When Alizee Poulicek was chosen as Miss Belgium 2008, she received the crown with resounding boos from the audience. Yup, it cannot be her lack of good looks that resulted in the dissatisfaction, but the fact that she completely failed the language test of the competition since she could neither speak or understand Dutch, the official language of Belgium. She does speak French and Czech though, if it is any consolation.

The behaviour of the audience was noted across Europe, and the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws sarcatically put the headline “Miss Belgium doesn’t speak Dutch. Our country is in a deep crisis”. Whatever the case, I’m pretty sure none of you here will even bother about what she says when she comes on the stage.

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59 beautiful Canadians competed this year for the crown of Miss Canada Universe 2008. This annual event was held in Toronto, Canada. The winner this year was Samantha Tajik, who was actually born in Iran but moved to Canada at 2 years of age. She grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia with her younger brother and parents. She has been tried and tested as a business women, when she organised many social events in Toronto’s competitive entertainment industry. She does seem like a very worthy winner of this title. Enjoy some pics of Samantha along with some of her peers having fun during the competition.

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GAS PUMP PRANK -- Prank played at a gas pump where the TV anchor can actually see and talk to the people pumping gas. Hilarious!

THE UNIVERSE IN PERSPECTIVE -- Isn’t it interesting to realize just how small we actually are?

How -- The best bloopers are a click away


CARLSBERG FITNESS CENTER? -- No, sorry, they don’t do those, but if they do….