Véronique De Kock (born 3 April 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian business owner, television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder.[1]
Biography
Career
At the age of 15, De Kock was already a model in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy. She has been featured on the covers of the magazines P-Magazine, Ché, and HUMO.
When she was 17, she won the title of Miss Flanders and one year later she won the prestigious title of Miss Belgium 1995.[2] She competed at Miss World 1995 and Miss Universe 1996 but failed to place in the top 10 in both pageants.
In 2013 she was a contestant in the VTM-program De Grote Sprong, a diving contest.
From 2008 to 2018, she was the co-presenter of the Miss Belgium pageant.[3] During the 2012 edition, she tripped on her long dress and fell as she was entering the stage at the very beginning of the pageant.[4][5]
In later years De Kock opened a fashion store, '1995 by Véro' in Schilde, and relocated it to Brasschaat in 2019.[1][6][7]
Personal life
From 2001, De Kock was dating Frank Slaets. They got married and have a son, Sébastien, born on January 30, 2005. They divorced in 2006.[8]
In 2019, De Kock married entrepreneur Manuel Goossens.[9]