Jacky Lafon is a Flemish actress known for playing one of the lead fictional characters—Rita Van den Bossche—in the television series Familie that aired its first episode on the Flemish television channel VTM, in the Dutch language, on 30 December 1991. Familie remains a popular soap opera, airing its 1,000th episode in 1996 and as of 2016 is in its 25th year of production.
Miss Belgium is a national beauty pageant in Belgium. The winner of Miss Belgium automatically represents her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants if the dates do not overlap.
K3 is a Belgian-Dutch girl group with a Dutch-language pop repertoire, consisting of Hanne Verbruggen, Marthe De Pillecyn, and Julia Boschman. In addition to music, they are also central to many cinema films, television series and musicals. The signature style and iconicity of K3 rely on all three girls mostly wearing the same outfit, and they are tradionally a redhead, a brunette, and a blonde. Throughout its career, K3 has built a space within Dutch and Belgian pop culture, becoming one of the most successful groups of the Benelux. The group's name is derived from the first letters of the three first members from 1998: Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke, and Kathleen Aerts.
The discography of K3, a Flemish-Dutch pop group, consists of 21 studio albums, two live albums, ten compilation albums, three musical soundtrack albums and 42 singles. Their debut album Parels was released in 1999 and peaked at 2 in the Flemish album chart. Their next singles and albums all became big hits in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Kusjes is the ninth studio album by the Belgian music trio K3. The album was released on 19 October 2007 through label Studio 100. It reached the top five in both the Flemish and Dutch album charts. Two singles were released to promote the album: "Kusjesdag" and "Je mama ziet je graag". This was the last album to feature Kathleen Aerts.
Alle kleuren is the second studio album by the Belgian music trio K3. The album was released on 15 September 2000 through label Niels William. The album became a massive hit in Flanders and the Netherlands: it reached the peak position in both the Dutch and Flemish album charts. A few months after the original release, a limited edition, with two extra songs and some karaoke versions of original songs, was released. In 2008 a reissue was released with the original songs and an extra CD with karaoke versions of the songs.
MaMaSé! is the tenth studio album by the Belgian-Dutch girlgroup K3. The album is the first K3 album released featuring the new line-up: with Josje Huisman, who was found via a television contest called K2 zoekt K3, instead of Kathleen Aerts, who had left the group in March 2009. It was released on 20 November 2009 through label Studio 100.
Meyrem Almaci is a Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the ecological party Groen. On 10 June 2007, she was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the first time. She was re-elected in 2010 and in 2014 when she also became the president of Groen. In 2019 she left the Belgian parliament and was elected in the Flemish Parliament.
Kathleen Aerts is a Belgian singer, actress and host. She was a member of the successful girl group K3.
Dana Winner is a Belgian singer. She mainly sings in Dutch, but has also released singles in English, French, German and Afrikaans.
Hallo K3 is a Studio 100 comedy television series, created by Gert Verhulst, that follows the experiences of pop trio and best friends K3, portrayed by Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke and Josje Huisman try to live in their apartment and trying to find a balance between being a pop star and live a normal life which turns out to be not so easy. The series debuted on 6 October 2010. This is the first Studio 100 Original Series to be shot and aired in high-definition from the beginning; it is shot on tape, but uses a "filmized" appearance.
Belinda Meuldijk is a Dutch actress, writer, and activist. She has performed in Dutch television shows and movies, and is also a songwriter. She first performed at age six in the Pipo de Clown television show, conceived by her father, Wim Meuldijk; later, she provided the impetus for the 2003 movie Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder and produced and wrote the songs for the 2009 musical Pipo en de Gestolen Stem.
K3 en het Magische Medaillon is a 2004 children's comedy film starring girl band K3 – Kathleen Aerts, Karen Damen and Kristel Verbeke – in their first full-length theater film.
Gerwin Pardoel, better known by his stage name Gers Pardoel or mononymously as Gers, is a Dutch rapper. He rose to fame in 2009, due to his successful collaboration with The Opposites on the single "Broodje Bakpao". Pardoel's debut studio album Deze wereld is van jou was released in November 2011 and was certified Platinum by the NVPI. The Nederhop artist is best known for his number-one single "Ik neem je mee", which became the most successful Dutch-language and Dutch-artist hit in the Dutch Top 40 ever.
Klaasje Ietje "Alieke" Meijer is a Dutch singer, actress and flautist. Meijer rose to fame as one of the members of the Belgian-Dutch girl group K3, where she sang from 2015 until 2021, replacing Josje Huisman. In 2022, Meijer won the SBS6 reality game show The Big Balance.
K3 en het Ijsprinsessje is a 2006 Flemish pre-teen adventure film written by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst, directed by Indra Siera, and starring the women of the K3 girl group in a sequel to their 2004 film K3 en het Magisch Medaillon. The sequel was shown on Zappelin, SBS 6, Ketnet, Kindernet and RTL Telekids.
Clara Cleymans is a Belgian actress and musical theatre singer.
Sihame El Kaouakibi is a former Belgian politician and the founder of the Let's Go Urban project. In 2021, she was accused of fraudulent use of government subsidies. Almost 1 million euro is claimed to have been used for her own profit.
Anja Daems is a Belgian radio presenter and television host.
Jan De Zutter is a Belgian writer, journalist, political official and artist. He has been a journalist for De Morgen and written several books about neopaganism, which he practices. He has worked for the social democratic party Vooruit in the European Parliament. After suffering a burnout, he began to make pastels which he has exhibited since 2021.
