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Miss Belgium National Committee Type Beauty Pageant Location Belgium President Darline Devos Website www.missbelgie.be Miss Belgium (Dutch: Miss België, French: Miss Belgique, German: Miss Belgien) is the largest national beauty pageant in Belgium, responsible for selecting the country's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International pageants.
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Winners since 1969
Year Miss Belgium Province Represented Comments 1969 Maud Alin Hainaut WINNER "Friendship Award" at Miss World 1970 Francine Martin Liège 1971 Martine De Hert Antwerp 1972 Anne-Marie Roger Brussels Semi-finalist and WINNER "Miss Photogenic Award"
at Miss Universe1973 Christiane De Visch Antwerp 3rd Runner-up at Miss Europe 1974 Anne-Marie Sikorski Liège 1975 Christine Delmelle Liège 1976 Yvette Aelbrecht Brussels 1977 Claudine Vasseur Brussels 1978 Maggy Moreau Brussels 1979 Christine Cailliau Brussels 1st Runner-up at Miss Europe 1980 1980 Brigitte Billen Limburg 1981 Dominique Van Eeckhoudt Brussels WINNER Miss United Nations, 4th Runner-up at Miss Universe,
Semi-finalist at Miss World and Miss International,
WINNER "Best National Costume Award" at Miss International1982 Marie-Pierre Lemaître Brussels 1983 Francoise Bostoen West Flanders Semi-finalist at Miss World, 3rd Runner-up
at Miss Europe 19841984 Brigitte Muyshondt Antwerp 2nd Runner-up at Miss International 1978 1985 An Van Den Broeck Antwerp 1986 Goedele Liekens Flemish Brabant 1987 Lynn Wesenbeek Antwerp 1988 Daisy Van Cauwenbergh Antwerp 1989 Anne De Baetzelier Flemish Brabant 1990 Katia Alens Antwerp Semi-finalist at Miss International 1991 Anke Vandermeersch Antwerp Top 6 at Miss Universe 1992 1992 Sandra Joine Antwerp 1993 Stephanie Meire West Flanders 1994 Ilse De Meulemeester Flemish Brabant Semi-finalist at Miss World 1995 Véronique De Kock Antwerp 1996 Laurence Borremans Walloon Brabant Semi-finalist at Miss World 1996 1997 Sandrine Corman Liège 1998 Tanja Dexters Antwerp 1999 Brigitta Callens East Flanders 2000 Joke van de Velde East Flanders 2001 Dina Tersago Antwerp 2002 Ann Van Elsen Antwerp 2003 Julie Taton Namur 2004 Ellen Petri Antwerp WINNER "Designer Dress Award" at Miss World 2005 Tatiana Tavares Brussels 2006 Virginie Claes Limburg 2007 Annelien Coorevits West Flanders 2008 Alizée Poulicek Liège 2009[1] Zeynep Sever Brussels Top 15 at Miss Universe 2009 2010 Cilou Annys West Flanders Top 15 at Miss Universe 2010 2011 Justine De Jonckheere West Flanders - Semifinalist
2008 controversy
The election of Alizee Poulicek, a native speaker of French and Czech, has even been linked to the 2007 Belgian government formation. The reason is that, during the traditional language test, she failed to speak or understand Dutch. The audience even booed her for this.[2] The behaviour of the audience was noted across Europe,[3][4] and the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws sarcastically put the headline "Miss Belgium doesn't speak Dutch. Our country is in a deep crisis".
Winners by province
Province Titles Antwerp 14 times Brussels 9 times (4 consecutive titles) Liège 5 times West Flanders 5 times Flemish Brabant 3 times Limburg 2 times East Flanders 2 times Hainaut 1 time Namur 1 time Walloon Brabant 1 time References
- ^ "Zeynep Sever is Miss Belgium 2009". http://www.zeynepsever.info/.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ I språkligt blåsväder | Nyheter | Aftonbladet
- ^ "Miss Belgium fails her first test". BBC News. 2007-12-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7148307.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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