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Barbara
An intensive-care nurse in Arlon, she entered the Miss Luxembourg 2019 pageant in 2018, aged 23, keen to share her love of her province.
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Photos info-lux.com · Bjorn Van Ryckeghem
Based on the article published by info-lux.com in July 2018
Barbara Pierrard is 23 in July 2018 when she introduces herself to info-lux.com readers. She is then contestant no. 10 in the Miss Luxembourg 2019 pageant, the provincial round of Miss Belgique.
She describes herself as “a very sociable person, quite cheerful and always smiling”.
From Suxy to Redu
She grew up in Suxy, “a lovely little village” between the Ardenne and Gaume, where every year in early July people learn to play square-ball pétanque.
In 2018, she lives in Redu, in the municipality of Libin, near Libramont: the Ardennes village nicknamed “the book village”.
Intensive care nurse
Barbara Pierrard is a nurse specialising in intensive care and emergency medical care. She completed her four years of study at the Haute École Namur-Liège-Luxembourg in Namur and, as of July 2018, has been working in intensive care in Arlon for a year.
People often ask me whether my job is too hard, and I’ll simply say that I really love what I do, and I do it with strong values, including empathy and respect.
Barbara, July 2018
No particular passion, she says: her free time goes to her family, her friends and, in 2018, the contest. It was the Miss Belgique adventure that showed her how much she enjoys walking the catwalk.
Ambassador for her province
Why Miss Luxembourg? For her region, its forests, its landscapes and its quiet spots where it’s easy to recharge. To showcase it, she mentions the Libramont Agricultural Fair, the Chassepierre international street-arts festival, walks around Orval Abbey, and Durbuy.
The Province of Luxembourg is rich and vast, with a huge number of things to do alone, with family or with friends, and that is why I want to represent it as well as I can.
Barbara, July 2018
It is thanks to all this that I will, I hope, become your new Miss Luxembourg, and who knows, perhaps more…
Barbara Pierrard, July 2018
Her sponsors are backing her campaign, including the ING branch in Bertrix and the Passion Coiffure salon in Redu. The Miss Luxembourg 2019 sash eventually went to Yulia Chernyshkova.
Barbara’s gallery
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2018 · Miss Luxembourg 2019 contestant
Her model profile: Barbara on info-shooting. To offer her a photo shoot or casting, write to the editorial team, who will pass it on.
On info-lux.com (in French): Barbara Pierrard from Libin, Miss Belgique 2019? (July 2018).
Sources: presentation of Barbara Pierrard published by info-lux.com on 26 July 2018; info-lux.com article of 3 May 2019 on Miss Luxembourg 2019. Each photo is credited in its caption.
