Mareva Galanter (born 4 February 1979) is a French singer, actress and former

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. Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the

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1999 crown, which she won. She also competed in

Miss Universe 1999 Miss Universe 1999, the 48th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad ...

, in which she did not place.

Career

Galanter was born in

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. She started early in modeling. She was not 16 that she was already doing photoshoots in French Polynesia (with Dominique Petras in Bora Bora, for instance). She kept modeling in Europe, where she headed for the "Miss France" Contest. She also modeled for her partner Jean Charles de Castelbajac, designer of his own brand, living in Paris. Galanter expanded her work into music and singing, releasing ''Ukuyéyé'', under

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, in 2006. She has released videos for seven of her songs. She hosted Do you Do you scopitone a French TV programme on the

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channel, dedicated to scopitones from the 1960s and 70s. The scopitone is the precursor to the contemporary music video. To date, she has performed in several films, including ''

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'', '' Les Gaous'', ''

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'' and '' Tu Devrais Faire du Cinéma.'' Galanter recorded her second album, ''Happy Fiu'', with English band

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in 2008. She worked with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, with Martin Duffy of Primal Scream and with the band Little Barrie. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac supported her with many of her texts. She toured for several months around France and within Europe. In 2010 Galanter joined the roster of singers touring and recording with Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's

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project. According to Galanter's Twitter feed, she has recorded some material for the next Nouvelle Vague album. In 2011 she traveled to Detroit to work with producer Jim Diamond at his studio, Ghetto Recorders, and recorded 7 new songs, including Western Love, which has an accompanying video available on

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.com. Galanter's father is

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, with roots in Romania and Russia. She and her partner, French television presenter

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have a daughter named Manava, who was born on 5 August 2015.

Discography

Albums

* ''Ukuyéyé'' * ''Happy Fiu''

Singles

* "Miss U"

Filmography

* '' Vaiana'' - Sina (2016)

References

External links

*
Official Website (French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galanter, Mareva 1979 births Cours Florent alumni French film actresses Jewish French actresses French people of Romanian-Jewish descent French people of Russian-Jewish descent French Polynesian actresses French Polynesian beauty pageant winners Living people Miss France winners Miss Universe 1999 contestants People from Papeete 21st-century French singers 21st-century French women singers French people of Russian descent Tahitian women singers 20th-century French women