Sandrine Corman (born 12 April 1980 in

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, Belgium) is a Belgian

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Pageants

Corman was

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1997 at the age of 17. She later stated that she was not interested in the contest and that her mother had registered her. She then represented her country at

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and

Miss Universe 1998 Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 12, 1998 at the Stan Sheriff Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago was crowned by Brook Lee of the US at the end of the event. This marked the on ...

Television career

In 1998, Corman began her television career on

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on the program ''Clip Party''. Before joining the team of the program ''Ça alors!'', she worked in continuity. She then hosted a number of television programs such as ''Les balades de Sandrine'', ''Mister Belgium'', ''Si c'était vous'', ''Télévie'', and ''Ça vous fait rire''. In September 2008, she met the director of the programs of M6 who suggested several projects of programs to present. A few months later, Corman started on M6 hosting ''Le Bêtisier 2008'' with

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. She continued working for Belgian television, and hosted

2008. In summer 2009, she hosted with

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and

the program ''Total Wipeout'' on M6 and RTL-TVI. She has presented since 2008 ''

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'' with Goude, after the departure of

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for

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. In December 2009, she presented ''Le Grand Bêtisier de l'année'' with Goude for the second consecutive year. In February 2010, she started presenting with Rotenberg the French version of ''

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'' on M6, also broadcast on RTL-TVI. In September 2010, she presented ''Le Grand Bêtisier de l'été'' with Goude. She participated in November 2010 in ''Pékin Express, duos de choc'' with

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. In January 2011, she hosted Miss Belgium 2011 with

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. She also hosted the program ''Zéro de Conduite'' with

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on M6. She presented the second series of ''

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'' on M6 from March to June 2011. In May 2012, she participated in ''Pékin Express, la passager mystère''. In 2012, she co-hosted the program ''L'Inventeur 2012'' with Alex Goude. In September 2012, she replaced

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as host of ''Accès privé'' on M6. In September 2013, she presented a program similar to ''Accès Privé'' titled ''Must Célébrités''; the broadcast ended on 10 May 2014. She was not present at the ninth season of ''

'' in September 2014. After a lack of audience in 2013, the channel wanted to offer a new dynamic vision to the program. Corman then left M6 to join TMC, a channel of the

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, where she started presenting on 24 June 2015 the French version of ''

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'', also broadcast on RTL-TVI since 28 June 2015. She also appeared as a contestant on Fort Boyard in 2017.

Personal life

Corman married in June 2004 the model Xavier Fiams. She gave birth to a son named Oscar in March 2007. She separated of her husband in 2008 because of the importance of her career. She remarried on 12 September 2014 with Michel Bouhoulle, a tennis teacher and sports consultant. She announced on 11 May 2015 that she was expecting her second child. She gave birth on 3 November 2015 to Harold.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corman, Sandrine 1980 births Belgian beauty pageant winners Belgian radio presenters Belgian television presenters Living people Miss Universe 1998 contestants Miss World 1997 delegates Walloon people Miss Belgium winners Belgian women radio presenters Belgian women television presenters