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The Miss Belgium (Dutch: Miss België, French: Miss Belgique, German: Miss Belgien) contest is the largest national beauty pageant of Belgium and has been held since 1969. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss World (winner), Miss Universe (winner or 1st runner-up) and Miss International pageants.
Miss Belgium 2008 Alizee Poulicek
Miss Belgium 2008 Training november Egypt
[edit] List of winners
| 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 Universe |
| 1973 |
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 International |
| 1982 |
Marie-Pierre Lemaître |
Brussels |
|
| 1983 |
Francoise Bostoen |
West Flanders |
Semi-finalist at Miss World, 3rd Runner-up
at Miss Europe 1984 |
| 1984 |
Brigitte Muyshondt |
Antwerp |
2nd Runner-up at Miss International 1978 |
| 1985 |
An Van Den Broeck |
Antwerp |
|
| 1986 |
Goedele Liekens |
Brabant (Flemish Brabant) |
|
| 1987 |
Lynn Wesenbeek |
Antwerp |
|
| 1988 |
Daisy Van Cauwenbergh |
Antwerp |
|
| 1989 |
Anne De Baetzelier |
Brabant (Flemish Brabant) |
|
| 1990 |
Katia Alens |
Antwerp |
Semi-finalist at Miss International |
| 1991 |
Anke Vandermeersch |
Antwerp |
Finalist at Miss Universe 1992 |
| 1992 |
Sandra Joine |
Antwerp |
|
| 1993 |
Stephanie Meire |
West Flanders |
|
| 1994 |
Ilse De Meulemeester |
Brabant (Flemish Brabant) |
Christelle Roelandts was semi-finalist at Miss World |
| 1995 |
Veronique De Kock |
Antwerp |
|
| 1996 |
Laurence Borremans |
Walloon Brabant |
Semi-finalist at Miss World |
| 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 |
|
[edit] 2008 controversy
The election of 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. Knowledge of both national languages usually being an important prerequisite for a Miss Belgium[citation needed], the audience even booed her for this. [1]. The behaviour of the audience was noted across Europe [2] [3], and the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws sarcatically put the headline "Miss Belgium doesn't speak Flemish. Our country is in a deep crisis". [4] Poulicek is the daughter of a Czech father and a Belgian mother, and has spent half her life in the Czech Republic [5] While she does not speak Dutch, she is not monolingual as the popular press often suggests - she speaks French and Czech natively as well as English[6].
[edit] Winners by province
[edit] See also
