Monica Geuze (born 27 March 1995) is a Dutch television presenter and former

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ger and DJ. She presented the shows ''Love Island'', ''Temptation Island: Love or Leave'' and ''De Bachelorette''. Geuze is also a jury member in the television show ''

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Career

Early career

Geuze appeared in the music video of the song ''Happy Family'' of the 2005 album '' Another Day'' by the Dutch band

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. At age 16, she became DJ for rapper

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. She released the single ''Laten Gaan'' in 2015 in collaboration with Ronnie Flex, Mafe, Frenna, Emms and Abira. In 2016, Geuze released the single ''Nu of nooit'' in collaboration with Ruben Annink and Jonna Fraser.

Vlogging / YouTube

Geuze published her first

about her daily life in August 2014. She published over a thousand videos on her

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channel and, , her channel has over 530,000 subscribers. She stopped with vlogging in January 2023. She was also one of the presenters of the YouTube channel ''Concentrate'' by

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Television / Videoland

In 2019, Geuze presented a season of '' Love Island'' which aired on Videoland. Geuze and Kaj Gorgels presented the show ''Temptation Island: Love or Leave'' which also aired on Videoland. In 2023, she presented the show ''De Bachelorette''. In the same year, she became a jury member in the television show ''

''. In 2024, Geuze was one of the presenters of the show ''Boxing Influencers'' which aired on Videoland. She was nominated for the ''Televizier-Ring Talent'' award in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Geuze and Valerio Zeno present the show ''Power Couple'' in which couples compete against each other.

Television appearances

In 2017, Geuze appeared in the first season of the show ''Kroongetuige'' in which contestants have to solve a fictional murder case. She was interviewed by Peter van der Vorst in a 2017 episode of ''Van der Vorst ziet sterren''. Geuze appeared in a 2017 episode of the game show '' Een goed stel hersens'' and a 2018 episode of the game show ''

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''. She travelled to Japan to get a tattoo for an episode of the 2018 television show ''Tattoo Trippers''. She had the tattoo removed a few years later. Geuze appeared in 2018 episodes of the shows ''Het Jachtseizoen'', ''The Big Music Quiz'' and ''Praat Nederlands met me''. In 2020, she appeared in the quiz show ''De slimste mens''. She appeared in a 2022 episode of the show ''Fout maar goud'', a game show about

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s. Geuze finished in fourth place in the 2022 season of the show ''

''. She was a contestant in the 2023 Halloween season of the show ''

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''. She also appeared in a 2023 episode of the show ''Het Jachtseizoen''.

Books

Her autobiography ''My Way'' was published in May 2017. She also published a photo book titled ''Unreleased'' in 2021.

Personal life

Her mother was born in

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, Indonesia and she moved to the Netherlands when she was very young. Geuze was born in Zwijndrecht and she grew up in

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. Her parents separated when she was 18 years old. She was in a relationship with footballer Lars Veldwijk and they have a daughter together. Their daughter was born in July 2018. Geuze and Veldwijk split up in November 2019. , she is in a relationship with footballer

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Selected filmography

As presenter

* '' Love Island'' (2019, Videoland) * ''Temptation Island: Love or Leave'' (2020 – 2023, Videoland) * ''De Bachelorette'' (2023, Videoland) * ''Power Couple'' (2024, Videoland)

As herself

* ''Van der Vorst ziet sterren'' (2017) * ''Like Monica'' (reality series, 2020 – 2021, Videoland) * ''Isola di Beau'' (2022)

As jury member

* ''

'' (2023 – present)

As contestant

* ''Kroongetuige'' (2017) * '' Een goed stel hersens'' (2017) * ''Tattoo Trippers'' (2018) * ''Het Jachtseizoen'' (2018) * ''The Big Music Quiz'' (2018) * ''

'' (2018) * ''Praat Nederlands met me'' (2018) * ''De Gevaarlijkste Wegen van de Wereld'' (2019) * ''Vier Handen Op Eén Buik'' (2020) * ''De slimste mens'' (2020) * ''Fout maar goud'' (2022) * ''

'' (2022) * ''

'' (2023, Videoland) * ''Het Jachtseizoen'' (2023)

Discography

* ''Laten Gaan'' (2015, single, with

, Mafe, Frenna, Emms and Abira) * ''Nu of nooit'' (2016, single, with Ruben Annink and Jonna Fraser)

Bibliography

* ''My Way'' (2017, autobiography) * ''Unreleased'' (2021, photo book)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geuze, Monica Living people 1995 births People from Zwijndrecht, Netherlands Dutch DJs Women DJs Dutch YouTubers Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch video bloggers Women video bloggers YouTube vloggers