Miss France 2008

{{Beauty pageant

| winner = Valérie Bègue

| represented = {{flag|Réunion|local}}

| photo = File:Valérie Bègue signat des autographe à l'hipodrome de pau le 13 janvier 2008 vue 5.JPG

| caption = Valérie Bègue

| date = December 8, 2007

| presenters = Jean-Pierre Foucault, Geneviève de Fontenay

| entertainment = Patrick Bruel

| acts =

| venue = Dunkirk Convention Center, Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

| entrants = 36

| placements = 12

| debuts = Miss New Caledonia

| withdrawals = Miss Caledonia, Miss Dauphiné, Miss Gascony, Miss Languedoc

| returns = Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Miss Loire Forez

| broadcaster = TF1

| congeniality =

| best national costume =

| photogenic =

| before = 2007

| next = 2009

}}

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.[http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=2823 Miss France Valerie Begue Photos Scandal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102052412/http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=2823 |date=2 January 2010 }}[http://miss-caledonie2008.skyrock.com/1444769767-Vahinerii-Requillart-decline-l-offre-du-Comite-Miss-France.html Vahinerii Requillart décline l'offre du Comité Miss France]

Results

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Placement ! Contestant
Miss France 2008 \| {{Flag\|Réunion\|local}} – Valérie Bègue
1st Runner-Up \| {{Flag\|New Caledonia\|local}} – Vahinerii Requillart
2nd Runner-Up \| {{Flag\|Pays de la Loire}} – Laura Tanguy
3rd Runner-Up \| {{Flag\|Burgundy}} – Vicky Michaud
4th Runner-Up \| {{Flagu\|County of Nice\|name=Côte d'Azur}} – Azémina Hot
Top 12 \| {{Flag\|Rhône-Alpes}} – Cloé Biessy (5th Runner-Up) {{Flag\|Alsace}} – Florima Treiber (6th Runner-Up) {{Flagicon image\|Drapeau fr département Tarn.svg}}{{flagicon image\|Flag of Midi-Pyrénées.svg}} Albigeois Midi-Toulousain – Eurydice Rigal {{Flag\|Auvergne}} – Emmanuelle Lemery {{Flag\|Guadeloupe\|local}} – Mandy Falla {{Flag\|French Guiana\|local\|name = Guyane}} – Mandy Nicolas {{Flag\|Paris}} – Cyrielle Roidot

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Placement

! Contestant

Miss France 2008

{{Flag|Réunion|local}} – Valérie Bègue

1st Runner-Up

{{Flag|New Caledonia|local}} – Vahinerii Requillart

2nd Runner-Up

{{Flag|Pays de la Loire}} – Laura Tanguy

3rd Runner-Up

{{Flag|Burgundy}} – Vicky Michaud

4th Runner-Up

{{Flagu|County of Nice|name=Côte d'Azur}} – Azémina Hot

Top 12

{{Flag|Rhône-Alpes}} – Cloé Biessy (5th Runner-Up)
{{Flag|Alsace}} – Florima Treiber (6th Runner-Up)
{{Flagicon image|Drapeau fr département Tarn.svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Midi-Pyrénées.svg}} Albigeois Midi-Toulousain – Eurydice Rigal
{{Flag|Auvergne}} – Emmanuelle Lemery
{{Flag|Guadeloupe|local}} – Mandy Falla
{{Flag|French Guiana|local|name = Guyane}} – Mandy Nicolas
{{Flag|Paris}} – Cyrielle Roidot

