Laura Beyne

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Laura Beyne

| birth_name = Laura Beyne

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|5|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

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| title = Miss Belgium 2012

| competitions = Miss Belgium 2012
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2012
(Unplaced)
Miss World 2012
(Unplaced)

| image = Laura Beyne en juin 2012, miss Belgique au tournoi des célébrités de SPA.jpg

| caption = Laura Beyne in 2012

}}

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.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-14|title=Laura Beyne dévoile les secrets de sa beauté lors d'une séance photo très sexy en Tunisie|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id151608/article/2019-11-14/laura-beyne-devoile-les-secrets-de-sa-beaute-lors-dune-seance-photo-tres-sexy-en|access-date=2022-02-08|website=sudinfo.be|language=fr}} She is also a TV host and has been the host of Belgian TV shows Place Royale and Plug People.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-02|title=Thomas de Bergeyck et Laura Beyne, le nouveau duo de «Place Royale»|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id370675/article/2021-03-02/thomas-de-bergeyck-et-laura-beyne-le-nouveau-duo-de-place-royale|access-date=2022-02-08|website=sudinfo.be avec Ciné-Télé-Revue|language=fr}}

Early life

Beyne was born in Brussels. She speaks English, French and Dutch. Her father is Belgian, her mother Congolese.{{cite news |last1=Goff |first1=Keli |title=Black Beauty Queens Have Broken Barriers |url=https://www.theroot.com/black-beauty-queens-have-broken-barriers-1790868428 |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=The Root |date=November 8, 2013}}

Miss Belgium 2012

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.{{cite web|url=http://beautycontestupdate.com/miss-belgium-2012-laura-beyne/|title=Miss Belgium 2012, Laura Beyne|publisher=Beauty Contest Update|access-date=2012-01-09|archive-date=2013-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430182624/http://beautycontestupdate.com/miss-belgium-2012-laura-beyne/|url-status=dead}}

{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinetelerevue.be/fr/laura-beyne-est-miss-belgique-2012.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=14468 |title=Cinetele Revue |access-date=2014-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517051547/http://www.cinetelerevue.be/fr/laura-beyne-est-miss-belgique-2012.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=14468 |archive-date=2017-05-17 |url-status=dead }}

She was the second black person to win Miss Belgium.{{Cite web|title=Black History Month: Europe's Black Legacy|url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/4032k0/black-history-month-europe-s-black-legacy/qrc360|access-date=2022-02-08|website=BET|language=en}}

Miss Universe 2012

Beyne represented Belgium in Miss Universe 2012 held in Las Vegas.[http://www.tuner.be/2013/01/laura-beyne-%C2%AB-maintenant-je-peux-me-dire-que-je-mourrai-tranquille-%C2%BB/ Tuner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915094614/http://www.tuner.be/2013/01/laura-beyne-%C2%AB-maintenant-je-peux-me-dire-que-je-mourrai-tranquille-%C2%BB/ |date=2014-09-15 }}

Television career

In February 2020, she was the host of a TV show about Whitney Houston called Whitney, My Idol, on Belgian TV station RTL-TVI.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-21|title=La superbe Laura Beyne est notre mère Noël: l'animatrice de RTL-TVI et ancienne Miss Belgique se confie|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id157893/article/2019-12-21/la-superbe-laura-beyne-est-notre-mere-noel-lanimatrice-de-rtl-tvi-et-ancienne|access-date=2022-02-08|website=sudinfo.be avec Ciné-Télé-Revue|language=fr}} It was her first gig as a TV host.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-01|title=Laura Beyne: «Whitney, mon idole»|url=https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20200101_01425880/laura-beyne-whitney-mon-idole|access-date=2022-02-08|website=www.lavenir.net|language=fr}}

In June 2021, she became the co-host of TV show Place Royale.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-17|title=Laura Beyne absente du prochain «Place royale»: elle est atteinte du coronavirus|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id400391/article/2021-06-17/laura-beyne-absente-du-prochain-place-royale-elle-est-atteinte-du-coronavirus|access-date=2022-02-08|website=sudinfo.be avec Ciné-Télé-Revue|language=fr}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-03-20|title="Place Royale": ce que Laura Beyne va apporter au magazine des têtes couronnées|url=https://www.dhnet.be/medias/television/place-royale-ce-que-laura-beyne-va-apporter-au-magazine-des-tetes-couronnees-6052fa527b50a60517ce7fc6|access-date=2022-02-08|website=DH Les Sports +|language=fr}} For her first episode, she tested positive for COVID-19, and unable to do filming, so only her voice was used.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-06-21|title=Pourquoi Laura Beyne sera absente du prochain "Place Royale"|url=https://www.dhnet.be/medias/television/laura-beyne-absente-du-prochain-place-royale-60d062d67b50a6318dd9ed80|access-date=2022-02-08|website=DH Les Sports +|language=fr}}{{Cite web|title=Laura Beyne absente du prochain «Place royale»: elle est atteinte du coronavirus|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id400391/article/2021-06-17/laura-beyne-absente-du-prochain-place-royale-elle-est-atteinte-du-coronavirus|access-date=2022-02-08|website=www.sudinfo.be|language=fr}}

In November 2021, it was announced that she would be the host of a Belgian TV show called Plug People.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-10|title=Laura Beyne présente « Plug People »: la 1re émission sera consacrée aux Spice Girls|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id426966/article/2021-11-10/laura-beyne-presente-plug-people-la-1re-emission-sera-consacree-aux-spice-girls|access-date=2022-02-08|website=sudinfo.be avec Ciné-Télé-Revue|language=fr}}

References

External links

[http://www.missbelgie.be/ Official Miss Belgium website]

{{s-ttl|title=Miss Belgium

|years=2012}}

Category:1992 births

Category:Living people

Category:Belgian beauty pageant winners

Category:Miss Universe 2012 contestants

Category:Miss World 2012 delegates

Category:Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent

Category:Models from Brussels

Category:Miss Belgium winners