Romanie Schotte

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.

Romanie Schotte
Born (1997-10-15) 15 October 1997
Bruges, Belgium
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
TitleMiss Belgium 2017
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Belgium 2017
(Winner)
Miss World 2017
(Unplaced)

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
  1. "Miss Belgium 2017". missbelgium.be.
  2. "Raciste, la nouvelle miss Belgique? Romanie Schotte se défend". La Libre Belgique. 17 January 2017.
  3. "Betoging tegen Miss België in Brusselse straten". De Morgen. 31 January 2017.
  4. "Miss Univers: la Miss qui représentera notre pays n'est pas Miss Belgique". Le Soir. 29 January 2017.
  5. "Miss voor rechter om racistische poepsmiley". De Telegraaf. 18 May 2017.
  6. "Ex-miss Romanie Schotte (20) moet geen schadevergoeding betalen". Het Laatste Nieuws. 12 September 2018.
  7. "Ex-Miss België Romanie Schotte getrouwd met broer van Louis Talpe". Het Laatste Nieuws. 30 June 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Lenty Frans		 Miss Belgium
2017		 Succeeded by
Angeline Flor Pua
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