Name: Ealga O'Shea

Play-By: Cintia Dicker

Age: 22

Occupation: Athlete/Model

Birth Place: Letterkenny, Ireland

Sexuality: Bi-curious


Physical Description: Ealga is tall and slender with modest feminine curves. She has long, bright red hair that she often ties back or up, out of the way. Her eyes are a soft and sparkling light blue.

Distinguishing Marks: none

Personality: She is a somewhat quirky and energetic person. Sometimes Ealga comes across fairly normal but at others she is a regular oddball. For the most part she is an open and friendly person. She's not above getting into a very public shouting match if she runs across someone very arrogant and obnoxious. Ealga has a very diverse, healthy, and sometimes odd sense of humor.

Back Ground: Ealga was born to a fisherman and a waitress in Letterkenny, Ireland. Growing up, she always liked winter and the cold. It meant staying in a lot and her best memories are of curling up on the couch under a blanket and watching old movies with her dad. Another thing they always watched together was the Olympics.

The first time she saw curling on tv during the winter Olympics she fell in love with the sport. Her mom took her to an ice rink 20 miles away that hosted curling matches and events every other week. Ealga threw herself into the sport at every opportunity. She became part of a junior team at the age of 9.

When she was 12, her father died when the fishing boat he worked on sunk during a particularly bad storm. Ever since then she's been terrified of any water she couldn't stand up in. She used to love going out on her dad's boat as a little kid but since he died she hasn't so much as set foot on another boat.

As soon as she turned 15, she managed to get herself onto a regional women's curling team. She kept improving and made her way up to vice-skip of her team. In trying to promote their regional league she was one of a handful of girls they asked to model for promotional ads when she was 16. That led to her taking other modeling jobs in her downtime until she became, quite ironically, a swimsuit model.

By 18, she joined a women's curling team that actually travelled to competitions around the world. Along the way, she made friends all over the place. Including a Canadian woman named Elise who made custom costumes for a living. Seeing Ealga was a quietly successful model. This led to Ealga's next great love as Elise convinced Ealga to model her creations. Most of Ealga's fame comes from being a professional cosplayer for Elise.

In the past two years she's developed quite a promising career with both curling and modeling. She is one of the favorites to join Ireland's women's curling team the next time there is an opening. She also a few months ago made a huge leap in modeling and became a newcomer in SI's swimsuit edition.

Likes: curling, cosplay, music, video games, ice-skating, dogs, old comedies

Dislikes: people who are both arrogant and mean, water deeper than 4 feet, bland food, beer

Strengths: Energetic, fast, high tolerance for the cold, loyal

Weaknesses: she can be a little oblivious, can't swim, sometimes lacks tact

Fears: drowning, heights