Miss France 2008, the Glossary

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1. 105 relations: Ajaccio, Albi, Alsace, Aquitaine, Artois, Auvergne, Écouflant, Île-de-France, Bègles, Berry, France, Bourbon-Lancy, Brittany (administrative region), Buenos Aires, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Chèvreville, Manche, Chengdu, Clermont-Ferrand, Colmar, Comminges, Compiègne, Corsica, Cruet, Savoie, Dignac, Dunkirk, Forez, France, Franche-Comté, French Flanders, French Guiana, French Hainaut, French Polynesia, French Riviera, Geneviève de Fontenay, Guadeloupe, Homécourt, Jean-Pierre Foucault, Johannesburg, Kourou, La Garde, Var, Labarthe-Rivière, Languedoc-Roussillon, Laura Tanguy, Laviron, Le Quesnoy, Les Abymes, Limousin, Loire (department), Loire Valley, Lorraine, ... Expand index (55 more) »

2. 2007 beauty pageants
3. 2007 in France
4. December 2007 events in France
5. Miss France

Ajaccio

Ajaccio (French:; Aiaccio or Ajaccio; Aiacciu, locally: Aghjacciu; Adiacium) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France.

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Albi

Albi (Albi) is a commune in southern France.

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Alsace

Alsace (Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss ˈɛlsɑs; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ˈɛlzas ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.

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Aquitaine

Aquitaine (Aquitània; Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne), archaic Guyenne or Guienne (Guiana), is a historical region of Southwestern France and a former administrative region.

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Artois

Artois (Artesië; Picard: Artoé; English adjective: Artesian) is a region of northern France.

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Auvergne

Auvergne (Auvèrnhe or Auvèrnha) is a cultural region in central France.

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Écouflant

Écouflant is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Île-de-France

The Île-de-France is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023.

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Bègles

Bègles (Gascon: Begla) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

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Berry, France

The Duchy of Berry was a former province located in central France.

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Bourbon-Lancy

Bourbon-Lancy is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

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Brittany (administrative region)

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is the westernmost region of Metropolitan France.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne; Burgundian: bourguignon) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France.

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Champagne-Ardenne

Champagne-Ardenne is a former administrative region of France, located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium.

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Chèvreville, Manche

Chèvreville is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Chengdu

Chengdu is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan.

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Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 147,284 (2020).

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Colmar

Colmar (Alsatian: Colmer; German: Kolmar) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

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Comminges

The Comminges (Occitan/Gascon: Comenge) is an ancient region of southern France in the foothills of the Pyrenees, corresponding approximately to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens in the department of Haute-Garonne.

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Compiègne

Compiègne (Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

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Corsica

Corsica (Corse; Còrsega) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.

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Cruet, Savoie

Cruet is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Dignac

Dignac (Dinhac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

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Dunkirk

Dunkirk (Dunkerque, Duunkerke, Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.

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Forez

Forez is a former province of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire département and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté (Frainc-Comtou: Fraintche-Comtè; Franche-Comtât; also Freigrafschaft; Franco Condado; all) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France.

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French Flanders

French Flanders (La Flandre française) is a part of the historical County of Flanders, where Flemish—a Low Franconian dialect cluster of Dutch—was (and to some extent, still is) traditionally spoken.

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French Guiana

French Guiana (or; Guyane,; Lagwiyann or Gwiyann) is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.

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French Hainaut

French Hainaut (Hainaut français) is one of two areas in France that form the département du Nord, making up its eastern part.

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French Polynesia

French Polynesia (Polynésie française; Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country.

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French Riviera

The French Riviera, known in French as the i (Còsta d'Azur), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.

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Geneviève de Fontenay

Geneviève Suzanne Marie-Thérèse Mulmann (30 August 1932 – 1 August 2023), known professionally as Geneviève de Fontenay, was a French businesswoman who served as the president of the Miss France Committee from 1981 until 2007.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe (Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean.

