Anke Van dermeersch

Anke Maria Flor Van dermeersch (born 27 October 1972) is a Belgian politician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1991 and represented Belgium at Miss World 1991 and Miss Universe 1992.

Anke Van dermeersch
Senator of Belgium
Assumed office
2003
Personal details
Born (1972-10-27) 27 October 1972
Antwerp, Belgium
Political partyVlaams Blok (Flemish Bloc) / Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest)
Children2
Websiteankevandermeersch.be

Pageantry

Anke Van dermeersch rose to attention in Belgium during a modelling career, becoming Miss Belgium in 1992 and representing her country at Miss World 1991 and Miss Universe 1992.

Political career

Van dermeersch became a directly elected Belgian senator in 2003 for the far-right party Vlaams Blok and later Vlaams Belang. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Flemish parliament.[1] She has also been the leader of a counter-jihad group called Women Against Islamisation.[2]

Personal life

She is married with two children and trained as a lawyer.

Notes
  1. "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. Othen, Christopher (2018). Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. Amberley. p. 272-273. ISBN 9781445678009.


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