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David Kent

Inside Anna Geary's personal life - from wedding joy to incredible TV and sports career

Anna Geary is a household name across the country, known best to most for her time on Ireland's Fittest Family.

In fact, Anna has had a very busy life since she shone while in the red of Cork.

The TV personality has also been an entrant on the Rose of Tralee and strutted her stuff while on Dancing with the Stars before landing a role on Today FM.

But there's a lot that you may not know about the 33-year-old.

Here, we take a deep dive into her background, including her stunning record as a player and life at home with husband Kevin.

International Camogie star

Anna holds four All-Ireland medals from her time as part of the Cork camogie squad, as well as three All-Ireland club titles with Milford.

But did you know, she also holds a European camogie championship medal?

As part of her college degree in UL, Anna travelled to Luxembourg to be a Legal Assistant and Financial Reporter.

While there, she was part of the victorious GSC Luxembourg side that took European glory in 2008.

Dealing with trolls

Anna has become quite a sensation on social media in the last few years, with over 100,000 followers on Instagram and another 20,000 on Twitter.

But with that amount come the same old trolls - but she doesn't let them bring her down anymore.

Speaking about her tactic with dealing with them, Anna said “I’ve a big problem with social media in terms of online bullying, people should taste their words before they spit them out.

“If I want to say something on Twitter I always think ‘would I like this said about me?’

“Because once you’re attached to something negative it’s always attached.”

“I actually don’t read (the comments). I send my friend in and she deletes all the nasty stuff and blocks them all because ignorance is bliss,” said the Ireland’s Fittest Family coach.

Family life

Anna married long-time partner Kevin Sexton in October of 2019.

The duo had been together for nearly three years when Kev popped the question.

The couple said “I do” in front of close family and friends at her local church before moving on to the five-star Castlemartyr Resort for the evening reception.

Her father walked her down the aisle, and Anna admitted that was the part of the big day she was most nervous about.

Anna said of her dress: “I was nervous because I had no idea what it was going to look like, but Paula made me feel instantly at ease.

“The dress is the creation of Paula King in Tamem Michael and the family’s blood, sweat and tears went into making the dress."

Skin issues

The former Cork Rose was widely praised after she shared a closeup of spots on her chin to her social media..

Anna said: "I have got a lot of messages from people asking how to achieve the perfect skin and I wanted to show you something.

"My skin is far from perfect. So you can see a lovely hormonal breakout that has just taken place on my skin this week.

"Now they are healing and I suppose my skin is in a position now where it is able to fight breakouts a lot better and its much more tolerant.

"But stress does manifest in my skin in the form of breakouts and in a time like this where a lot of people are stressed and uncertain I just wanted you to know that sometimes it can get the better of me as well.

"It's really important as well that I show my real self on here and there it is."

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