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A Look Back At 2025’s Hayu STELLAR InstaStar Awards

Ahead of Friday...

This year’s Hayu InstaStar Awards is right around the corner (Friday!), and here at Team STELLAR, we’ve been busy prepping for the biggest night in the content creator calendar.

This Friday, the biggest and brightest in Ireland’s social media scene will arrive to Anantara The Marker Hotel for a night of celebration, and of course,  content.

There’s still time to vote for your favs here, but before the big night we’re taking a look back at last year’s InstaStar awards.

Here’s all the tea you might’ve missed from 2025.

Hayu Stellar InstaStar 2025 winners

InstaStar of the Year

Kayleigh Trappe

Kayleigh Trappe (@kayleigh_trappe)

Rising InstaStar

Shane McCarthy

Shane McCarthy (@shane_mccarthy21)

Beauty Over 50k InstaStar

Annalivia Hynds

Annalivia Hynds (@annaliviayhynds)

Beauty Under 50k InstaStar

Rebekah O’Leary

Rebekah O’Leary (@rebekahwithlove)

Travel InstaStar

Nicola Lavin and Ronan Lavin

Nicola & Ronan Lavin (@all_about_rosalila)

Fashion Over 100k InstaStar

Holly Carpenter

Holly Carpenter (@hollycarpenter)

Fashion InstaStar Under 100k InstaStar

Aisling Kavanagh

Aisling Kavanagh (@aislingkavanagh_)

Foodie InstaStar

Gina Daly (@thedalydish)

Podcast InstaStar

Brandon Caulfield

The ‘Socially Awkward’ Podcast (Shanice Griffin, Brandon Caulfield & Daniel Devlin) (@sociallyawkpod)

Home & Lifestyle InstaStar

Orla McConnon

Orla McConnon (@theorlacle)

Wellness InstaStar

Laura Nolan

Laura Nolan (@la_nolan)

Comedy InstaStar

Andrea Woods

Andrea Woods (@_andreawoods)

InstaLegend Award

James Patrice

James Patrice (@james_patrice)

Best Dressed on the Night 

Billy Kiss

Billykiss (@billykiss)

But the InstaStars isn’t just about the winners – it’s about celebrating all of our favourite creators!

Here’s some more red carpet pics from the night.

Billykiss Azeez

James Kavanagh

Holly Carpenter

Laura Nolan and Matthew MacNabb

Laura Nolan

Jessy Malone

Michelle Fitzpatrick

Grainne Daly

Natasha Rocca Devine

Billy Jervis

Ally Garvey

King Ye

Higo Figuera

Kevin Penrose

Lauren Scully

Wayne Lawlor

Aoife Walsh

Jade Mullett

Laura Mullett

Aoibh Murphy

Dillon St Paul

Carol Byrne

Louise Cantillon

Traitors Ireland star Faye Louise Brennan

Traitors Ireland star Katelyn Divilly

Fionnuala Jones

Zeinab Elguzouli

Pamela Uba

Paulina Sova

Traitors Ireland star Christine Duff

Traitors Ireland star Oyin Adeyemi

Rosalind Lipsett

Kayleigh Trappe

Lorna Spaine

Traitors Ireland star Vanessa Ogbonna

Ellen Keane

Laura Drury

Siomha Ni Ruairc

Rebekah O’Leary

Natalia Petric

Brooke Scullion

Elaine Crowley

Keilidh Cashell

Photos by Brian McEvoy