If we expanded our list of Celebrities of the Year to include one more ranking, Scandalous Beauty Pageant Queens would undoubtedly be next in line.
From Katie Rees to Tara Conner to Ingrid Marie Rivera, no winner has earned her crown without being surrounded by a cloud of controversy. Or naked pictures.
The latest - possibly funniest, definitely most sacreligious - beauty queen to make news for non-evening-gown-wearing reasons? Valerie Begue.
Begue was named Miss France earlier this month, but numerous critics are now calling for her resignation. Leading is the charge is chairwoman of the Miss France committee, Genevieve de Fontenay.
"If she had some courage and a bit of dignity she would say 'I'm resigning because I'm not worthy to carry on as Miss France,'" Fontenay said.
So, what could possibly cause such contention? A series of leaked Valerie Begue pictures, most notably one that shows the beauty relaxing in a pool. Wearing a bikini. Pretending to be crucified like Jesus Christ.
The photo of Begue is similar to those of disgraced Miss Nevada winner Katie Rees, only if Rees had posed like the savior of mankind instead of like a lesbian.
Of course, the stuffy, haughty, smelly French want Begue to forfeit the crown just because she has a high opinion of herself.
"If I had been aware [of the pictures], she would never have been let into the Miss France competition I wouldn't want to be seen walking down the streets with a girl like that," Fontenay said, adding she would take legal action if necessary.
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December 21st, 2007 7:14 PM
That yogurt photo will certainly win her a job in the adult movies industry lol lol lol
December 23rd, 2007 2:45 PM
When will people in the public eye ever learn? Of course its "Big Deal" and "So What?" but the media will always find someone to make a big deal of it and blow it out of proportion. File this one under the heading: WHY IS THIS NEWS?!?!
December 24th, 2007 6:56 PM
Strip her of her bikini bottom certainly, but her crown? Porquoi? She's a 22 year old student, for Christ's sake. Who cares what she thinks about deities?
December 25th, 2007 9:07 AM
We need young girls to show high standards in this events. Young girls look up to the. Christ will be the judge.
angie
December 25th, 2007 9:08 AM
We need young girls to show high standards in this events. Young girls look up to them. Christ will be her judge.
angie
December 25th, 2007 11:09 AM
I find this picture quite aesthetic. Not shocking.
What is shocking is how the Miss contests take young and innocent girls, show them half-naked on TV, teach them how to look attractive, make a lot of money in the progress, and replace them after a year with a new batch of innocent girls.
What is happening is that Valerie gets sacrificed by the media to sell newspapers and by Miss Mulmann to save the reputation of (or is it to create some hype around?) the Miss France contest.
December 27th, 2007 12:49 PM
to Angie... NO! Kids, not only young girls, are suppose to be educated by their parents. They should communicate and discuss this things instead of hiding it or pretending that everyone of us should act like a pure 6year old kid. GERALD IS right, Jesus did not wear bikini nor was a woman and thousands were also crucified.
She did something you do not approve 3 years ago, she was crowned because of what she is now. Or nobody can be allowed to improve thus teaching a lesson of evolving? It shows more courage and dignity to progress in life than to surrender and mourn for the past.
December 28th, 2007 11:49 AM
It's a BEAUTY contest, for Pete's sake! It is not a contest based on intelligence, morality or anything like it. It is a contest based on figure and form, so either accept her for promoting the very same thing that made her a contestant OR change the genre of the contest! Besides, it is a great photograph! Imagine what it might have looked like if Mapplethorpe had taken it...?
December 28th, 2007 1:36 PM
i did'nt see any naughty bits.., let's move on..,
December 28th, 2007 3:09 PM
………Valerie Begue scandalous video of Miss France………
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