Draft:Flore Pensaert
{{Short description|Belgian model, actress & activist}}
{{Draft topics|women|western-europe}}
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{{Infobox model
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| name = Flore Pensaert
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| caption = Flore Pensaert in 2024
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| birth_name = Flore Danny Marie-Joseph Pensaert
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|10|02}}
| birth_place = Ghent, East-Flanders, Belgium
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| nationality = Belgian
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| occupation = Actress
Model
Activist
| years_active = 2011–present
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| height = 5 ft 8 in
172 cm
| hair_color = Dark Blonde
| eye_color = Hazel
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| website = {{URL|http://www.florepensaert.weebly.com/about.html}}
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Flore Danny Marie-Joseph Pensaert (Ghent, 2 october 1997{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-03 |language=en |title=Flore Pensaert {{!}} Location Management, Director, Writer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7814998/ |work=IMDb}}) is a Dutch-speaking Belgian (nude)model, actrice & influencer. On top of that she's an activist against sexual misconduct & harassment; in 2023 she was crowned as Miss Rebelgium by P-Magazine in recognition of her battles.
Biography
Pensaert was born in Ghent, after which she grew up and studied in Lokeren. She established herself as a creative individual: joining art competition Kunstbende, in the category film & the category performance for which she won third place{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707142530/https://www.stampmedia.be/artikel/afscheid-van-kunstbende-een-lofrede |date=2017-08-06 |first=Tom |language=nl |last=Goedemé |title=Afscheid van Kunstbende: een lofrede |url=https://www.stampmedia.be/artikel/afscheid-van-kunstbende-een-lofrede |url-status=live |work=StampMedia}} as well as poetry readings organized by her local poetry club.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102162236/https://waaskrant.be/nieuws/23104-lokerse-poezie-als-afsluiter-week-van-de-poezie |date=2014-02-04 |first=Marc |language=nl |last=Bogaert |title=Lokerse poezie als afsluiter Week van de Poezie |url=https://waaskrant.be/nieuws/23104-lokerse-poezie-als-afsluiter-week-van-de-poezie |url-status=live |work=Waaskrant}}
Activism
= #Metoo =
In 2015 Pensaert started her filmstudies at filmschool RITCS School Of Arts in Brussels.{{cite web|access-date=2025-01-25 |title=Flore Pensaert :: My Movie Finder |url=https://mymoviefinder.com/person/1693714 |work=mymoviefinder.com}} During this period, she encountered a multitude of situations including sexual harassment on both filmsets & within the context of her studies.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2019-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316052520/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20171111_03180969 |date=2017-11-11 |language=nl |title=Vlaamse filmstudente getuigt over wantoestanden in industrie: "Ik ben sociaal gelyncht toen ik mijn verhaal deed" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20171111_03180969 |url-status=live |work=Het Nieuwsblad}} At the heights of the #Metoo movement in België, she testified in 2017 about these stories on talkshow Van Gils & gasten.{{cite book|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102094958/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqWZHjVrLg8 |language=nl |title=Grensoverschrijdend Gedrag en Victim Blaming - Van Gils en Gasten |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqWZHjVrLg8 |url-status=live}}
= Miss Rebelgium =
In 2023 Pensaert joined Miss Belgium. She was soon excluded from the competition. The reason for exclusion, Pensaert explained, was that her image as an artistic nude model was not deemed fit within the competition.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2023-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824220127/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230819_92559672 |date=2023-08-19 |language=nl |title=Kandidate van Miss België uit wedstrijd gezet: "Naaktfoto's tijdens wedstrijd zijn niet toegelaten" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230819_92559672 |url-status=live |work=Het Nieuwsblad}}
