Virginie Claes

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Virginie Claes (born 17 December 1982 in Herk-de-Stad, Limburg) is a Belgian TV host and beauty pageant titleholder.

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Claes was Miss Limburg 2006 and later that year she was crowned Miss Belgium 2006 and represented her country at Miss World 2006 but Unplaced.

She later became a television and radio presenter, including for French-language channels RTL-TVI and Bel RTL. [1]

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References

  1. "Hoe vult Virginie Claes haar werkdagen?". www.vacature.com (in Flemish). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
Preceded by Miss Belgium
2006
Succeeded by