Laura Csortan (born 9 November 1976) is an Australian model and television presenter.

Career

Modelling

Csortan was crowned

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1997 and represented her country in

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, where she won Miss Congeniality and finished in 13th place. Csortan competed in

Miss World 1997 Miss World 1997, the 47th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1997 at the Plantation Club Seychelles in Baie Lazare, Seychelles. 86 delegates competed for the coveted crown. At the end of the event, India's Diana Hayden ca ...

, where she was a top 10 semi-finalist.Field, Melissa
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Television

From October 2000 until November 2008, she was a host of '' The Great Outdoors'' on the

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. She formerly co-hosted the Australian version of ''

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'', with

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. She hosted Channel 7's broadcast of the

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's ''Massive Nature'', ''Racing Today'', blooper show ''Good As Gold'' and was a panellist on ''Grand Prix TV''. In 2009 Laura was a newsreader for '' Fox Sports News''. Csortan hosted a behind the scenes show for ''

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'' in 2012. Since 2012, Csortan has been a regular on Channel 7's ''

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'' where she hosts travel segments. Csortan has regularly appeared on ''

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'' as a panellist.

Other

Csortan has appeared in advertising for

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. She lent her support for

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's Pink Pony campaign, the

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's Set a Sister Free campaign, SunSCHine (

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) Variety Club, and the Pink Hope Bright Pink Lipstick Day charity campaigns. Csortan has performed internationally as a master of ceremonies for a number of events including Gday USA for

, Fashions on the Field events for

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and

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, Schwarzkopf Face of the Year, and the Good Food Expo, as well as for brands such as

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, Subaru,

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and

Ducati Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. () is the motorcycle-manufacturing division of Italian company Ducati, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini, whose German parent company is A ...

Personal life

Csortan grew up riding

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s on her family's farm and has been described as a "petrolhead with a penchant for motorbikes". Csortan gave birth to a daughter, Layla Rose, in 2016.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Csortan, Laura 1976 births Australian beauty pageant winners Australian female models Models from Sydney Australian television presenters Living people Miss Universe 1997 contestants Miss World 1997 delegates Australian women television presenters