Maud Hawinkels (born 24 September 1976) is a Dutch

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Career

Hawinkels was born in

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and grew up in

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. She started training as a camera woman and eventually became the presenter of the

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programs ''Honk'' and ''FF wat Anders''. She then presented ''

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'' and the program ''De Gids''. She then went to work for Net5. She was a reporter for ''Beauty & Zo'' and presented ''We zijn zo terug en De Mannen van Mijn Leven''. The latter program was later canceled due to disappointing viewing figures. For Omroep Brabant she presents the programs ''Dagtripper'', ''Zinderend Zuiden'', ''Natuurrijk'' and ''Carnaval en Route''. She also presented the program ''Wegwijs.tv'' for regional broadcaster L1. In April 2019 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. A documentary about this, '' Kanker Leeft'', where she tells about her experience, aired on Omroep Brabant. She also recorded commercials and presented a radio program on NPO 3FM for some time.

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{{Authority control 1976 births Living people Dutch television presenters People from Echt-Susteren 21st-century Dutch women