Ancilla van de Leest (Rotterdam, 21 July 1985), born as Linde van de LeestPlayboy 2004 nr. 05
at muziek-en-lectuur.nl is a

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politician, former

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, producer, presenter, and activist.

Modeling and media career

Van de Leest attended gymnasium in

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and worked as a waitress when she was discovered by a photographer. She quit school and at eighteen appeared under her birth name as a

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in the Dutch edition of men's magazine ''Playboy'' in May 2004. Afterwards she moved to

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for work and adopted the name Ancilla Tilia. In June 2009 Van de Leest appeared on the cover of Dutch ''Playboy'', in a photo session by the photographer and music video director

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. In September 2012 she again appeared on the cover of Dutch ''Playboy''. She also appeared twice on the cover of the Dutch edition of ''

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'', as well as on the covers of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Aktueel'' and ''

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''. In 2012 Van de Leest ended her career as a model. Van de Leest appeared in erotic fetish photography, specializing in latex clothes, corsets, high heels and stockings. As a fetish model, she appeared on the cover of '' Bizarre'', ''

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'' and ''The Picture''. In November 2013 she appeared in the first episode of the Dutch Popoz comedy series on

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. From 2008 to 2010 she wrote the "Ask Ancilla" section for the magazine ''FHM'', which eventually became a full-page column that appeared monthly until 2010. In 2011 she wrote a book ''Aan mijn jongere ik'' ("To my younger self"). In 2013 she won the BNN's ''Nationale Reistest'' (a travel knowledge competition) as the "Famous Dutch person".

Pirate-Party

On 26 June 2016 Van de Leest was elected as the top candidate of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands for the Dutch parliamentary elections in 2017. In interviews Van de Leest indicated that her priorities are aimed at strengthening privacy-rights and opposing abolishing cash. She foresees a development in which high costs are imposed on entrepreneurs who use cash in order to stimulate

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. This she sees as a privacy undermining development in which a person can be followed on the basis of their payment history. In addition to privacy-rights in general, the party specifically focusses on strengthening privacy in the relationship between the government and its citizens, as the government poses a greater risk than corporations of infringing their fundamental rights. In September 2016 she stood up for the victims of a data-breach in the town of

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. On 6 April 2017, Ancilla announced that she would be leaving the Pirate-Party as lijsttrekker and would instead focus on her own projects. She will be a passive member and is going to continue to give advice to future party-members.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leest, Ancilla van de 1985 births Living people Dutch activists Dutch women activists Dutch female models Models from Rotterdam De Trap Theater Academy alumni Pirate Party (Netherlands) politicians Politicians from Rotterdam