fan, she landed her dream job with Old Trafford’s in-house TV channel-MUTV in the year 2011.
- Currently, she works as a Freelance Sports Broadcaster.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Helen donned an ivory laced fishtail gown with a sweetheart neckline and full-length veil during her wedding ceremony.
- She has a fetish for McDonald’s fast food and has never had tea or coffee.
- The former hockey player is physically very athletic and does regular 10k running events.
- She even took part in and completed one of the biggest fads of 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge, with the help of her husband.
- Her entire family is a devoted United fan.
- Helen’s love for Football spawned from a young age as she grew up watching and playing the game in her back garden with her two older brothers.
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