We are very happy to announce Belgian topmodel Hannelore Knuts as the new spokesperson for Models against AIDS- she does countless runway shows for all the big name fashion designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy, Lanvin, Moschino, Dries Van Noten, Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermès, Balenciaga, Zac Posen, Fendi, Versace, Christian Lacroix and Alessandro DellAcqua, is being pictured by photographers such as Steven Meisel, Daniel Jackson and Inez van Lamsweerde/Vinoodh Matadin (who shot this photo for W Magazine), consults for designers such as Azzedine Alaia, Haider Ackermann and Belgian leather goods company Delvaux, is a talented photographer herself and now is curating her first exhibition, that wil open in spring 2010.

Hannelore is very motivated to help Models against AIDS and Designers against AIDS to spread their prevention message and to stimulate young models to join MAA, with the same goal: have fun, but keep it safe!