Kedist Deltour (born 29 July 1997) is a Belgian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2021. She represented her country at Miss World 2023 on March 9, 2024.

Early life

Deltour was born in

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in Ethiopia. When she was eight years old, her mother died of cancer. Afterwards, her father remarried; Deltour's stepmother was physically abusive, and when she was nine years old, her father left her and her siblings in an

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. When Deltour was ten years old, she and her siblings were adopted by a Belgian couple Peter and Nadège Deltour, and moved to

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. In Belgium, Deltour completed vocational training to become a hairdresser and later moved to

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

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Pageantry

Deltour began her career in pageantry in 2020, when she was crowned Miss East Flanders 2021, besting first runner-up Laura Baeyens. As Miss East Flanders, Deltour received the right to represent the province at Miss Belgium 2021. The Miss Belgium finals were held on 31 March 2021 in Adinkerke. Deltour is the eighth consecutive

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woman to win the title. As part of her prize package, she received a pink

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. As Miss Belgium, Deltour represented Belgium at

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, where she was unplaced, then at Miss World 2023, where she reached the top 40.

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