Anja Daems (born 26 May 1968) is a Belgian

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Biography

Daems spent her childhood in Geel. She studied at the Conservatory in

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. During her last year of study she started working as a reporter at Radio 2. Later she presented on Radio 2, among others, ''Schijfje citroen'' and ''Soes''. For several years she was the presenter at the television channel

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of, among others, programs ''Open op zondag'', '' Herexamen'' and '' De Notenclub''. In 1999 she briefly said goodbye to radio. Since 2007 she has been presenting '' De Madammen'' on Radio 2 with Cathérine Vandoorne and Siska Schoeters (formerly Britt Van Marsenille, Leki and Ilse Van Hoecke), which also airs on Eén. After the outbreak of the

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she presented ''Beste beuren'', reporting stories of solidarity from allover the country during the difficult times of the pandemic. Daems developed a strong friendship with Catherine Vandoorne, her close friend since the 1980s, with whom she also worked at ''De Madammen''. In November 2008 she gave birth to a daughter, Anna Julia.

References

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