Miss France 2008 was the 78th edition of the Miss France pageant, 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.Miss France Valerie Begue Photos Scandal Vahinerii Requillart décline l'offre du Comité Miss France
Results Placement Contestant Miss France 2008 – Valérie Bègue 1st Runner-Up – Vahinerii Requillart 2nd Runner-Up – Laura Tanguy 3rd Runner-Up – Vicky Michaud 4th Runner-Up – Azémina Hot Top 12 – Cloé Biessy (5th Runner-Up) – Florima Treiber (6th Runner-Up) Albigeois Midi-Toulousain – Eurydice Rigal – Emmanuelle Lemery – Mandy Falla – Mandy Nicolas – Cyrielle Roidot
Contestants Represented Contestant Age Height Hometown Albigeois Midi-Toulousain Eurydice Rigal 20 Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur Alsace Florima Treiber 20 Colmar Aquitaine Caroline Martin 20 Pau Artois-Hainaut Alexandra Chiacchia 20 Rombies-et-Marchipont Auvergne Emmanuelle Lemery 19 Clermont-Ferrand Berry-Loire Valley Aurélie Birbaud 20 Salbris Bourgogne Vicky Michaud 20 Bourbon-Lancy Brittany Eglantine Morin 19 Savenay Champagne-Ardenne Deborah Lopez 19 Comminges-Pyrénées Sandra Laporte 19 Labarthe-Rivière Corsica Vanessa Mangavel 21 Ajaccio Côte d'Azur Azémina Hot 23 Nice Flandre Elise Logie 22 Le Quesnoy Franche-Comté Laure Amourette 23 Laviron Guadeloupe Mandy Falla 18 Les Abymes Guyane Mandy Nicolas 18 Kourou Île de France Sarah Gernier 20 Nanterre Languedoc-Roussillon Florence d'Odorico 21 Nîmes Limousin Charlotte Brissaud 21 Loire Forez Laura Varillon 18 Saint-Chamond Lorraine Aurélie Charlier 21 Homécourt Martinique Bianca Careto 19 Schœlcher Mayotte Nasma Choudjaidine 18 Bègles New Caledonia Vahinerii Requillart 19 Normandy Séverine Daniel 20 Chèvreville Orléanais Sandrine Midon 18 Paris Cyrielle Roidot 24 Paris Pays de Loire Laura Tanguy 20 Écouflant Pays de Savoie Sonia Guillet 24 Cruet Picardy Julie Tristan 22 Compiègne Poitou-Charentes Clémence Dussagne 19 Dignac Provence Angélique Donat 23 La Garde Quercy-Rouergue Kelly Remus 20 Millau Réunion Valérie Bègue 22 Saint-Leu Rhône-Alpes Cloé Biessy 19 Prévessin Tahiti Taoahere Richmond 22 Pirae
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:
Miss Universe 2008: Pays de Loire - Laura Tanguy (Nha Trang, )
Miss World 2008: Pays de Loire - Laura Tanguy (Johannesburg, )
Miss International 2008: Bourgogne - Vicky Michaud (Macau, ) 2010: Alsace - Florima Treiber (Top 15) (Chengdu, )
Miss Model of the World 2008: Auvergne - Emmanuelle Lemery (Buenos Aires, ) 2010: Albigeois Midi-Toulousain - Eurydice Rigal (6th Runner-up) (Shenzhen, )
Miss Asia Pacific World 2011: Alsace - Florima Treiber (Viña Del Mar, )
References
External links Official Website