Newly crowned Miss Belgium, Alizee Poulicek, was booed by many in attendance after she answered a judges question in French instead of Dutch.  Poulicek speaks French, English and Czech but not Dutch.

After she failed to answer a question in elementary Dutch and switched to French during Saturday night’s competition, 20-year-old Alizee Poulicek was booed by some of the 3,400 fans in Antwerp, the heart of Dutch-speaking Flanders.

In a country that has been without a government for nearly 200 days because of continued strife between Dutch- and French-speaking parties, the beauty queen’s linguistic abilities has taken on larger significance.

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