Mareva Galanter
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
.jpg) Mareva Galanter with Jean Charles de Castelbajac |
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| Birthdate | February 4, 1979 |
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| Birthplace | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Title(s) | Miss France 1999 Miss World of Islands 1999 Miss Tahiti 1998 |
| Mareva Galanter at IMDb | |
Mareva Galanter (born February 4, 1979 in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France) is a French actress and former beauty queen.
Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World of Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, which she won.
Galanter expanded her work into music and singing, releasing Ukuyéyé, under Warner Music, in 2006. Stylisticly the music pays homage to a genre known as "Yé-yé" popularized by pop musicians of the early 1960s such as Johnny Halliday and France Gall. Other elements of the music, namely the techno dance beats are purely modern. The album was well received by critics and released in Canada and Japan.
She has released videos for seven of her songs. The videos, like the music, feature strong elements of 1960s fashion with modern twists. Many of the videos mimic the style of the Scopitone video jukeboxes from that era. She hosted Do you Do you scopitone a French TV programme on the Paris Première channel, dedicated to scopitones from the 1960s and 70s. The scopitone is the precursor to the contemporary music video.
Galanter recorded her second album, Happy Fiu, with English band Little Barrie in 2008.
To date, she has performed in several feature films, including 3 Zéros [sic], Les Gaous, The Pink Panther and Tu Devais Faire du Cinéma.
In 2010 Galanter joined the roster of chanteuses touring and recording with Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's Nouvelle Vague project. According to Galanter's Twitter feed, she has recorded some material for the next Nouvelle Vague album.
External links
- Official Myspace page
- Mareva Galanter at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Website (French)
- Official website for Ukuyeye album (French)
- A compilation of Galanter's faux scopitones
- Nouvelle Vague website
- Mareva Galanter's Twitter feed
| Preceded by Sophie Thalmann |
Miss France 1999 |
Succeeded by Sonia Rolland |
| Preceded by Hinano Teanotoga |
Miss Tahiti 1998 |
Succeeded by Manoa Frugé |
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