Romanie Schotte

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Romanie Schotte
Born
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Belgium 2017
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Belgium 2017
(Winner)
Miss World 2017
(Unplaced)

Romanie Schotte is a Belgian model and beauty pageant titleholder from Bruges who was crowned Miss Belgium 2017 and represented Belgium at the Miss World 2017 pageant.

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Miss Belgium 2017

Schotte, at the time a 19-year-old Business Management student, was crowned "Miss Belgium 2017" by Lenty Frans (Miss Belgium 2016) on 14 January 2017. [1]

After winning the title, Schotte was criticized for her response to a racist comment on Instagram. [2] [3] [4] The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism opened an investigation but found there was no wrongdoing on her part. [5] [6]

Schotte took part in the Miss World 2017 pageant but did not reach the finals. [7]

Personal life

In June 2019 Schotte married Stefan Talpe. [8] In May 2021 the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. [9]

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References

  1. "Miss Belgium 2017". missbelgium.be.
  2. "Raciste, la nouvelle miss Belgique? Romanie Schotte se défend". La Libre Belgique (in French). 17 January 2017.
  3. "Racisme: Miss Belgique 2017 au coeur d'une polémique". Jeune Afrique (in French). 17 January 2017.
  4. "Betoging tegen Miss België in Brusselse straten". De Morgen (in Dutch). 31 January 2017.
  5. "Unia opent racismedossier na Instagram-commentaar Miss België". VRT Nieuws (in Dutch). 17 January 2017.
  6. "Unia: Géén verdere stappen tegen Miss België, was wel "onhandige reactie"". VRT Nieuws (in Dutch). 1 February 2017.
  7. "Miss India kroont zich tot Miss World". VRT Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 November 2017.
  8. "Ex-Miss België Romanie Schotte getrouwd met broer van Louis Talpe". Het Laatste Nieuws . 30 June 2019.
  9. "Ex-Miss België Romanie Schotte (23) verwacht eerste kindje". Het Nieuwsblad . 7 May 2021.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Lenty Frans
Miss Belgium
2017
Succeeded by