Miss France barred from pageant
2007-12-28 16:49
Paris - Miss France 2008 was barred from upcoming international beauty pageants, organisers said on Friday, after a gossip magazine published racy photos of her last week.
Valerie Begue, 22, will not compete in the Miss World or Miss Universe beauty pageants, Miss France organisers said.
But Begue will not be stripped of the Miss France title she won on December 8. Begue described the outcome as "a compromise which satisfies all parties".
The pictures in Entrevue magazine included one of a bikini-clad Begue lying on a cross in a swimming pool and another of her licking what looked like yoghurt or evaporated milk.
- AP