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Jens Geerts, also known as The Naked Nerd (born on 20 May 1988 in Antwerp, Belgium), is a Belgian television presenter, cartoonist and influencer with Swedish roots.

Studies
Jens Geerts dominated the Belgian media for the first time in 2006 as one of the very first ambassadors of the Education in Flanders. In 2010, she came up with a nude campaign to get an internship at one of the biggest advertising agencies in Belgium: LDV United. Because she was totally naked to promote her internship, she's got the nickname "The Naked Nerd". After a career switch from pharmaceutical sciences in 2008 to communication management, she's got her advertising degree in 2011. That same year she designed as a cartoonist the single cover of the Dutch hit "Ik kom naar huis" (I come home), a song of the Flemish singer and the first Belgian X-Factor winner Udo Mechels.

TV personality and influencer
Jens hosts an international TV-show about the Eurovision Song Contest on OUTtv since 2013.

LGBTQ and personal life
Jens is openly transgender but decided not to go into transitioning so far. She explained her choice in an interview in the Dutch magazine LINDA., stating her brain telling her she's a woman isn't a choice, but a transitioning is. Doubting a transitioning will give her the female look, private and professional satisfaction she longs for, she's just not sure yet if transitioning will lead her to a greater happiness in life. Meanwhile she sees herself as a strong woman and she's a firm believer that strong women always try to make the best out of every difficult situation. Girl power is a state of mind and has nothing to do with the body people are born into, according to her. Jens tries to live an open and honest life and defends LGBTQ rights. Since 2008 she is together with Belgian radio director Robin Vissenaekens. They got married in August 2016, being the first couple to marry with a livestream on Facebook. More than 80.000 people watched them to get married. Since August 2011 Jens is the LGBTQ ambassador of the lifestyle and entertainment channel OUTTV. OUTTV is a LGBTQ channel which airs drama, comedy, talk shows, documentaries and films broadcast to a large extent directed towards homosexuals in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Israel and Sweden. At the end of 2011, she was chosen to be on the cover of the 39th Edition of the monthly Flemish magazine "Goedele".

Singles
Together with Dutch boy band STORM 3, Jens launched a charity single "That's My Girl" to support the awareness of transgender people. The song got promoted on several LGBT prides in Europe.