World Cup star is married to Miss Belgium - who also competed at Miss Universe

Posted Thursday, November 24, 2022 by Dailystar.co.uk

Yannick Carrasco is part of the Belgium golden generation who have one last crack at World Cup glory in Qatar - and he's also trying to live up to his former Miss Belgium wife

Yannick Carrasco will be cheered on at the World Cup by his wife Noemie Happart (Image: yannickferreiracarrasco/Instagram)

Belgium star Yannick Carrasco will be looking to finally achieve glory alongside the rest of their golden generation this World Cup.

Despite having a team stacked with talent right across the park, they've come up short in recent years. In 2014, they fell at the quarter-finals stage to eventual runners-up Argentina, and it was a semi-final defeat to world champions France in Russia four years ago.

The clock is ticking for 29-year-old Carrasco, who has the added pressure of trying to keep up with the achievements of his wife. Noemie Happart, also 29, is a former Miss Belgium winner.

She won the crown back in 2013 when she was still a psychology student at the University of Liege, going on to represent her nation at Miss World, where she finished in the top 20, and Miss Universe, where she didn't place.

Carrasco met her in a bar in Liege two years later and they've been inseparable ever since, marrying in June 2017. Opening up on their relationship, Happart told Belgian magazine Story: "Seducing a footballer was never one of my goals.

World Cup star is married to Miss Belgium - who also competed at Miss Universe
Happart was crowned Miss Belgium in 2013 (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

World Cup star is married to Miss Belgium - who also competed at Miss Universe
Since then, the model has become a WAG (Image: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

"When he told me he was a professional player, I was pretty suspicious. I had a fairly stereotyped image of footballers and I was afraid he had a reputation.

"But Yannick is a great boy, so I gave him a chance. He's a handsome guy but I was mostly charmed by his character and personality."

Happart and Carrasco famously shared a kiss during the 2016 Champions League final (Image: Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

World Cup star is married to Miss Belgium - who also competed at Miss Universe
She represented Belgium at Miss World and Miss Universe (Image: Instagram/noemiehappart)

The WAG is constantly at games cheering him on. They famously shared a kissed at the 2016 Champions League final after Carrasco equalised for Atletico Madrid against Real Madrid.

Happart followed him to China when he signed for Dalian Yifang in 2018, living in the Far East for two years. She's been in the crowd at the recent major tournaments too.

World Cup star is married to Miss Belgium - who also competed at Miss Universe
Carrasco will be aiming to help Belgium to finally win a major tournament (Image: AFP via Getty Images)

No doubt she'll be cheering Carrasco on once more as he and his Belgium team-mates kick off their World Cup campaign against Canada today (November 23). However, it may be from home - as Happart is expecting their first child.

Belgium will also face Morocco and Croatia in Group F, with their target to go one better again in Qatar and make it to the final after their previous heartbreak.