Miss France 2008

Beauty pageant

Miss France 2008

Valérie Bègue

Date| December 8, 2007
Presenters| Jean-Pierre Foucault, Geneviève de Fontenay
Entertainment| Patrick Bruel
Venue| Dunkirk Convention Center, Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Broadcaster| TF1
Entrants| 36
Placements| 12
Debuts| Miss New Caledonia
Withdrawals| Miss Caledonia, Miss Dauphiné, Miss Gascony, Miss Languedoc
Returns| Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Miss Loire Forez
Winner| Valérie Bègue
Réunion

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

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

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### Placemens

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Placement  | Contestant

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Miss France 2008 |

* Réunion – Valérie Bègue

1st Runner-Up  |

* New Caledonia – Vahinerii Requillart

2nd Runner-Up  |

* Pays de la Loire – Laura Tanguy

3rd Runner-Up  |

* Burgundy – Vicky Michaud

4th Runner-Up  |

* Côte d'Azur – Azémina Hot

Top 12  |

* Rhône-Alpes – Cloé Biessy (5th Runner-Up)
* Alsace – Florima Treiber (6th Runner-Up)
* Albigeois Midi-Toulousain – Eurydice Rigal
* Auvergne – Emmanuelle Lemery
* Guadeloupe – Mandy Falla
* Guyane – Mandy Nicolas
* Paris – Cyrielle Roidot

## Contestants

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Represented | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown

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Albigeois Midi-Toulousain | Eurydice Rigal | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur
Alsace | Florima Treiber[3] | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Colmar
Aquitaine | Caroline Martin | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Pau
Artois-Hainaut | Alexandra Chiacchia[4] | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Rombies-et-Marchipont
Auvergne | Emmanuelle Lemery | 19 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Clermont-Ferrand
Berry-Loire Valley | Aurélie Birbaud | 20 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Salbris
Bourgogne | Vicky Michaud | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bourbon-Lancy
Brittany | Eglantine Morin | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Savenay
Champagne-Ardenne | Deborah Lopez | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Comminges-Pyrénées | Sandra Laporte | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Labarthe-Rivière
Corsica | Vanessa Mangavel | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Ajaccio
Côte d'Azur | Azémina Hot | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Nice
Flandre | Elise Logie | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Le Quesnoy
Franche-Comté | Laure Amourette | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Laviron
Guadeloupe | Mandy Falla | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Les Abymes
Guyane | Mandy Nicolas | 18 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Kourou
Île de France | Sarah Gernier | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Nanterre
Languedoc-Roussillon | Florence d'Odorico | 21 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Nîmes
Limousin | Charlotte Brissaud | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Loire Forez | Laura Varillon | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Saint-Chamond
Lorraine | Aurélie Charlier | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Homécourt
Martinique | Bianca Careto | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Schœlcher
Mayotte | Nasma Choudjaidine | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Bègles
New Caledonia | Vahinerii Requillart | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Normandy | Séverine Daniel | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Chèvreville
Orléanais | Sandrine Midon | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Paris | Cyrielle Roidot[5] | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Paris
Pays de Loire | Laura Tanguy | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Écouflant
Pays de Savoie | Sonia Guillet | 24 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Cruet
Picardy | Julie Tristan | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Compiègne
Poitou-Charentes | Clémence Dussagne | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Dignac
Provence | Angélique Donat | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | La Garde
Quercy-Rouergue | Kelly Remus | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Millau
Réunion | Valérie Bègue | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Saint-Leu
Rhône-Alpes | Cloé Biessy | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Prévessin
Tahiti | Taoahere Richmond[6] | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Pirae

## Crossovers

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

Miss Universe

* 2008:  Pays de Loire \- Laura Tanguy
* (Nha Trang,  Vietnam)

Miss World

* 2008:  Pays de Loire \- Laura Tanguy
* (Johannesburg,  South Africa)

Miss International

* 2008:  Bourgogne \- Vicky Michaud
* (Macau,  Macau)
* 2010:  Alsace \- Florima Treiber (Top 15)
* (Chengdu,  China)

Miss Model of the World

* 2008:  Auvergne \- Emmanuelle Lemery
* (Buenos Aires,  Argentina)
* 2010:  Albigeois Midi-Toulousain \- Eurydice Rigal (6th Runner-up)
* (Shenzhen,  China)

Miss Asia Pacific World

* 2011:  Alsace \- Florima Treiber
* (Viña Del Mar,  Chile)

## References

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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).

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