Contestants

class="sortable wikitable" ! Represented !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
File:Drapeau fr département Tarn.svg File:Flag of Midi-Pyrénées.svg Albigeois Midi-Toulousain	Eurydice Rigal	20	{{height\|m=1.80}}	Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur
File:Flag of Alsace.svg Alsace	Florima Treiber{{cite web\|title=Florima beauté venue d'ailleurs \|url=https://laetitiableger.skyrock.com/1277451970-Florima.html\|language=fr}}	20	{{height\|m=1.80}}	Colmar
File:Flag of Aquitaine.svg Aquitaine	Caroline Martin	20	{{height\|m=1.72}}	Pau
File:Flag of Artois.svg File:Flag of Hainaut.svg Artois-Hainaut	Alexandra Chiacchia{{cite web\|title=Miss Artois Hainaut \|url=https://missfrancede2008.skyrock.com/1388297501-Miss-Arthois-Hainaut.html\|language=fr}}	20	{{height\|m=1.80}}	Rombies-et-Marchipont
File:Flag of Auvergne.svg Auvergne	Emmanuelle Lemery	19	{{height\|m=1.81}}	Clermont-Ferrand
File:Berry flag.svg Berry-Loire Valley	Aurélie Birbaud	20	{{height\|m=1.81}}	Salbris
File:Flag of Bourgogne.svg Bourgogne	Vicky Michaud	20	{{height\|m=1.72}}	Bourbon-Lancy
File:Flag of Brittany (Gwenn ha du).svg Brittany	Eglantine Morin	19	{{height\|m=1.77}}	Savenay
File:Flag of Champagne-Ardenne.svg Champagne-Ardenne	Deborah Lopez	19	{{height\|m=1.77}}
File:Drapeau non-officiel fr département Haute-Garonne.svg Comminges-Pyrénées	Sandra Laporte	19	{{height\|m=1.74}}	Labarthe-Rivière
File:Flag of Corsica.svg Corsica	Vanessa Mangavel	21	{{height\|m=1.80}}	Ajaccio
File:Flag of the County of Nice.svg Côte d'Azur	Azémina Hot	23	{{height\|m=1.80}}	Nice
File:Flag of Flanders.svg Flandre	Elise Logie	22	{{height\|m=1.75}}	Le Quesnoy
File:Flag of Franche-Comté.svg Franche-Comté	Laure Amourette	23	{{height\|m=1.72}}	Laviron
File:Unofficial flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe	Mandy Falla	18	{{height\|m=1.76}}	Les Abymes
File:Flag of French Guiana.svg Guyane	Mandy Nicolas	18	{{height\|m=1.82}}	Kourou
File:Cultural flag of Île-de-France.svg Île de France	Sarah Gernier	20	{{height\|m=1.75}}	Nanterre
File:Flag of Languedoc-Roussillon.svg Languedoc-Roussillon	Florence d'Odorico	21	{{height\|m=1.82}}	Nîmes
File:Flag of Limousin.svg Limousin	Charlotte Brissaud	21	{{height\|m=1.78}}
File:Drapeau fr département Loire.svg Loire Forez	Laura Varillon	18	{{height\|m=1.78}}	Saint-Chamond
File:Flag of Lorraine.svg Lorraine	Aurélie Charlier	21	{{height\|m=1.74}}	Homécourt
File:Snake Flag of Martinique.svg Martinique	Bianca Careto	19	{{height\|m=1.70}}	Schœlcher
File:Flag of Mayotte (local).svg Mayotte	Nasma Choudjaidine	18	{{height\|m=1.80}}	Bègles
bgcolor="silver" \| File:Flag of France.svg File:Flag of FLNKS.svg New Caledonia	Vahinerii Requillart	19	{{height\|m=1.75}}
File:Flag of Normandie.svg Normandy	Séverine Daniel	20	{{height\|m=1.72}}	Chèvreville
File:Flag of Orléanais.svg Orléanais	Sandrine Midon	18	{{height\|m=1.72}}
File:Flag of Paris with coat of arms.svg Paris	Cyrielle Roidot{{cite web\|language=fr\|url=http://paris8info.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/06/17/miss-paris-s-appelle-cyrielle-roidot.html\|title=Miss Paris s’appelle Cyrielle Roidot !\|website=paris8info.blogspirit.com\|date=17 June 2007}}	24	{{height\|m=1.75}}	Paris
bgcolor=#cc9966 \| File:Flag of Pays-de-la-Loire.svg Pays de Loire	Laura Tanguy	20	{{height\|m=1.79}}	Écouflant
File:Flag of Savoie.svg Pays de Savoie	Sonia Guillet	24	{{height\|m=1.77}}	Cruet
File:Flag of Picardie.svg Picardy	Julie Tristan	22	{{height\|m=1.76}}	Compiègne
File:Poitou-Charentes flag.svg Poitou-Charentes	Clémence Dussagne	19	{{height\|m=1.72}}	Dignac
File:Flag of Provence.svg Provence	Angélique Donat	23	{{height\|m=1.78}}	La Garde
File:Cultural flag of Lot.svg File:Flag of Rouergue.svg Quercy-Rouergue	Kelly Remus	20	{{height\|m=1.77}}	Millau
bgcolor="gold" \| File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion	Valérie Bègue	22	{{height\|m=1.74}}	Saint-Leu
File:Flag of Rhône-Alpes.svg Rhône-Alpes	Cloé Biessy	19	{{height\|m=1.74}}	Prévessin
File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti	Taoahere Richmond{{cite web\|language=fr\|url=http://tahitienfrance.free.fr/infos/missfrance/2009/taoahere_richmon.htm\|title=TAOAHERE RICHMOND : MISS TAHITI 2007\|website=tahitienfrance.free.fr}}	22	{{height\|m=1.73}}	Pirae