# Miss Belgium 2020

Miss Belgium 2020 was the 52nd edition of the Miss Belgium pageant, held on January 11, 2020 at the Plopsaland Theater in De Panne, Belgium. Elena Castro Suarez of Antwerp crowned her successor Céline Van Ouytsel of Antwerp at end of the event. Van Ouytsel represented Belgium at the Miss World 2021 pageant, but was unplaced.

## Results

| Final Results | Contestant |
| Miss Belgium 2020 | Antwerp — Céline Van Ouytsel |
| 1st Runner-Up | West Flanders — Celest Decaestecker |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Liège — Anicca Van Hollebeke |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Namur — Blandine Frennet |
| 4th Runner-Up | Luxembourg — Laura Vanquaillie |
| 5th Runner-Up | Flemish Brabant — Elize Baron |
| Top 15 | Antwerp - Donegul Kula  East Flanders - Chelsy De Witte  East Flanders - Inara Wytnick  East Flanders - Lorina Boterdaele  Hainaut - Marie Al-Nima  Limburg - Karen Jansen  Limburg - Nisa Van Baelen  Walloon Brabant - Marie Thomas  West Flanders - Marieke Vanieuwenhuyse |

### Special Awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Talent | Namur — Blandine Frennet |
| Miss Beach | Liège — Anicca Van Hollebeke |
| Miss Social Media | Antwerp — Céline Van Ouytsel |
| Miss Sport | Antwerp — Caro Beugnier |
| Miss Charity | West Flanders — Marieke Vannieuwenhuyse |
| Miss Model | Flemish Brabant — Elize Baron |

## Contestants

32 delegates will compete for the crown:
| Province | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Antwerp | Céline Van Ouytsel | 23 | Herentals |
| Antwerp | Caro Beugnier | 21 | Antwerp |
| Antwerp | Donegul Kula | 19 | Heffen |
| Antwerp | Selena Ali | 22 | Stabroek |
| Brussels | Nihal Eddaghmoumi | 23 | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe |
| Brussels | Ines Benaisa | 22 | Uccle |
| Brussels | Cindy Wetzels | 22 | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe |
| East Flanders | Chelsy De Witte | 20 | Zelzate |
| East Flanders | Lorina Boterdaele | 18 | Oosterzele |
| East Flanders | Pauline Noyen | 26 | Evergem |
| East Flanders | Willemijn Pieters | 16 | Ninove |
| East Flanders | Inara Wytnick | 23 | Sleidinge |
| East Flanders | Orelie De Nul | 22 | Buggenhout |
| Flemish Brabant | Elize Baron | 21 | Herent |
| Flemish Brabant | Rebecca De Weerdt | 17 | Steenokkerzeel |
| Flemish Brabant | Yara Struvyen | 17 | Blanden |
| Hainaut | Marie Al-Nima | 20 | Masnuy-Saint-Jean |
| Hainaut | Furayah Kayembe | 18 | Mons |
| Hainaut | Sarah Chiry | 23 | Moulbaix |
| Hainaut | Bélinda Cerini | 23 | Thiméon |
| Liège | Anicca Van Hollebeke | 23 | Faimes |
| Liège | Amandine Toffoli | 22 | Seraing |
| Limburg | Nisa Van Baelen | 19 | Tessenderlo |
| Limburg | Alessia Murru | 17 | Genk |
| Limburg | Karen Jansen | 18 | Lommel |
| Luxembourg | Laura Vanquaillie | 20 | Bertrix |
| Namur | Blandine Frennet | 20 | Tongrinne |
| Namur | Gaëlle Delforge | 20 | Andenne |
| Walloon Brabant | Marie Thomas | 20 | Braine-le-Château |
| West Flanders | Celest Decaesstecker | 19 | Leffinge |
| West Flanders | Marieke Vannieuwenhuyse | 27 | Roeselare |
| West Flanders | Mohini Cellisa Mathoera | 21 | Ostend |

## Observations

For the first time since 2013, the election was live streamed on the RTL Play1 platform. The pageant featured 32 candidates, while there were only 30 during the five previous elections.
During the evening gown competition part of the coronation night, Céline Van Ouytsel tripped on the hem of her dress causing her to fall on stage and even lost a bra which was inadvertently stuck in her long puffy sleeves. The fallen bra remained in the middle of the stage for a few minutes, and it was fully visible to the camera as the next contestant walked onstage. It was also reported that some finalists nearly fell in the stage during the swimsuit competition. The incident was widely reported in the media, to the point that Céline Van Ouytsel was interviewed about it and had to give her own comments on what exactly happened. Despite the incident, she managed to win the crown.