Mareva Galanter

 Miss France 1999

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Name                        Mareva Galanter
Birth date                  February 4, 1979
Birth place                Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France
Height                      1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Occupation               Actress
Title(s)                      Miss France 1999
                                Miss World of Islands 1999
                                Miss Tahiti 1998

Mareva Galanter  is a French actress and former beauty queen.

Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World of Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, which she won.

Galanter expanded her work into music and singing, releasing Ukuyéyé, under Warner Music, in 2006. Stylisticly the music pays homage to a genre known as "Yé-yé" popularized by pop musicians of the early 1960s such as Johnny Halliday and France Gall. Other elements of the music, namely the techno dance beats are purely modern. The album was well received by critics and released in Canada and Japan.

She has released videos for seven of her songs. The videos, like the music, feature strong elements of 1960s fashion with modern twists. Many of the videos mimic the style of the Scopitone video jukeboxes from that era. She hosted Do you Do you scopitone a French TV programme on the Paris Première channel, dedicated to scopitones from the 1960s and 70s. The scopitone is the precursor to the contemporary music video.

To date, she has performed in several feature films, including 3 Zéros [sic], Les Gaous, The Pink Panther and Tu Devais Faire du Cinéma.

Galanter recorded her second album, Happy Fiu, with English band Little Barrie in 2008. She was looking for partners for her second album, "Happy Fiu", which was released in fall 2008, who would complement her perfectly and emphasise her personality. She worked with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, with Martin Duffy of Primal Scream and with the band Little Barrie. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac supported her with many of her texts. The result was a very personal album with light summer pop songs.

In 2010 Galanter joined the roster of chanteuses touring and recording with Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's Nouvelle Vague project. According to Galanter's Twitter feed, she has recorded some material for the next Nouvelle Vague album.  (Source Wikipedia)

Sonia Rolland

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Name                     Sonia Rolland
Birth date                February 11, 1981
Birth place              Kigali, Rwanda
Height                    1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Title(s)                    Miss France 2000
                              Miss Burgundy 1999


Biography
Sonia Rolland is a French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the first African-born Miss France pagant winner.

Born in Kigali, Rwanda to a Tutsi mother and a French father, the family fled the civil unrest in Rwanda in 1990 to the neighbouring country of Burundi. With the growing unrest that led to the Burundi Civil War, they emigrated to France in 1994.

In October 1999, Sonia Rolland won the "Miss Burgundy" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 2000 title, which she won. At the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, which took place in Cyprus, Rolland was a top 10 semi-finalist, placing 9th overall.


Filmography
2002 Les Pygmées de Carlo
2004 Léa Parker
2004 Le P'tit curieux
2006 Les Zygs
2005 C'est beau une ville la nuit
2009 Moloch Tropical
         Midnight in Paris
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Élodie Gossuin

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Name                    Élodie Gossuin
Birth date               December 15, 1980
Birth place             Reims, Marne, France
Hair color              Blonde
Eye color              Black
Title(s)                  Miss Europe 2001
                             Miss France 2001,


Biography
Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, Gossuin won several local beauty contests. While training to be a nurse, she won the "Miss Picardie" beauty contest in November 2000, which qualified her to compete for the Miss France 2001 title. She won that contest and as a result received considerable press coverage.

At the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, Gossuin was a top 10 semi-finalist.

In late 2001, in Beirut, Lebanon, she won the Miss Europe contest then began working as a model and doing publicity appearances.

In 2004, Gossuin embarked on a political career. As a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party, she was elected to the Conseil Régional de Picardie (regional council) in her native Picardie region on 28 March 2004. Shortly after her election victory, she appeared in the French reality TV show, La Ferme Célébrités.   (Source Wikipedia)

Sylvie Tellier

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Name                        Sylvie Tellier
Birth date                   May 28, 1978
Birth place                 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique
Title                           Miss Lyon 2001
                                  Miss France 2002.
Competition               Miss Universe 2002

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Since 2007, she is the general director of both the Society Miss France and Miss Europe Organization.


Biography
Sylvie Tellier comes from Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, where her family still lives. She studied law and has a master's degree in private law. When she was elected Miss France in 2002, she was studying to enter the Judicial National Institute of Lyon to become a lawyer.

In June 2004 she took part in the Rally of the Princesses, prestigious rally of classic cars, rallying from Paris to Monaco. Very good co-pilot, Sylvie and her team mate Sally Woodford-Brochet ranked 6th on a 1970 MGB after a 5-day-long competition.

In 2005, she took part in writing a book entitled Sans compromis : Conversations avec Sylvie Tellier, Miss France 2002, in which she is Genevieve de Fontenay's close friend.

She is the head of the Society Miss France since January 2007, replacing Xavier de Fontenay.
She got married to Mr. Camille Le Maux on June 23, 2007 in Gordes in Luberon.

Emmanuelle Chossat

Title                Top Model International 2000
                       Miss World France 2001
Competition    Miss Universe 2003

Lætitia Bléger

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Name                         Lætitia Bléger
Birth date                   April 10, 1981
Birth place                  Colmar, Alsace, France
Title(s)                        Miss France 2004


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Lætitia Bléger  is a beauty queen who has competed at the Miss Universe pageant.
Bléger won the Miss France title in 2004 and represented France at the Miss Universe 2004 pageant held in Quito, Ecuador in May 2004.

She was later barred from wearing her sash and crown for a period of six months after posing 'half-naked' in Playboy magazine.