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Homécourt

Homécourt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Jean-Pierre Foucault

Jean-Pierre Foucault (born 23 November 1947) is a French television and radio host.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.

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Kourou

Kourou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America.

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La Garde, Var

La Garde (Provençal Occitan: La Garda) is a seaside commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

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Labarthe-Rivière

Labarthe-Rivière (Era Barta d'Arribèra) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

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Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon (Lengadòc-Rosselhon; Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France.

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Laura Tanguy

Laura Tanguy (born 2 August 1987 in Angers) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was awarded second runner-up of Miss France 2008, having lost to Valérie Bègue in the official scoring.

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Laviron

Laviron is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

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Le Quesnoy

Le Quesnoy (L' Kénoé) is a commune and small town in the east of the Nord department of northern France.

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Les Abymes

Les Abymes (Zabim) is the most populous commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles.

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Limousin

Limousin (Lemosin) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France.

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Loire (department)

Loire (Lêre; Léger or Leir) is a landlocked département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches.

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Loire Valley

The Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire), spanning, is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire.

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Lorraine

Lorraine, also,,; Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; Lothringen; Loutrengen; Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.

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Macau

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Martinique

Martinique (Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Mayotte

Mayotte (Mayotte,; Maore,; Maori), officially the Department of Mayotte (Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France.

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Millau

Millau (Milhau) is a commune in Occitania, France.

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Miss Asia Pacific World

Miss Asia Pacific World is an annual beauty pageant held in South Korea.

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Miss France

Miss France is a national beauty pageant in France held annually in December.

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Miss France 2009

Miss France 2009, the 62nd edition of the Miss France pageant, was held in Puy du Fou, Pays de la Loire on December 6, 2008. Miss France 2008 and Miss France 2009 are Miss France.

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Miss International

Miss International (Miss International Beauty or The International Beauty Pageant) is a Japan-based international major beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association.

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Miss International 2008

Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant, was held on November 8, 2008 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, the presenters are Eric Tsang, Dodo Cheng, Astrid Chan.

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Miss International 2010

Miss International 2010, the 50th anniversary of the Miss International pageant, was held on November 7, 2010 at the Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China.

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Miss Languedoc

Miss Languedoc (formerly Miss Languedoc-Roussillon) is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the departments of Aude, Gard, Hérault, and Lozère in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

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Miss Midi-Pyrénées

Miss Midi-Pyrénées is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Midi-Pyrénées.

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Miss Model of the World

Miss Model of the World is an international model contest organized for the first time in Istanbul, Turkey in 1988 with 42 countries participating.

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Miss New Caledonia

Miss New Caledonia (Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the sui generis overseas collectivity of New Caledonia.

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Miss Rhône-Alpes

Miss Rhône-Alpes is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Rhône-Alpes.

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Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.

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Miss Universe 2008

Miss Universe 2008 was the 57th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008.

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Miss World

Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant.

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Miss World 2008

Miss World 2008, the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 December 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Nanterre

Nanterre is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris, France.

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Nîmes

Nîmes (Nimes; Latin: Nemausus) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.

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New Caledonia

New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a ''sui generis'' collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about east of Australia, and from Metropolitan France.

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Nha Trang

Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

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Nice

Nice (Niçard: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, Mistralian norm,; Nizza; Nissa; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France.

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Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Nord-Pas-de-Calais; Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Calais borders the English Channel (west), the North Sea (northwest), Belgium (north and east) and Picardy (south).

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Orléanais

The Duchy of Orléanais is a former province of France, which was created during the Renaissance by merging four former counties and towns.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Patrick Bruel

Patrick Benguigui (born 14 May 1959), better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel, is a French singer-songwriter, actor and professional poker player.

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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pau is a commune overlooking the Pyrenees, and prefecture of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

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Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast.

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Pīraʻe

Pīraʻe is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean.

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Picardy

Picardy (Picard and Picardie) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.

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Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes (Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetou-Chérentes) was an administrative region on the southwest coast of France.

