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Flore Pensaert
Flore Pensaert crowned as Miss Rebelgium
Born
Flore Danny Marie-Joseph Pensaert

(1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 26)
Ghent, East-Flanders, Belgium
Occupations
  • Model
  • Actress
  • Activist
Years active1997–present
Modeling information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair colorLight Brown
Eye colorHazel
Signature
Full Name Signiture of Flore Pensaert

Flore Danny Marie-Joseph Pensaert (born 2nd of October 1997) is a Flemish speaking Belgian model, actress and Instagram personality. On top of that, she's an activist against sexual abuse. In 2023 she was crowned Miss Rebelgium by P-Magazine as recognition for her efforts.

Biografie[edit]

Flore was born in Ghent and grew up as the youngest of 3 siblings in Lokeren. While growing up, she combined her studies of Social Sciences at Sint-Lodewijkscollege with participating in art competitions such as Kunstbende, where she won prizes in the categories Film, Photo, Performance, Visual & Text. [1]

She also yearly joined poetry performances organized by the local poetry club. [2] As a photography student at night school CVO Leerstad, she often posed for classmates, inspiring her to become a professional model and influencer.

The summaries of these activities became the basis for her further studies.

Activist[edit]

#Metoo[edit]

In 2015 Flore started her filmstudies at RITCS School Of Arts in Brussels. During this period, she witnessed various cases of sexual abuse [3]. When the #Metoo movement reached it's peak in Belgium, Pensaert explained her experiences on national talkshow Van Gils & gasten [4]. Later on, a statement was put out by Pensaert on her Instagram that her testimony had created a blacklisting effect within the film industry against her. Ever since she shared her mental health struggles openly with the public on her socials.

Miss Rebelgium[edit]

In 2023 Pensaert joined Miss Belgium. However, she soon got removed from the competition after claims from the board that her image as an artistic nude model wouldn't fit the pageantry [5]. At that exact moment Belgian media (VRT NWS Journaal) broke the news that the main photographer of Miss Belgium had sexually abused contestants & that most contestants were underage upon joining [6].

In an interview with P-Magazine, Pensaert stated she had helped release this news to the outside world since she had known about this abuse for a while, and that she never meant to win the competition. P-Magazine crowned her as Miss Rebelgium (a play on the words rebel and Belgium) as a parodic recognition of her efforts on her 26th birthday, making her covergirl of October 2023 [7].

In oktober 2023 Pensaert released a calendar with various ex-contestants of Miss Belgium to demand a discontinuation of sexual and financial abuse within the pageantry world. The calendar was sold for a National good cause called De Warmste Week [8].

Until this day Pensaert makes efforts to demand better treatment of vulnerable people within the arts.

Trivia[edit]

In 2019 Flore could be seen in television Program Spoed 24/7 with her father. Doctors feared she has cancer, but this ended up being a lymph node infection.

In 2023 Flore appeared in My Body & Me, a section of Belgian magazine Flair, wherein she talks about her relationship with her body. [9]

Flore ran catwalks for Leicester Fashion Week as well as London Fashion Week in 2022 & 2023.

Filmography[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^
    • Delaet, Margot. "Afscheid van Kunstbende: een lofrede". stampmedia.be. Newsmonkey & Jongerenplaneet. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
    • "Kunstbende Finale!". destudio.com. Villanella. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^
  3. ^ "Vlaamse filmstudente getuigt over wantoestanden in industrie: "Ik ben sociaal gelyncht toen ik mijn verhaal deed"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ Grensoverschrijdend Gedrag en Victim Blaming - Van Gils en Gasten (in Dutch). 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Kandidate van Miss België uit wedstrijd gezet: "Naaktfoto's tijdens wedstrijd zijn niet toegelaten"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 19 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ NWS, VRT (19 August 2023). "Fotograaf Miss België dringt bij kandidates aan voor naakte fotoshoots: "Enkel gratis als je je bh uittrekt"". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ "EXCLUSIEF: P-magazine kroont Flore Pensaert tot Miss Rebelgium!" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Ex-kandidates Miss-verkiezingen maken aan kasteel Rivierenhof in Deurne ludieke kalender om wantoestanden aan te klagen". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). 28 October 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ex-Miss België-kandidate Flore Pensaert: «Ik ben fier op mijn billen, maar heb net als iedereen wat cellulitis»". Metrotime (in Dutch). 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.