Laetitia Darche

Laetitia Darche
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Laetitia Darche[1]
June 22, 1991 (1991-06-22) (age 20)[2]
Uccle, Belgium[3]
Residence Torrevieja, Spain[4]
Occupation Model
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Measurements Bust: 84 cm (33.1 in)[1]
Waist: 60 cm (23.6 in)[1]
Hips: 89 cm (35.0 in)[1]
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Mauritius 2010
Major
competition(s)
Elite Model Look Mauritius 2009
(1st runner-up)
(Prix spécial du jury)
Miss Mauritius 2010
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2011

Laetitia Darche (born June 22, 1991) is Belgian-Mauritian beauty pageant and former Miss Mauritius. She was crowned Miss Mauritius 2010.

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Early life

Born in Uccle to Belgian father Michel and Mauritian mother Jacqueline,[5] Darche spent her first three years of life in Mauritius. Her family then moved to Spain for ten years and to Belgium for the next five,[6] where she would enjoy visiting her grandmother Rachelle in Jodoigne.[7]

Darche speaks French, Spanish, English, Flemish and Mauritian Creole.[4] She started her modeling career at age 16 and participated in Elite Model Look Mauritius 2009, where she obtained the Prix spécial du jury and finished second overall.[5]

Prior to competing in Miss Mauritius, Darche was pursuing a bachelor's degree in sociology[1] and economics[6] at Paris-Sorbonne University[3] and worked as a model doing photo shoots in France.[5]

Miss Mauritius 2010

Darche competed as one of 14 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Mauritius, held on September 25, 2010 in Bel Ombre, where she became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent Mauritius in Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World 2011.[6]

Miss Universe 2011

As the official representative of her country to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011, Darche will vie to succeed current Miss Universe titleholder, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Laetitia Darche, new Miss Mauritius 2010". zinfos974.com. September 27, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zinfos974.com%2FLaetitia-Darche-nouvelle-miss-Maurice-2010_a21531.html. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Mauritius: Laetitia Darche". L'Express. allafrica.com. October 5, 2010. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201010050750.html&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgfnFfhMOtJQsaTQrCyYkL4_A0E9Q. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Belgische Miss Mauritius". De Standaard. September 29, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standaard.be%2Fartikel%2Fdetail.aspx%3Fartikelid%3DAM30001I. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Laetitia Darche". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/laetitia.darche?sk=info. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c "Laetitia Darche". L'Express. August 18, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lexpress.mu%2Fstory%2F984-decouvertes-laetitia-darche.html. Retrieved 16 October 2010. 
  6. ^ a b c "Laetitia Darche is Miss Mauritius 2010". linfo.re. September 27, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linfo.re%2FLaetitia-Darche-est-Miss-Maurice-2010. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  7. ^ "Miss Mauritius is half Belgian". De Standaard. September 28, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standaard.be%2Fartikel%2Fdetail.aspx%3Fartikelid%3DDMF20100928_091. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
  8. ^ "São Paulo, Brazil to host the 2011 Miss Universe® Pageant Live on NBC". PR Newswire. December 18, 2010. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sao-paulo-brazil-to-host-the-2011-miss-universe-pageant-live-on-nbc-112007979.html. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Dalysha Doorga
Miss Mauritius
2010
Incumbent