Miss France

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Rachel Legrain-Trapani, Miss France 2007 from Picardie at Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China

The Miss France pageant is a long-standing competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from France. Since the 1950s, Miss France winners competed in the Miss Universe pageant. The organization lost the right to send a delegate in the 2003 edition of the international competition after a dispute with a rival pageant organization. In 2004, Endemol, the new co-owner and broadcaster of the Miss France and Miss Europe pageants regained the right to send its titleholders to Miss Universe.

Although both Denise Perrier and Christiane Martel won the Miss World and Miss Universe title for France in 1953, respectively, they were not a titleholder from this pageant. Valérie Bègue, the title holder for 2008, however, cannot compete in Miss Universe due to a photo-related scandal. The first runner-up, from New Caledonia, will represent France and Bègue in those pageants while Bègue will remain "Miss France" at home ^[1].

The president of Miss France Organization is Geneviève de Fontenay.

Miss France is broadcast on television since 1987 on France 3 and now 1995 on TF1. The Winner goes to Miss Universe and Miss World , 1st Runner-Up goes to Miss International.

And this election is the expected end of the year in France.

The reining Miss France is Valérie Bègue, formerly Miss Réunion 2007 , who has crowned in Dunkirk on December 8, 2008 by Rachel Legrain-Trapani, Miss France 2007.

[edit] Winner at Miss France

[edit] Memories

Alexandra Rosenfeld, Miss France 2006 & Miss Europe 2006 from Languedoc

Linda Hardy (Miss France 1992) in a scene from Immortel (Ad Vitam) 2004.

• 1972 - Chantal Bouvier de Lamotte abdicates after injuries caused by a fall on horseback. She returns are title for her 1st Runner-Up, Miss Poitou, Claudine Cassereau.
• 1978 - The original winner, Pascale Taurua, Miss New Caledonia, preferred to return to his island rather than to assume its role as Miss France on the mainland. The crown then returned to the 1st Runner-Up Kelly Hoarau, Miss Reunion, which refused the title, too. Hence the title of Miss France 1978 returned to the 2nd Runner-Up Brigitte Konjovic, Miss Paris, which accepted the crown.
• 1983 - Isabelle Turpault loses her title of Miss France 1983, after having posed naked for a magazine of charm. The title returned to her 1st Runner-Up, Frederique Leroy, Miss Bordeaux.
• 1987 - On the evening of the final Miss France, December 31, 1986, a problem with the standard of Celestial Europe 1 was announced that Guy Lux different place with the result and the new miss France (Nathalie Marquay) was greeted with public auctions. These images are reviewed very often in the most funny image.
• 1988 - After having refused to take part at Miss Universe 1988 in China the same year, Sylvie Bertin is replaced by her 1st Runner-Up, Claudia Frittolini, Miss Alsace , she was representinf France at Miss Universe and Miss World. Sylvie Bertin will recover her title later a few weeks.
• 1989 - In announcing the result, Peggy Zlotkowski falls into apples in the very direct learning it became Miss France. but she did not take part in Miss Universe because it was too young, but will take part later in Miss World in Seoul.
• 1997 - Spectators put glasses to see the 3D scene unfolded Futuroscope where the final of Miss France 1997.
• 2005 - Miss France 2004 (Lætitia Bléger) was removed for 6 months after being on Playboy.
• 2008 - One Miss falls on the stairs at the opening ceremony. Valerie Bègue will not take part in the contests of Miss Universe and Miss World after having seen her photographs naked on store badly liked in France. then, it is its 2nd Runner-Up (Laura Tanguy) which has will replace it as representing with the contests of Miss Universe and Miss World, but Valerie Bègue remains always Miss France 2008.

[edit] The Main Events

List of Miss France Pageant Beauties (Hosts , Musical Performers , Judges).. since 1987.

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Miss France latest photos scandal

[edit] References