Axelle Despiegelaere

Axelle Despiegelaere (born May 29, 1997 in Belgium) is a Belgian fashion model.
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The 17-year-old had attracted the attention of L'Oréal Professionnel while attending the 2014 FIFA World Cup game between her home country, Belgium, and Russia, dressed as a fan. A Twitter photo of her dressed in red, yellow and black face paint (), wearing a matching hat with horns, and waving pom-poms went viral on the internet. On July 8, 2014, Despiegelaere announced on her Facebook fan page that she had signed a contract with L'Oréal Professionnel to promote their new beauty products.
Within a few days, and following a public outcry on social media about her hunting photos displayed on her Facebook page, L'Oréal Professionnel sought to distance themselves from the teen model suggesting she was only engaged to work with them on a video for social media. The brand was quoted as saying "Axelle de Spiegelaere is not one of L’Oréal Professionnel’s spokespeople. L’Oréal Professionnel Belgium collaborated with her on an ad hoc basis to produce a video for social media use in Belgium. This has now been produced." The contract with L'Oréal Professionnel lasted for three days.

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