Romanie Schotte
Romanie Schotte | |
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| Born | 15 October 1997 |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Belgium 2017 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Belgium 2017 (Winner) Miss World 2017 (Unplaced) |
Romanie Schotte (born 15 October 1997) 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.
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]
Controversy
Within days of winning the title, Schotte was the subject of media controversy sparked by what was taken to be her approving response to a racist comment on a selfie she had posted to Instagram on which a black man was visible in the background.[2][3] It was denied that this was the reason she was not going to be representing Belgium at the Miss Universe pageant.[4] In May 2017 the man in question instituted legal proceedings for damages.[5] When the case came to court in June 2018 Schotte was cleared of wrongdoing.[6]
Personal life
In June 2019 Schotte married Stefan Talpe.[7]
References
- ^ "Miss Belgium 2017". missbelgium.be.
- ^ "Raciste, la nouvelle miss Belgique? Romanie Schotte se défend". La Libre Belgique. 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Betoging tegen Miss België in Brusselse straten". De Morgen. 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Miss Univers: la Miss qui représentera notre pays n'est pas Miss Belgique". Le Soir. 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Miss voor rechter om racistische poepsmiley". De Telegraaf. 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Ex-miss Romanie Schotte (20) moet geen schadevergoeding betalen". Het Laatste Nieuws. 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Miss België Romanie Schotte getrouwd met broer van Louis Talpe". Het Laatste Nieuws. 30 June 2019.
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