What is Katharine Walker?
{{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Katharine Walker | birth_name = Katharine Sara Walker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|10|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] | education = Queen's University Belfast | height= {{height|m=1.70}} | hair_color = Blonde | eye_color = Green | title = Miss Northern Ireland 2018<br>Miss Universe Ireland 2021 | competitions = Miss Northern Ireland 2018<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss World|Miss World 2018]]<br>(Top 30)<br>Miss Universe Ireland 2020<br>(Top 7)<br>[[Miss Universe|Miss Universe 2021]]<br>(Unplaced) }} '''Katharine Sara Walker''' (born 30 October 1994 in [[Belfast]]) is a Northern Irish nurse, radio presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who was appointed as Miss Universe Ireland 2021 and represented [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] at the [[Miss Universe|Miss Universe 2021]] pageant in [[Eilat]], [[Israel]]. She was previously crowned as Miss Northern Ireland in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.missuniverse.com/delegates/katharine-walker|title=KATHARINE WALKER - Miss Universe|date=9 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110024012/https://www.missuniverse.com/delegates/katharine-walker|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Early life and education == Walker was born and raised in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. She is the younger sister of Gareth Walker with her parents Fred Walker and Wendy Walker. Walker went to Queen’s University Belfast in [[Belfast]] where she earned her bachelor’s degree in children’s nursing. In 2016, she started working as a [[nurse|pediatric nurse]] in intensive care at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in [[Belfast]]. In 2019, she started working for '''Cool FM''' as a [[radio]] [[presenter]]. == Pageantry == On May 28, 2018, Walker competed at the Miss Northern Ireland 2018 pageant, where she won the title. On December 8, 2018, Walker represented [[Northern Ireland]] at [[Miss World|Miss World 2018]] and competed against 117 ot