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]
| Placement | Contestant | |
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| Miss France 2008 | ||
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 12 |
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| Represented | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
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| Albigeois Midi-Toulousain | Eurydice Rigal | 20 | Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur | |
| Alsace | Florima Treiber[3] | 20 | Colmar | |
| Aquitaine | Caroline Martin | 20 | Pau | |
| Artois-Hainaut | Alexandra Chiacchia[4] | 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[5] | 24 | Paris | |
| Pays de Loire | 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[6] | 22 | Pirae | |
Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:
Bourgogne - Vicky Michaud
Alsace - Florima Treiber (Top 15)
Alsace - Florima Treiber