France News

Valerie Begue, who is currently Miss France, has been asked to surrender her title to a runner up in the contest because of suggestive pictures published by a French magazine.

Before the Miss France beauty competition, all contestants must promise that they have never appeared in any photography that could be viewed as provocative, however, one of the pictures that has been discovered shows her licking yoghurt suggestively, and another photo is of her floating on a cross in a swimming pool.

But Valerie Begue, who gained the title of Miss France less than a fortnight back and who had gone back on Thursday to a warm welcome on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, has refused to resign, and says she feels betrayed.

The matter came to light when the President of the Miss France contest, Genevieve de Fontenay, went on French radio claiming that Valerie Begue should give up her title.

Genevieve de Fontenay added that if she had known about the pictures, Valerie Begue "would never have been let into the Miss France competition".

At a press conference on Friday, Valerie Begue responded saying that she would take some time to consider making a decision on standing down and giving up her Miss France title.