17-year-old lands modeling gig after World Cup picture goes viral

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RIO DE JANEIRO — While Belgium may not have won the World Cup, one of its fans landed a modeling shoot with L'Oreal after a picture of her at the game went viral.

Axelle Despiegelaere, 17, was decked out with devil horns and face paint to cheer on Belgium during group play of the World Cup. When Getty Images photographer Martin Bureau snapped a picture of her, the photo went viral on Twitter, according to Yahoo Sports.

After the photo was featured in several newspapers around the world, Despiegelaere was approached by L'Oreal Professionnel Belgium representatives and was featured in an ad on July 8. The video had more than a million views on YouTube as of Thursday.

The teen set up a Facebook page that quickly garnered over 200,000 "likes," according to the Sydney Morning Herald. She has since made the page private.

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