Kathrine Sørland is a Norwegian
fashion modelA model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, TV presenter and beauty queen who has competed in the
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and
Miss UniverseMiss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
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s.
Beauty pageants
Sørland won the
Frøken Norge (Miss Norway)Miss Norway is the name used to identify Norway's representatives to international beauty pageants.-History:Currently, Norway has two national beauty pageants:...
competition in 2001, and went on to represent Norway in the
Miss World pageant in 2002Miss World 2002, the 52nd Miss World pageant was held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom. The pageant was initially slated for Abuja, Nigeria but due to conflict in the city of Kaduna arising from a publication of an article in a Lagos based newspaper the pageant was...
held at the
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in
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, the
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. She was the favourite to win the crown, but was only reaching the final five, and placed as the 3rd runner-up behind the eventual winner Miss Turkey,
Azra AkınAzra Akın is a Dutch born Turkish model and actress. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2002 and Miss Turkey 2002.-Biography:...
; Miss Colombia, Natalia Peralta and Miss Peru,
Marina MoraMarina Mora Montero was Miss Peru 2002 and represented Peru in Miss World 2002. She finished as 2nd runner up.-Personal life:Marina has been married once. In 2005, she married her first cousin, Gustavo Mora. They later separated.-References:...
. Before the pageant she was the most vocal contestant in leading calls to boycott over the
Amina LawalAmina Lawal Kurami is a Nigerian woman. On March 22, 2002, an Islamic Sharia court sentenced her to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock...
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
Miss Universe 2004Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. It was won by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....
pageant held in
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,
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, where she reached the top fifteen and finished in the 11th place. The pageant was won by
Jennifer HawkinsJennifer Hawkins is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.-Early life:...
, 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 ModelNorway's Next Top Model is a Norwegian reality television show based on the original American version, airing on TV3. The first cycle aired in 2006, after part years of participating in Scandinavia's Next Top Model along with Sweden and Denmark...
, the game show
Casino, 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
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in Stavanger, Norway, on 1 July 2006, and she gave birth to a baby boy, Leon, on 1 October 2008. Sørland started her career as a model when she was only 15 years old in the model bureau
Prestige. In addition to be a model and TV presenter, she is also the owner a
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shop,
Agape, in
OsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
which she opened on 31 March 2006.
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