Miss France 2008

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Miss France 2008
Valerie Begue signat des autographe a l'hipodrome de pau le 13 janvier 2008 vue 5.JPG
DateDecember 8, 2007
Presenters Jean-Pierre Foucault, Geneviève de Fontenay
Entertainment Patrick Bruel
VenueDunkirk Convention Center, Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Broadcaster TF1
Entrants36
Placements12
Debuts Miss New Caledonia
Withdrawals Miss Caledonia, Miss Dauphiné, Miss Gascony, Miss Languedoc
Returns Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Miss Loire Forez
Winner Valérie Bègue
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg  Réunion
 2007
2009  

Miss France 2008, the 78th edition of the Miss France pageant, was held in Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais on December 8, 2007.

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The ceremony was held at TF1, and was presented by Jean-Pierre Foucault and the Miss France Committee President Geneviève de Fontenay.

Valérie Bègue of Réunion was crowned Miss France 2008 by the outgoing title-holder Rachel Legrain-Trapani of Picardy, Miss France 2007. Bègue was originally supposed to represent France at Miss World 2008 and Miss Universe 2008, but she was replaced by 2nd Runner-Up, Laura Tanguy of Pays de Loire after suggestive photos of Bègue were released to the public and Bègue refused to resign. A compromise was reached that allowed her to keep the title of Miss France 2008 but she was barred from crowning her successor the following year and was stripped of her right to represent France at any international beauty pageant. [1] [2]

Results

Placemens

PlacementContestant
Miss France 2008
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 12

Contestants

RepresentedContestantAgeHeightHometown
Drapeau fr departement Tarn.svg Flag of Midi-Pyrenees.svg Albigeois Midi-Toulousain Eurydice Rigal201.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur
Flag of Alsace.svg Alsace Florima Treiber [3] 201.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Colmar
Flag of Aquitaine.svg Aquitaine Caroline Martin201.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Pau
Flag of Artois.svg Flag of Hainaut.svg Artois-Hainaut Alexandra Chiacchia [4] 201.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Rombies-et-Marchipont
Flag of Auvergne.svg Auvergne Emmanuelle Lemery191.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Clermont-Ferrand
Berry flag.svg Berry-Loire Valley Aurélie Birbaud201.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Salbris
Flag of Bourgogne.svg Bourgogne Vicky Michaud201.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Bourbon-Lancy
Flag of Brittany (Gwenn ha du).svg Brittany Eglantine Morin191.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Savenay
Flag of Champagne-Ardenne.svg Champagne-Ardenne Deborah Lopez191.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Drapeau non-officiel fr departement Haute-Garonne.svg Comminges-Pyrénées Sandra Laporte191.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Labarthe-Rivière
Flag of Corsica.svg Corsica Vanessa Mangavel211.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Ajaccio
Flag of the County of Nice.svg Côte d'Azur Azémina Hot231.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Nice
Flag of Flanders.svg Flandre Elise Logie221.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Le Quesnoy
Flag of Franche-Comte.svg Franche-Comté Laure Amourette231.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Laviron
Unofficial flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe Mandy Falla181.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Les Abymes
Flag of French Guiana.svg Guyane Mandy Nicolas181.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Kourou
Cultural flag of Ile-de-France.svg Île de France Sarah Gernier201.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Nanterre
Flag of Languedoc-Roussillon.svg Languedoc-Roussillon Florence d'Odorico211.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Nîmes
Flag of Limousin.svg Limousin Charlotte Brissaud211.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Drapeau fr departement Loire.svg Loire Forez Laura Varillon181.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Saint-Chamond
Flag of Lorraine.svg Lorraine Aurélie Charlier211.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Homécourt
Snake Flag of Martinique.svg Martinique Bianca Careto191.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Schœlcher
Flag of Mayotte (local).svg Mayotte Nasma Choudjaidine181.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bègles
Flag of France.svg Flag of FLNKS.svg New Caledonia Vahinerii Requillart191.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of Normandie.svg Normandy Séverine Daniel201.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Chèvreville
Flag of Orleanais.svg Orléanais Sandrine Midon181.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Flag of Paris with coat of arms.svg Paris Cyrielle Roidot [5] 241.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Paris
Flag of Pays-de-la-Loire.svg Pays de Loire Laura Tanguy 201.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Écouflant
Flag of Savoie.svg Pays de Savoie Sonia Guillet241.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Cruet
Flag of Picardie.svg Picardy Julie Tristan221.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Compiègne
Poitou-Charentes flag.svg Poitou-Charentes Clémence Dussagne191.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Dignac
Flag of Provence.svg Provence Angélique Donat231.78 m (5 ft 10 in) La Garde
Unofficial Flag of Lot.svg Flag of Rouergue.svg Quercy-Rouergue Kelly Remus201.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Millau
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg Réunion Valérie Bègue 221.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Saint-Leu
Flag of Rhone-Alpes.svg Rhône-Alpes Cloé Biessy191.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Prévessin
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti Taoahere Richmond [6] 221.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Pirae

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:

Miss Universe
Miss World
Miss International
Miss Model of the World
Miss Asia Pacific World

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References

  1. Miss France Valerie Begue Photos Scandal Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Vahinerii Requillart décline l'offre du Comité Miss France
  3. "Florima beauté venue d'ailleurs" (in French).
  4. "Miss Artois Hainaut" (in French).
  5. "Miss Paris s'appelle Cyrielle Roidot !". paris8info.blogspirit.com (in French). 17 June 2007.
  6. "TAOAHERE RICHMOND : MISS TAHITI 2007". tahitienfrance.free.fr (in French).