Miss Netherlands

Monique Plat

Monique was born and grew up in Volendam, a village famous because of the fish, the dykes and small houses. It is one of the last places in the netherlands where they still wear the traditional costume and use the old dialect. Monique completed her education with a course in international management in amsterdam and is currently working as a fashion buyer and model. Her ambition is to be an international buyer and start her own fashion company. Interests are: travelling, body pump, working out in the gym, drawing, swimming and dancing the salsa. Favourite food is thai and her proudest moment was when she made a parachute jump out of an airplane at 4000 meters. Her personal motto would be “don’t worry, be happy. Try to get as much as possible out of your life”.

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Friendly, curious, caring

Do you have a special or unusual talent? (what is it?)
I am very creative and I love to make things with my hands, it is a hobby of mine. (drawing, painting, making cards, etc)

Where would you most like to visit in the world and why?
Most of the countries in the far east, like china and pakistan etc. As I am a fashion buyer, I have a lot of contact with my suppliers from these countries. Unfortunately, I only email / call them and could not visit them yet. I would love to meet theses people in real life; I want to see how their culture is like and how they live. Besides this I would like to make a trip through the whole country to see nature and sight seeing.

What is the best thing about your country?
Well it is certainly not the weather. An advantage of the netherlands is that the people are allowed to be free in what they do and what they say. There is a lot of respect for the freedom of opinion expression. I hope this will stay like this in the future because nowadays it sometimes seems that it is getting harder to pronounce your own opinion.

What is your favourite…..
Film: 'The Island'
Music: Salsa, Cuban music
Singer/band: Buena Vista Social Band
Book: 'The Hades Factor'

If you were granted one wish, what would it be?
I would wish that there would be no hunger and poverty anymore in the world. It is so ridiculous that people are dying from hunger at this very moment, while there is so much money in other countries.

If you were stuck on a desert island with one other person (famous or not) whom would you choose?
Nelson mandela, I would like to hear his stories.

What is your message to all the other miss world contestants?
I wish you all good luck during miss world and I hope i’ll become good friends with all of you. And of course: may the best miss win.

You’re judging the final five contestants, which question would you ask the finalists?
If you would be the president of your country for 1 day, what would you change?

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