Kathrine Sørland (born 25 March 1980) is a Norwegian

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, TV presenter and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World and

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Beauty pageants

Sørland won the Frøken Norge (Miss Norway) competition in 2001, and went on to represent Norway in the Miss World 2002 held at the Alexandra Palace in

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. She was the favourite to win the crown, but only reached the final five, and placed as the 3rd runner-up behind the eventual winner Miss Turkey, Azra Akın; Miss Colombia, Natalia Peralta and Miss Peru, Marina Mora. Before the pageant she was the most vocal contestant in leading calls to boycott over the

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case. However, the pageant went ahead in Nigeria at Amina's insistence, with Sørland's participation. Then, two years later, she went on to represent her country in the

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pageant held in Quito,

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, where she reached the top fifteen and finished in the 11th place. The pageant was won by Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Australia.

TV shows

Kathrine has been the presenter of several

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s in Norway. Some of them are the Norwegian version of the reality series ''Top Model'', the game show ''

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'', the sing contest for celebrities ''Sangstjerner'' (Sing stars) and a Home makeover programme named ''Norges styggeste rom'' (Norway's ugliest room).

Personal life

She married

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Andreas Holck in the Stavanger Cathedral in Stavanger, Norway, on 1 July 2006, and she gave birth to a baby boy, Leon, on 1 October 2008.VG Nett - Kathrine Sørland ble mamma
/ref> Sørland started her career as a model when she was only 15 years old in the model burea
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In addition to be a model and TV presenter, she is also the owner of a

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shop, in

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which she opened on 31 March 2006.

References

External links

Kathrine Sørland's official homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sorland, Kathrine 1980 births Living people Miss Universe 2004 contestants Miss World 2002 delegates Norwegian beauty pageant winners Norwegian female models People from Stavanger