Zeynep Kübra Sever Demirel, (born July 9, 1989 in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey

Turkey

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) was Miss Belgium 2009

Miss Belgium 2009

The Miss Belgium 2009 was held on December 23, 2008 in the Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium. There were 20 contestants representing provinces and municipalities of Belgium. The winner will enter Miss Universe 2009 and Miss World 2009. The first runner up will enter Miss International 2009. The third...

. Sever is of Turkish descent

Turks in Belgium

Turks in Belgium are either Turkish people who live in Belgium even though having been born outside Belgium, or are Belgian-born, but have Turkish roots...

; she moved to Belgium when she was 12 years old.

Personal

Zeynep Sever was married to Fenerbahçe S.K. goalkeeper Volkan Demirel on September 21, 2010. She has also played volleyball for Fenerbahçe Acıbadem

Miss Universe 2009

She represented Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 in the Miss Universe 2009

Miss Universe 2009

Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. It was the first time back to back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 by outgoing titleholder Dayana...

 pageant on August 23 in the Bahamas, where she placed in the top 15, where the eventual winner was Stefanía Fernández

Stefanía Fernández

Stefanía Fernández Krupij is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles. She earned a Guinness record by being the first Miss Universe winner who was crowned by a compatriot....

 from Venezuela

Venezuela

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.