{{short description|Namibian beauty queen from Windhoek (born 1988)}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name=Odile Gertze | birth_name=Odile Madeline Gertze | photo=| caption= | occupation = Fashion journalist, Model, Actress, Radio Host | title= [[Miss Namibia|Miss Namibia 2010]] | competitions=[[Miss Namibia|Miss Namibia 2010]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss World 2010]]<br>(Top 25) | birth_date= {{birth year and age|1988}} | birth_place= [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]] | height={{convert|1.69|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="stats"/> | hair_color= Brown<ref name="stats"/> }} '''Odile Madeline Gertze''' (born c. 1988) is a [[Namibia]]n model and beauty pageant title holder. She was crowned [[Miss Namibia|Miss Namibia 2010]] on July 31, 2010<ref name="namibia"/> and became one of the top 25 semifinalists in [[Miss World 2010]].
==Early life== Gertze graduated from Elizabeth Galloway Fashion Academy in 2009, in [[South Africa]], and while she was there, she took the opportunity to gain experience while working as a model during her studies.<ref name="model"/>{{Vague|date=July 2011}}
She is currently working as a [[freelance journalist]] for [[The Namibian]] for their fashion section in The Weekender and previously worked on model work, such as Photography for Print Media, Model portfolio, Ramp/fashion shows, [[Meet & greet]], [[Promotion (marketing)|Promotions]] and Fashion Shows.<ref name="model"/>
==Miss World 2010== As the official representative of her [[Namibia|country]] to the 2010 [[Miss World 2010|Miss World]] pageant held in [[Sanya]], [[China]], Gertze became one of the Top 20 finalists during the [[Miss World 2010#Talent|Miss World Talent]] fast track event held on October 26,<ref name="2010talent"/> finishing her participation as one of the Top 25 semifinalists of [[Miss World 2010]] on October 30.
== Acting == Odile acted in the 2014 feature film [[Katutura (film)|Katutura]]. <ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/katutura/releases/ |title=Katutura (2015) |language=en |access-date=2025-08-25 |via=letterboxd.com}}</ref>
== Awards == In 2017, Odile won the Best Actress Award at the Namibia Theatre and Film Awards after featuring in the [[Katutura (film)|Katutura Film]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Namibian |first=The |date=2017-09-15 |title=Odile Müller on Her New Life |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/odile-muller-on-her-new-life/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="namibia">{{cite news|title=Odile crowned as Miss Namibia|date=August 2, 2010|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=70871&no_cache=1|newspaper=[[The Namibian]]|access-date=23 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331215427/http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=70871&no_cache=1|archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="2010talent">{{cite web|title=Miss World Talent Final|date=October 26, 2010|url=http://www.missworld.com/news/miss-world-news/miss-world-talent-final.html|publisher=missworld.com|access-date=30 October 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028230850/http://www.missworld.com/news/miss-world-news/miss-world-talent-final.html|archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="model">{{cite web|title=Odile crowned as Miss Namibia|url=http://www.amodelsnamibia.com/?q=content/b-odile-booker-model|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184625/http://www.amodelsnamibia.com/?q=content%2Fb-odile-booker-model|archive-date=3 March 2016|access-date=30 October 2010|publisher=amodelsnamibia.com|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
<ref name="stats">{{cite web|title=Odile (21-30y)|url=http://www.amodelsnamibia.com/?q=content/odile-21-30y-cat|access-date=30 October 2010|publisher=amodelsnamibia.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131140929/http://www.amodelsnamibia.com/?q=content%2Fodile-21-30y-cat|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140809230955/http://www.missnamibia.com.na/ Official Miss Namibia website]
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