Our occasional feature about favorite first runners-up finds us remembering a young lady from the land of tulips and wooden shoes, Miss Universe Netherlands 1991, Paulien Huizinga. Paulien was not the typical beauty pageant type; she was refreshingly natural and appeared to be having the time of her life during the live final of Miss Universe 1991. Her interviews were priceless. First we found out how her family rented a car and drove across the US with a Miss Netherlands banner on their car (Paulien flips her hair). Then when asked about a co-worker making untoward advances, she replied, "You touch me I'm out of here" (Paulien flips her hair). In the final question, she was asked something about the most important issue facing her country today or some such (Dean Di Maggio is old and can't quite remember the actual question). She was doing fine answering the question but stumbled on the English word for the environment. Her father yelled out the word from the audience, "the nature," and Paulien giggled and said "That's my daddy." (Paulien flips her hair). She was a total delight, so the spotlight is on you, Paulien, and go ahead, flip your hair.
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