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Sara Scarlet is a Belgium based part time profes- does that make me?"
sional model, specialised in high fashion, latex She explains that she experiences feminism as the
fashion, fine art nude and conceptual modelling. freedom of doing what you want to do and what
She travels worldwide for photoshoots, catwalks makes you happy as a women without restric-
and events. Next to her modelling job, she is a full tions, slut shaming, body shaming and objectifi-
time university student in the field of linguistics cation of the female body. "I don't see myself as a
and literature. sexual object in my modelling, I always try to stay
within my own personal limit of pornography (e.g.
She was a late bloomer in the (alt) modelling field no spread legs and no extremely sexual poses). As
and would have never expected as a teenager, that long as I keep happy with my work, I don't see a
she'd become a professional model some day. As problem. It is none of my business if someone else
a matter of fact, she was a quiet girl, always rea- chooses to objectify me, but it is wrong. Generally
ding and daydreaming. It was until she discovered I would prefer a world in which women could do
the gothic scene, that she seemed to have found whatever they wanted and wouldn't be seen as se-
a crowd in which she belonged and music that she xual objects anyway. But the road to this world will
loved. She is still a very active member of the be long so I better stick to my own personal limits
scene, attending and occasionally organising and hope that the world will change it's opinion
events and frequenting concerts and festivals. about nudity. Educating and speaking up would be
a start."
At 18, she started modelling for photography and
fashion students and liked it so much that she
never stopped modelling. Her first latex shoot was
for the Dutch brand Ardita Fetish Fashion. The first
experience with latex clothing was weird yet fas-
cinating and she applied for a fashion show at Do-
minatrix party in the Netherlands, back then
already one of the biggest latex events in the area.
When wearing a full Brigitte More catsuit, she
found out that she absolutely loved wearing it and
everything fell in it's place. Latex makes her feel
beautiful and powerful and from that day on she
keeps wearing and shooting it.

"The people in the latex scene are so genuinly nice
and friendly, I immediately felt accepted and safe
with them, especially the other models and pho-
tographers made me feel one of them from the be-
ginning, that feeling is amazing! And latex just
looks so great, I feel like a superhero when I wear
it."

Sara is what we call a non-classical beauty with
her characteristic facial shape, bright green eyes,
pale skin and unique jaw bone structure. "This
combination of an atypical face with a typical
hourglass "glamour" body shape makes me a uni-
que model for high fashion as well as latex and art
nude or alt or even beauty and make-up mode-
lling. I can do it all and I can't say that I prefer one
to another, all genres are fun to explore."

It might seem contradictory at first, but Sara is a
very proud self proclaimed feminist and doesn't
hesitate to joke about it: "I am an art nude and
latex model, occasionaly shave my armpits and
legs and I don't hate men. What lousy feminist

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