Laura Beyne | |
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![]() Laura Beyne in 2012 | |
Born | Laura Beyne 25 May 1992 |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Belgium 2012 |
Major competition(s) | Miss Belgium 2012 (Winner) Miss Universe 2012 (Unplaced) Miss World 2012 (Unplaced) |
Laura Beyne; (born 25 May 1992) is a Belgian TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2012 and represented her country in the 2012 Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. [1] She is also a TV host and has been the host of Belgian TV shows Place Royale and Plug People. [2]
Beyne was born in Brussels. She speaks English, French and Dutch. Her father is Belgian, her mother Congolese. [3]
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 Miss World 2012 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia on 18 August 2012. [4] [5] She was the second black person to win Miss Belgium. [6]
Beyne represented Belgium in Miss Universe 2012 held in Las Vegas. [7]
In February 2020, she was the host of a TV show about Whitney Houston called Whitney, My Idol, on Belgian TV station RTL-TVI . [8] It was her first gig as a TV host. [9]
In June 2021, she became the co-host of TV show Place Royale. [10] [11] For her first episode, she tested positive for COVID-19, and unable to do filming, so only her voice was used. [12] [13]
In November 2021, it was announced that she would be the host of a Belgian TV show called Plug People. [14]