Alizée Poulicek (born 26 June 1987) is a Belgian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss Belgium Miss Belgium is a national beauty pageant in Belgium. The winner of Miss Belgium automatically represents her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants if the dates do not overlap. History Queen of the Beach The first contest looking ...

2008.

Biography

Poulicek won the title of

2008 and represented her country in

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. She also represented Belgium in

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, South Africa. She can speak French, English, and

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. At the time of her reign as Miss Belgium she could not speak Dutch (although she did receive Dutch lessons in school, according to Poulicek "of ridiculous low quality"); which led to controversy in

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. Following her reign, Poulicek followed a career in modelling and television presenting, including for the

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sports station.

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* 1987 births Living people People from Uccle Belgian people of Czech descent Belgian female models Miss World 2008 delegates Miss Universe 2008 contestants Walloon people Belgian beauty pageant winners Controversies in Belgium Miss Belgium winners {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub