Miss Belgium is a beauty pageant held since 1969 in. In 2008, there was a huge conflict within the country as the winner, Alizée Poulicek, could not speak Dutch, which is a requirement.
Miss Belgium News
- Official Site: Miss Belgium
- Wikipedia: Miss Belgium
- Google News: Miss Belgium
- Telegraph: Miss Belgium Drawn into Language Feud (December 18, 2007)
- Winner Alizee Poulicek is the daughter of a Czech father and a Belgian mother.
- BBC NEWS: Miss Belgium Fails Her First Test (December 17, 2007)
- MSNBC: New Miss Belgium Booed for Not Speaking Dutch (December 17, 2007)
- Statement from Poulicek: "I don't worry about this too much. It is the least painful thing. I would consider it different if they had said 'Miss Belgium is an ugly girl.'"
- vrtnieuws.net: Blondine Alizee Poulicek is Miss Belgie (December 15, 2007)
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