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Prévessin-Moëns

Prévessin-Moëns is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Provence

Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.

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Quercy

Quercy (Carcin, locally) is a former province of France located in the country's southwest, bounded on the north by Limousin, on the west by Périgord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and Auvergne.

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Réunion

La Réunion, "La Reunion"; La Réunion; Reunionese Creole; previously known as Île Bourbon.

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Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes was an administrative region of France.

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Rombies-et-Marchipont

Rombies-et-Marchipont is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Rouergue

Rouergue is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron.

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Saint-Chamond, Loire

Saint-Chamond is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.

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Saint-Leu, Réunion

Saint-Leu is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion.

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Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur

Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur (literally Saint-Lieux near Lavaur; Languedocien: Sant Lionç de La Vaur) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

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Salbris

Salbris is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

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Savenay

Savenay (Savenneg in Breton) is a town (administratively a commune) in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France which is part of the Pays de la Loire region.

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Savoy

Savoy (Savouè; Savoie; Italian: Savoia) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.

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Schœlcher

Schœlcher (Martinican Creole: Chelchè) is a town and the fourth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.

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Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a city and special economic zone on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest.

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Southern France

Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, Le midi atlantique, Atlas et géographie de la France moderne, Flammarion, Paris, 1984.

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TF1

TF1 (standing for Télévision Française 1) is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate.

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Toulouse

Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.

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Valérie Bègue

Valérie Bègue (born 26 September 1985) is a French reality television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss France 2008, representing Réunion island, an overseas department of France located in the Indian Ocean.

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Viña del Mar

Viña del Mar (meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast.

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See also

2007 beauty pageants

• Binibining Pilipinas 2007
• Frøken Norge 2007
• Haywards 5000 Mr India World 2007
• Lin-ay sang Negros 2007
• Miss America 2007
• Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007
• Miss Brazil World 2007
• Miss Chinese International Pageant 2007
• Miss Colombia 2007
• Miss Dominican Republic 2007
• Miss Earth 2007
• Miss Earth Venezuela 2007
• Miss France 2008
• Miss Guatemala 2007
• Miss Hong Kong 2007
• Miss India Worldwide 2007
• Miss International 2007
• Miss Mundo Dominicana 2007
• Miss Nicaragua 2007
• Miss Paraguay 2007
• Miss Peru 2007
• Miss Philippines Earth 2007
• Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007
• Miss Russia 2007
• Miss Spain 2007
• Miss Teen International 2007
• Miss Teen USA 2007
• Miss Thailand Universe 2007
• Miss Tierra República Dominicana 2007
• Miss USA 2007
• Miss Universe 2007
• Miss Universe Malaysia 2007
• Miss Universo Italia 2007
• Miss Universo Uruguay 2007
• Miss Venezuela 2007
• Miss World 2007
• Mister World 2007
• Mutya ng Pilipinas 2007
• Nuestra Belleza México 2007
• Puteri Indonesia 2007
• Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2007

2007 in France

• 2007 Saint Barthélemy Territorial Council election
• 2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots
• 2007 Zoé's Ark controversy
• 2007 in French television
• Clearstream affair
• Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (France): 2007
• Godard family disappearance
• Liberties and Responsibilities of Universities (France)
• Miss France 2008
• November 2007 strikes in France
• Sensitive urban zone
• Société Plon et autres v. Pierre Hugo et autres
• Social situation in the French suburbs
• The Air Is on Fire

December 2007 events in France

• Miss France 2008
• Thomas Pradzynski

Miss France

• Miss France
• Miss France 1997
• Miss France 2008
• Miss France 2009
• Miss France 2010
• Miss France 2011
• Miss France 2012
• Miss France 2013
• Miss France 2014
• Miss France 2015
• Miss France 2016
• Miss France 2017
• Miss France 2018
• Miss France 2019
• Miss France 2020
• Miss France 2021
• Miss France 2022
• Miss France 2023
• Miss France 2024
• Miss France 2025

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_France_2008

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