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Embracing Authenticity | Defending Truth on my Miss World (Netherlands) journey in 2021, my core values and mission

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Dutch version below – Hello everyone, I would like to share my truth, vision, and story with all of you, including the beliefs I stand for. Why I’ve been blogging for 10 years, using Instagram to share my story, and why I decided to participate in beauty pageants like Miss World for my country. The truths and misconceptions about me and my participation in the pageant and standing up for my personal narrative and story. – Celebrate Your Authenticity: My Core Value, Standing up against Bullying, and Self-empowerment. “I signed a contract that does not allow me to be completely open about my experiences with ‘MWNL’. Nevertheless, I want to tell you who I am, what I stand for and who I am not.” [Read more…]

Beauty pageant Diary | Miss Netherlands (Miss World) finale

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After an intensive year, the final of Miss World Netherlands is a fact. I’ve grown a lot as a woman and often stepped out of my comfort zone (I love). I didn’t win myself, but my good friend Dilay Willemstein was allowed to take home the beautiful crown, which Brenda Muste handed over to her. I am grateful that because of something ‘negative’ like corona, I was able to take a chance next to my beautiful, irregular job. Because we were all temporarily on the ground due to the freeze and travel ban, I was able to make this period something else special. Where one door closes, another door opens. This post is to share the last pictures of the final evening and as a short summary.
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Special Diary | Miss World Nederland Mother shoot, BWAP & more

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Hi everyone. Again a nice post from my Miss World Netherlands adventure. This time about the “mama” shoot a while ago. A sneak peek of the ‘dad’ shoot, a shoot with my Miss World sash but separate from the organization (with Jeremy), and my BWAP (Beauty with a purpose) anti-bullying guest classes.
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Special Diary | Miss World Nederland bridal & kimono shoot

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Currently, I am in the Miss World Netherlands journey for 9 months already, and I also enjoy creating online diaries about the journey after a certain amount of time within it. Last October I went to Selsela (Weddingwear Selsela) in Haarlem for a fitting appointment for a wedding dress. A cool bridal shoot was planned, but it took place a few weeks ago (while respecting the corona regulations), because we went into lockdown for months back in October. I took a nice photo with my phone of the beautiful dress during the fitting appointment, which we started shooting months later. Side note – I always bring my camera with me to take pics behind the scenes. [Read more…]

Special Diary | Finalist journey at Miss World Nederland, Shoots & Airline Documentary part 4

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Hi everyone. I create a special diary every x number of weeks / months. During my participation in the Miss World (Netherlands) pageant, I experience a lot of things and events ofcourse. To begin with; the final has been moved from March to the beginning of the summer. So I will still be busy with the Miss World Netherlands journey for another few months. Even though we are in lockdown, I am still occupied with it several days a week. As well, I have some media tasks from my airline, individual shoots, and Miss World NL (meetings). Lizzy and I are working on our stop-bullying project in small steps, which unfortunately is not a large project due to the lockdown. I also get a lot of opportunities from my airline, such as becoming part of a Covid-19 documentary and here and there small fun activities and assignments. [Read more…]

Special diary | Beauty and Airline Shoot, Miss World Nederland finalist trip & TV interview

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Hi everyone! Because of this busy and special week, I decided to turn this into an entire blog post. To start this post, I can finally announce that I am a finalist at Miss World Netherlands, so it has been very busy recently. I am lucky that the entire Miss World Netherlands journey has the perfect timing with our low amount of flights in recent months. Every disadvantage has its advantage, and I want to take opportunities where they are – and that was a good move. [Read more…]

Beauty Pageant Diary | Semi-finalist at Miss World Nederland

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Hi everyone! I made a short post because I want to share something that I am super excited about and kept it a secret for a while. On July 15 I was chosen as a Miss World Nederland semi-finalist! With the last 20 girls I am currently in a super fun journey to become a finalist for Miss World Netherlands 2020/21, The winner go to Miss World next year to represent the Netherlands. Some ladies can still drop in this journey to become a finalist. [Read more…]