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229 months ago

Gina W   asked this question:

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229 months ago

Marie-José   wrote:

FIRST RUNNER UP

My comment:

first runner up and second runner up pour la première dauphine et la seconde dauphine

229 months ago

Marie-José   wrote:

first princess

My comment:

In beauty pageants, the first runner up is called the 'first princess'...

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229 months ago

   wrote:

The usual term is "first runner up" for the girl who comes second and "second runner up" for the girl who comes third.

229 months ago

   wrote:

No, those are terms for other competitions. In beauty pageants, the runners are called princesses. It's Miss Xxxx > first princess > second princess. Take it from a native speaker.

229 months ago

Marie-José   wrote:

or ...titleholders

My comment:

in one word

229 months ago

Marie-José   wrote:

Title holders

229 months ago

Marie-José   wrote:

First runner-up

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229 months ago

   wrote:

Absolutely Correct.

229 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

That's right. Rencontre avec Miss Bisson, 1ère Dauphine de Miss France ... - [ Translate this page ] édition n° 6 référence article 21335 texte intégral [3046 signes] Extrait d'un fonds de 34 articles complets. Destination Guadeloupe, magazine trimestriel ... www.guadeloupe-fr.com/articleDestinationGuadeloupe/21335/ - 19k -

229 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

Bien sûr

229 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

En francais, ce serait "la seconde," selon Larousse et Harper Collins.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Yes, that's right.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Bien sûr

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229 months ago

Marie-José   wrote:

heir apparent/successor

My references:

Harper Collins Unabridged French/English Dictionary

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229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

"Heir apparent" of Miss so-and-so; "successor" to Miss so-and-so.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

I quite agree.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Hpefully this is one of those pageants where theyve dropped the swimsuit competition and the women are judged on their braininess and their dedication to social causes. I hope the days when beauty contestants were paraded like so much "meat on the hoof" (cattle/chattel) are long gone.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Bonsoir et merci, Trinh.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Hi Barbara, I think that your translation would be va lid for the successor of a King (in France, the Dauphin de France was the elder male child of a King and was the successor of his father when the latter died. But in the case of a Miss contest, the runners-up are not supposed to succed to the elected Miss. They are awarded a one-year-lasting title just like the Mss herself.

229 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

They would too succeed the winner if something happened to the first-place winner such that she would not be able to carry out her duties (serious illness or injury) or if orgnaizers of the pageant found out that she was involved in some behavior not befitting the persona that she is suppossed to convey to the world.