PageantCast News Desk: Miss France 2008 Banned From Miss Universe Pageant

Editor's Note: Racy photos are included in this post. Be advised.

PARIS - Miss France will get to keep her crown despite the racy photos of her that recently appeared in a gossip magazine.

However, organizers of the Miss France contest said Friay that 22-year-old Valerie Begue will not compete in the upcoming Miss World or Miss Universe pageants.

Begue, who won the Miss France 2008 title on Dec. 8, describes the outcome as "a compromise which satisfies all parties."

Photos published in Entrevue magazine last week included one of a bikini-clad Begue lying on a cross in a swimming pool.

Another showed her licking what appeared to be yogurt or evaporated milk.