Miss Belgium 2020

Miss Belgium 2020 was the 52nd edition of the Miss Belgium pageant, held on January 11, 2020 at the Plopsaland Theater in De Panne, Belgium. Elena Castro Suarez of Antwerp crowned her successor Céline Van Ouytsel of Antwerp at end of the event. Van Ouytsel represented Belgium at the Miss World 2021 pageant, but was unplaced.^[1]

Miss Belgium 2020
Date	January 11, 2020
Venue	Plopsaland Theater, De Panne, Belgium
Broadcaster	MENT TV
Entrants	32
Winner	Céline Van Ouytsel  Antwerp
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Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Belgium 2020	Antwerp — Céline Van Ouytsel
1st Runner-Up	West Flanders — Celest Decaestecker
2nd Runner-Up	Liège — Anicca Van Hollebeke
3rd Runner-Up	Namur — Blandine Frennet
4th Runner-Up	Luxembourg — Laura Vanquaillie
5th Runner-Up	Flemish Brabant — Elize Baron
Top 15	Antwerp - Donegul Kula  East Flanders - Chelsy De Witte  East Flanders - Inara Wytnick  East Flanders - Lorina Boterdaele  Hainaut - Marie Al-Nima  Limburg - Karen Jansen  Limburg - Nisa Van Baelen  Walloon Brabant - Marie Thomas  West Flanders - Marieke Vanieuwenhuyse

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Talent	Namur — Blandine Frennet
Miss Beach	Liège — Anicca Van Hollebeke
Miss Social Media	Antwerp — Céline Van Ouytsel
Miss Sport	Antwerp — Caro Beugnier
Miss Charity	West Flanders — Marieke Vannieuwenhuyse
Miss Model	Flemish Brabant — Elize Baron

Contestants

32 delegates will compete for the crown:

Province	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Antwerp	Céline Van Ouytsel[2]	23	Herentals
	Caro Beugnier[2]	21	Antwerp
	Donegul Kula[2]	19	Heffen
	Selena Ali[2]	22	Stabroek
Brussels	Nihal Eddaghmoumi[3]	23	Sint-Agatha-Berchem
	Ines Benaisa[3]	22	Uccle
	Cindy Wetzels[3]	22	Sint-Agatha-Berchem
East Flanders	Chelsy De Witte[4]	20	Zelzate
	Lorina Boterdaele[4]	18	Oosterzele
	Pauline Noyen[4]	26	Evergem
	Willemijn Pieters[4]	16	Ninove
	Inara Wytnick[4]	23	Sleidinge
	Orelie De Nul[4]	22	Buggenhout
Flemish Brabant	Elize Baron[5]	21	Herent
	Rebecca De Weerdt[5]	17	Steenokkerzeel
	Yara Struvyen[5]	17	Blanden
Hainaut	Marie Al-Nima	20	Masnuy-Saint-Jean
	Furayah Kayembe	18	Mons
	Sarah Chiry	23	Moulbaix
	Bélinda Cerini	23	Thiméon
Liège	Anicca Van Hollebeke	23	Faimes
	Amandine Toffoli	22	Seraing
Limburg	Nisa Van Baelen[6]	19	Tessenderlo
	Alessia Murru[6]	17	Genk
	Karen Jansen[6]	18	Lommel
Luxembourg	Laura Vanquaillie[7]	20	Bertrix
Namur	Blandine Frennet[8]	20	Tongrinne
	Gaëlle Delforge[8]	20	Andenne
Walloon Brabant	Marie Thomas[9]	20	Braine-le-Château
West Flanders	Celest Decaesstecker[10]	19	Leffinge
	Marieke Vannieuwenhuyse	27	Roeselare
	Mohini Cellisa Mathoera	21	Ostend

Observations

For the first time since 2013, the election was live streamed on the RTL Play1 platform.^[11] The pageant featured 32 candidates, while there were only 30 during the five previous elections.^[12]

During the evening gown competition part of the coronation night, Céline Van Ouytsel tripped on the hem of her dress causing her to fall on stage and even lost a bra which was inadvertently stuck in her long puffy sleeves. The fallen bra remained in the middle of the stage for a few minutes, and it was fully visible to the camera as the next contestant walked onstage. It was also reported that some finalists nearly fell in the stage during the swimsuit competition.^[13] The incident was widely reported in the media, to the point that Céline Van Ouytsel was interviewed about it and had to give her own comments on what exactly happened. Despite the incident, she managed to win the crown.^[14][15]

References

1. "Celine Van Ouytsel is niuewe Miss Belgie 2020" (in Dutch). 11 January 2019.
2. "Miss Antwerp 2020 is Celine Van Ouytsel". www.missbelgium.be. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
3. "Miss Bruxelles 2020 est Nihal Eddaghmoumi". missbelgium.be. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
4. "Miss Oost-Vlaanderen 2020 is Chelsy De Witte" (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. "Miss Vlaams-Brabant 2020 is Elize Baron" (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
6. "Miss Limburg 2020 is Nisa Van Baelen". www.missbelgium.be. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
7. "Laura Vanquaillie, de Bertrix, est la nouvelle Miss Luxembourg" (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
8. "Blandine Frennet es la nouvelle Miss Namur" (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
9. "Miss Brabant Wallon 2020 est Marie Thomas (@marielifeness)". marie-thomas.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
10. "Celest (18) is Miss West-Vlaanderen en dochter van doelman: "Familiegenen hebben mij aan de overwinning geholpen"" (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
11. "Miss Belgique 2020: comment suivre l'émission en direct vidéo" (in French). 11 January 2020.
12. "Une soirée Miss Belgique un peu particulière : que faut-il savoir ?" (in French). 11 January 2020.
13. "Confusion: New Miss Belgium lost her bra on stage". 13 January 2020.
14. "Miss Belgium's explanations on the episode of the bra lost on stage: "It was not mine!"". 13 January 2020.
15. "Miss Belgium: "Certainly no stunt, bra hooks in the backstage at the clothes change"". 13 January 2020.

External links

• Official website