“Working in the dust all my life? No, I want to do modeling.” He was once a stripper, but today Jill De Laet (28) from the 400-person village of Izenberge in Alveringem, West Flanders, works as a construction worker. However, the man has very different ambitions. “On Sunday I will be in the final of Top Model Europe in Brussels. Out of 25,000 registrations, the jury placed me among the fifty best candidates. Punishment for an ordinary boy like me.”

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