Catherine Irving

Catherine Irving (born 1990) is a New Zealand model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Wanganui 2009 and went on to compete in and win Miss Earth New Zealand 2009, an annual national beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Irving represented New Zealand in the Miss Earth 2009.

Background Irving is the youngest of seven children all born and brought up in the small country town of Waverly, Wanganui, New Zealand. Irving's mother is of Spanish descent and her father, Sid Irving, is of Māori (the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand) and Pākehā or European heritage. She studied communications and public relations at the Massey University in Palmerston North. She has toured New Zealand with a Hip Hop and Salsa dance troupe and regularly teaches salsa to children in Waverley.

Miss Earth 2009 Irving represented New Zealand in the 9th edition of Miss Earth, which was held at the Boracay Convention Center in the Philippines between 1–22 November 2009.

Cameos Catherine Irving appeared in an episode of TV3's 'Missing Pieces' as an extra working in the Wanganui gym.