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==
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. 
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She also yearly joined poetry performances organized by the local poetry club. 
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The summaries of these activities became the basis for her further studies.
==Activist==
===#Metoo===
In 2015 Flore started her filmstudies at RITCS School Of Arts in Brussels. During this period, she witnessed various cases of sexual abuse . When the #Metoo movement reached it's peak in Belgium, Pensaert explained her experiences on national talkshow Van Gils & gasten . 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===
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 . 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 .
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 .
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 .
Until this day Pensaert makes efforts to demand better treatment of vulnerable people within the arts.
==Trivia==
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. 
Flore ran catwalks for Leicester Fashion Week as well as London Fashion Week in 2022 & 2023.
==Filmography==
* De Buurtpolitie - actress (2017)
* Van Gils & gasten - as herself (2017)
* The Line-Up - actress (2019)
* Spoed 24/7 - as herself (2019)
* VRT NWS Journaal - as herself (2023)
Category:Models
Category:1997 births
Category:Actresses
Category:People from Ghent