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. There were 30 contestants representing provinces and

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Winner and runners-up

Special awards

*Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) – Kawtar Riahi Idrissi (

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) *Miss Beach Babe – Charlotte Vanbiervlieti (

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) *Miss Talent – Valentine Cesarone ( Hainaut) *Miss Model – Stephanie Bola (

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Candidates

Judges

The Miss Belgium 2015 final judges were: *Darline Devos – President of Committee Miss Belgium *

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Contestant notes

*Stéphanie Bola, first runner-up of Miss Brussels, has Congolese origins on her father's side. *Titsia Brabants, Crown Card de Miss Antwerp, has Mexican origins on her mother's side. She is the niece of Mexican surfeur Coco Nogales. *Aurélie Hendrickx, first runner-up of Miss Antwerp, has been singer and member of Belgian pop group, Dalton Sisters, only, composed of her sisters, Laurine, Marie-Laure et Marie-Hélène. With her group, she is participated in a final of Eurovision junior with their song ''Verander de wereld'' en 2007. *Victoria Humblet, first runner-up of Miss Liège, has Philippian origins on her mother's side. *Kawtar Riahi Idrissi, Miss East Flanders, has Moroccan origins on her parents' side. *Anastasiya Liënko, second runner-up of Miss East Flanders, is of Ukrainian descent. *Xhulia Mucaj, second runner-up of Miss Antwerp, is born in

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. *Emily Rabaut, Crown Card of Miss West Flanders, is the sister of Lisa Rabaut, Crown Card of Miss West Flanders 2013. *Valentina Paesano, Crown Card de Miss Antwerp, has Italian origins on her parents' side. *Jennifer Rosenberg, has Gambian origins on her mother's side. *Annelies Törös, Miss Antwerp, has dual citizenships Hungarian and Belgian. *Caroline Van Hoye, contestant of Miss Brussels, has Mauritian origins on her mother's side.

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other national beauty pageants: ;Miss Brussels *2008 : : Stéphanie Bola ;Miss Coast Belgium *2010: : Emily Rabaut ''(2nd Runner-up)'' *2011: :

''(2nd Runner-up)'' ;Miss Élégance Belgique francophone 2013 *2013: : Valentine Cesarone ''(Winner)'' ;Miss Mons *2012: : Valentine Cesarone ''(Winner)'' ;

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*2015: : Caroline Van Hoye ''(Winner)'' Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants: ;

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: : Annelies Törös ''(Top 15)'' ;

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: : Caroline Van Hoye ;Miss Philippines Europe *2013: : Victoria Humblet ''(Winner)'' ;

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: : Victoria Humblet ''(Top 20)'' **s representative'' ;Miss Europe World *2015: : Caroline Van Hoye ''(Best Face)'' ;Miss World Peace *2015: : Caroline Van Hoye ;Miss Europe Continental *2016: : Valentine Cesarone ''(Top 10)'' **s representative'' ;Miss Tourism Queen International *2015: : Caroline Van Hoye ;Best Model of the World *2012: : Malissia Sirica ''(Best Hope)'' ;Miss Grand International *2016: : Kawtar Riahi Idrissi ;Miss Supranational *2015: : Kawtar Riahi Idrissi **s representative''

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Belgium

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