At the same time it became known via Belgian news source VRT NWS Journaal that Miss Belgium's photographer was guilty of sexual misconduct.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2023-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123131647/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/08/17/miss-belgie-fotograaf/ |date=2023-08-19 |first=VRT |language=nl |last=NWS |title=Fotograaf Miss België dringt bij kandidates aan voor naakte fotoshoots: "Enkel gratis als je je bh uittrekt" |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/08/17/miss-belgie-fotograaf/ |url-status=live |work=vrtnws.be}} In an interview with P-Magazine, Pensaert stated that she aimed to shed light on the issue, claiming she had prior knowledge of these stories and never intended to win the competition, but rather sought to expose the truth in order to protect young contestants. P-Magazine crowned her as Miss Belgium as a humorous acknowledgment of her battles on her 26th birthday, on which she also became their P-babe of the month.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102162235/https://pnws.be/exclusief-p-magazine-kroont-flore-pensaert-miss-rebelgium/ |language=nl |title=EXCLUSIEF: P-magazine kroont Flore Pensaert tot Miss Rebelgium! |work=PNWS |date=2 October 2023 |url=https://pnws.be/exclusief-p-magazine-kroont-flore-pensaert-miss-rebelgium/ |url-status=live |last1=Lambrechts |first1=Stefan }}
On October 2023 news broke that Pensaert would create a calendar in cooperation with ex-misses to condemn abuse in the pageantry world. Proceeds went to The Warmest Week, a yearly Belgian crowdfunding event benefiting non-profits.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2023-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105190900/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/10/28/ex-kandidates-miss-verkiezingen-maken-humoristische-kalender-om/ |date=2023-10-28 |language=nl |title=Ex-kandidates Miss-verkiezingen maken aan kasteel Rivierenhof in Deurne ludieke kalender om wantoestanden aan te klagen |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/10/28/ex-kandidates-miss-verkiezingen-maken-humoristische-kalender-om/ |url-status=live |work=vrtnws.be}}
= ISIS Fashion Awards =
On the 8th of May 2025, Flore stormed onto the stage of the ISIS Fashion Awards. She declared activist statements against organizer Jan-Willem Breure, who made a documentary called "Are All Men Pedophiles?".
Pensaert testified to PowNed that this documentary glorifies and excuses pedophilia, and that Jan-Willem Breure is guilty of sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the ISIS Fashion Awards. According to Pensaert, a multitude of models have fallen victim to these misconducts, including herself during the 2024 edition of the event.{{cite web|access-date=2025-05-12 |date=2025-05-12 |language=nl |title=Naakte waarheid op de catwalk: activiste flipt op podium |url=https://www.powned.tv/article/naakte-waarheid-op-de-catwalk-activiste-flipt-op-podium~3770/ |work=powned.tv}}
Trivia
- In 2019 Pensaert was featured in Spoed 24/7 with her dad, a Belgian reality TV show. Cancer was suspected, but it turned out to be a lymph node infection. She's also seen in multiple short films as an actrice.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-04 |date=2017-05-29 |title=HELING Rouw - Twijfel - Kracht // Shortfilm : cast: meisje op de kaai : Flore Pensaert |url=https://www.youtube.com/c/florepensaert |work=HELING Rouw - Twijfel - Kracht // Shortfilm}}{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-04 |date=2017 |title=In de stilte: Cast: passanten : Flore Pensaert |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRPnudnYBY&t=105s |work=IN THE SILENCE // IN DE STILTE}}
- In 2023 Pensaert appeared in "My Body & Me", a section of Belgian magazine Flair, wherein she discusses her relationship with her body & calls for bodypositivity.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-date=2023-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001025322/https://www.metrotime.be/nl/showbizz/ex-miss-belgie-kandidate-flore-pensaert-ik-ben-fier-op-mijn-billen-maar-heb-net-als-iedereen-wat-cellulitis |date=2023-09-07 |language=nl |title=Ex-Miss België-kandidate Flore Pensaert: «Ik ben fier op mijn billen, maar heb net als iedereen wat cellulitis» |url=https://www.metrotime.be/nl/showbizz/ex-miss-belgie-kandidate-flore-pensaert-ik-ben-fier-op-mijn-billen-maar-heb-net-als-iedereen-wat-cellulitis |url-status=live |work=Metrotime}}
- Pensaert ran catwalks in Leicester Fashion Week & London Fashion Week in 2022, 2023 & 2024.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-04 |archive-date=2024-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104124235/https://www.modellenland2.com/single-post/interview-model-flore-pensaert-belgium |date=2023-09-02 |language=en |title=Interview: Model Flore Pensaert (Belgium) |url=https://www.modellenland2.com/single-post/interview-model-flore-pensaert-belgium |work=Modellenland}}
External links
- [https://florepensaert.weebly.com/about.html Website of Flore Pensaert]
- [https://www.instagram.com/florepensaert/ Instagram page of Flore Pensaert]
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Category:Belgian beauty pageant winners
Category:Belgian female models