Laura Beyne; (born 25 May 1992) is a Belgian TV host and

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titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2012 and represented her

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in the 2012

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and

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pageants. She is also a TV host and has been the host of Belgian TV shows ''Place Royale'' and ''Plug People.''

Early life

Beyne was born in Brussels. She speaks English, French and Dutch. Her father is Belgian, her mother Congolese.

Miss Belgium 2012

Beyne was crowned Miss Belgium 2012 by Justine De Jonckheere (Miss Belgium 2011) at the Casino de Knokke in Knokke-Heist on 8 January 2012. Beyne represented Belgium in

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in Ordos, Inner Mongolia on 18 August 2012. She was the second black person to win Miss Belgium.

Miss Universe 2012

Beyne represented Belgium in

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held in Las Vegas.

Television career

In February 2020, she was the host of a TV show about

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called ''Whitney, My Idol,'' on Belgian TV station

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''.'' It was her first gig as a TV host. In June 2021, she became the co-host of TV show ''Place Royale''. For her first episode, she tested positive for

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, and unable to do filming, so only her voice was used. In November 2021, it was announced that she would be the host of a Belgian TV show called ''Plug People''.

References

External links

Official Miss Belgium website
1992 births Living people Belgian beauty pageant winners Miss Universe 2012 contestants Miss World 2012 delegates Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Models from Brussels Miss Belgium winners {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub