Laura Beyne

{{Short description|Miss Belgium 2012 (born 1992)}} {{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}} | hair_color = | eye_color = | 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 [[Belgians|Belgian]] TV host and [[beauty pageant]] titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Belgium|Miss Belgium 2012]] and represented her [[Belgium|country]] in the 2012 [[Miss Universe 2012|Miss Universe]] and [[Miss World 2012|Miss World]] pageants.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She is also a TV host and has been the host of Belgian TV shows ''Place Royale'' and ''Plug People.''<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Early life== Beyne was born in Brussels. She speaks English, French and Dutch. Her father is Belgian, her mother Congolese.<ref name="Goff 2013">{{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}}</ref>

==Miss Belgium 2012== Beyne was crowned Miss Belgium 2012 by Justine De Jonckheere (Miss Belgium 2011) at the [[Knokke Casino|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref> {{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 }} </ref> She was the second black person to win Miss Belgium.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Miss Universe 2012== Beyne represented Belgium in [[Miss Universe 2012]] held in Las Vegas.<ref>[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 }}</ref>

== 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]]''.''<ref>{{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}}</ref> It was her first gig as a TV host.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In June 2021, she became the co-host of TV show ''Place Royale''.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> For her first episode, she tested positive for [[COVID-19]], and unable to do filming, so only her voice was used.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

In November 2021, it was announced that she would be the host of a Belgian TV show called ''Plug People''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.missbelgie.be/ Official Miss Belgium website] {{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{S-bef|before=[[Justine De Jonckheere]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Miss Belgium]] |years=2012}} {{S-aft|after=[[Noémie Happart]]}} {{S-end}} {{Miss Universe 2012 delegates}} {{Miss World 2012 delegates}} {{Authority control}}

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