Julie Taton (born 6 February 1984) is a Belgian politician from the

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. By profession she is a TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2003 and represented her country at

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Biography

Taton was born in

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in 1984. In 2003, when she was 18 years old, she won the title of

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. She represented her country at

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, Miss Europe 2003, and

. After her reign as Miss Belgium came to an end, she joined

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in Belgium as an announcer. She also presented a live morning show on Radio Contact, also in Belgium. In 2009, Taton presented the Belgian version of ''L'Amour est dans le pré.'' In 2011, she presented the talent show series ''Belgium's Got Talent'' and the French reality show ''Secret Story''. In 2009 and 2016, Taton was a participant in the French game show ''Fort Boyard''. Taton is an ambassador for the

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in Belgium and supporter of Think Pink, an association for breast cancer survivors. In the

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she was elected in Hainaut. She tried to change her official address to an apartment in

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owned by the president of the

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, so that she could get elected there in the October 2024 local government elections. This was rejected by the Belgian Ministry of the Interior.

References

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