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Mathilde's Misses: 18 Months with Miss Homeless

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Posted by Pieter De Vos on Dec. 29, 2012

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Mathilde organizes the world's very first "Miss Homeless" pageant in Brussels. Fifteen women compete for the main prize: one year rent-free housing."Mathilde's Misses" uses the controversy of the election, to sketch a committed portrait of women at the edge of society.

Watch the full film free-to-share here: http://www.mathildesmisses.org/

The documentary is released under a creative commons licence so it can freely roam the world.

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