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Encyclopedia > Laura Tanguy

Laura Tanguy, (born August 2, 1987 in Angers), was elected second runner-up of Miss France 2008. She is the back of the Miss France 2008 under Valérie Bègue for all official representations alongside Genevieve de Fontenay, as well as for the regional elections qualifiers Miss France 2009, and in elections international Miss World and Miss Universe to recall Valérie Bègue has emerged his private suggestive photos in a magazine in scandal, two weeks after his coronation[1][2]. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... Maison dAdam, House of Adam, the oldest house of Angers. ... The Miss France pageant is a long-standing competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from France. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the pageant. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ...

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Biography

Laura Tanguy is the daughter of an engineer and a laboratory assistant in physics and chemistry. She speaks perfect English, having lived her entire childhood and the beginning of her adolescence at San Antonio, United States. She has lived in Écouflant, a town near Angers. She holds a tray with the honor ES, she is currently at the School of Nursing of Angers. She practices the sport of tennis at high-level. Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ...


Her measures: 1.79m and emerald green eyes. Her dimensions are: 89/60/92.[3]


Awards

  • French representative to Miss Universe 2008
  • French representative to Miss World 2008
  • New Miss France 2008, successor alongside Genevieve de Fontenay
  • Original 2nd runner-up of elected Miss France 2008 pageant
  • Miss Pays de Loire 2007 (elected Cholet)
  • Miss Maine-et-Loire 2006
  • Miss Chrono des Herbiers 2005
  • Finalist at the Elite Model Look 2003 (elected La Baule).

Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe beauty pageant, will be held at the Crown Convention Center (Diamond Bay Resort) in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008[1] where outgoing titleholder Riyo Mori will crown her successor. ... Miss World 2008, the 58th Miss World beauty pageant, will be held on October 4, 2008, at the Ukraina National Palace in Kiev, Ukraine. ... Cholet (probably from Latin cauletum, cabbage)is a town in western France, capital of an arrondissement in the département of Maine-et-Loir, Pays de la Loire région, 41 miles south-east of Nantes. ... Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Models Management, an international model management group. ... La Baule-Escoublac, commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of France. ...

Representative as Miss France 2008

Following the controversy arose December 21, 2007, triggered by the publication of private photos in the magazine Entrevue, somewhat equivocal of the newly elected Miss France Valérie Bègue from the chairwoman of Miss France Committee, Genevieve de Fontenay called for the resignation and dismissal of Valérie Bègue, two weeks after her reign as Miss France 2008. is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...


After an amicable agreement, Valérie Bègue was able to retain her title, but it is expressly concluded that it will not participate in any contest or Miss Universe 2008 or a few regional elections across France in the presence of Geneviève de Fontenay. She wishes nevertheless represent France abroad and otherwise to be more publicized as participating in international events.


On January 6, 2008, the President of the Miss France committee proclaimed Laura Tanguy, second runner-up of Valérie Bègue, as the successor of the latter, a mandate to represent France in competitions beauties Miss World and Miss Universe, and that accompany Geneviève de Fontenay to galas regional elections (first runner-up, Miss New Caledonia, did not wish to hold the post for reasons relating to his studies). This article is about the pageant. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ...


Reference

  1. ^ Miss France Universe 2008
  2. ^ Critical Beauty - january 2008
  3. ^ Official website of Miss France 2008 - Miss Pays de Loire
  • This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding French Wikipedia article as of March 7, 2008.

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