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Miss Tahiti
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The Miss Tahiti pageant is a long-standing beauty contest competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from Tahiti. As of 2005, the Miss Tahiti winner will represent the French Territory at the Miss France and Miss World pageants, the first runner-up will represent Tahiti at the Miss Earth pageant, and the second runner-up will compete in the Miss International pageant.
Two other pageants held each year on Tahiti are Miss Dragon (ambassadress of the Chinese community's beauty and culture), as well as Miss Heiva (best representative of the Polynesian culture). The Miss Dragon will represent the French Territory at the annual Miss Chinese International beauty contest.
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- On Jun 1, 2005, Miss Tahiti 2003 has been stripped of her place in the record books for posing nude in a magazine spread. The committee said the unanimous decision to dethrone 22-year-old communications student Heitiare Tribondeau was made to respect the public of French Polynesia and to promote a healthy and positive image of Polynesian women. Tribondeau, who was fourth runner up in the Miss France 2004 contest, posed naked in nature settings for a six-page spread in the June 2005 edition of the French magazine Newlook .