Miss Aquitaine

Miss Aquitaine

Formation	1919
Type	Beauty pageant
Location	France
Membership	Miss France Miss Universe Miss World
Official language	French
Website	tf1.fr/miss-france/

Miss Aquitaine is an annual beauty contest for young girls from the five departments of the old Aquitaine.

Miss France for the election of Miss France, broadcast on the channel TF1, at the beginning of December of each year.

Six Miss Aquitaine have been crowned Miss France:

• Agnès Souret, 1920
• Josiane Pouy, 1952 (as Miss Silver Coast)
• Frédérique Leroy, 1983 (as Miss Bordeaux)
• Peggy Zlotkowski, 1989
• Gaëlle Voiry, 1990
• Mellody Vilbert, 1995

Alsace, Lower Normandy, and Bretagne are tied with Aquitaine for the most Miss France pageant winners.

The regional delegate is Marilou Cubaynes, Miss Roussillon 2012 and semi-finalist at Miss France 2013.

History

After the separation between the Miss France committee and the Miss National Committee, the Miss Aquitaine committee decided to remain faithful to Geneviève de Fontenay (Miss Nationale). A new committee was then formed by the Miss France committee.

Note: The regional title allows to compete in the election of the following year

Regional Title	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Investments
Miss Aquitaine	X										10
Miss Béarn							X				1
Miss Cote Basque		X							X		2
Miss Perigord	X										10
Total	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	23

Regional Title	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	News	Investments
Miss Aquitaine	X					X					8
Miss Aquitaine-Guyenne				X							2
Miss Bigorre-Bearn				X							2
Miss Perigord	X										6
Total	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	18

Representations of France to international competitions

4 Miss Aquitaine represented France in international competitions:

• 2 to Miss World (1989, 1990);
• 2 to Miss International (1992, 1995).

Miss France Award

4 Miss Aquitaine have had a Miss France Award:

• Christelle Riou, "Maurice de Waleffe" prize in 1995;
• Céline Fourestié, prize Louis de Fontenay in 2002;
• Caroline Martin, Photogénie award in 2008;
• Aurélie Zengerlin, prize of the Charm Club Med in 2010.

Qualifying local elections

• Miss Agenais;
• Miss Bearn;
• Miss Lot-et-Garonne;
• Miss Medoc;
• Miss Perigord.

The Miss

Note: Not all data is yet known.

Miss Aquitaine

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other	Photo
1919	Agnes Souret	18 years		Miss France 1920	Miss France of History, then called The most beautiful woman of France
1985	Véronique Marchi
1986	Nathalie Eyogo			5th runner-up for Miss France 1987
1987	Myriam Saint-Espes
1988	Peggy Zlotkowski	16 years		Miss France 1989	Representative of France to Miss World 1989
1989	Gaëlle Voiry	20 years	Miss Médoc 1989	Miss France 1990	Representative of France to Miss World 1990
1990	Emmanuelle Mérinot			Figure among the 12 semi-finalists in the election of Miss France [1991]
1991	Nathalie Dubois
1992	Karine Zava
1993	Valérie Amblard
1994	Mello Vilbert	18 years		Miss France 1995	Representative of France to Miss International 1995
1995	Christelle Riou	18 years - 1.75 m	Miss Médoc 1994		Maurice de Waleffe Prize for Miss France 1996
1996	Maylis Ondicola			4th runner-up for Miss France 1997
1997	Céline Giusti
1998	Stéphanie Amano
1999	Sonia Benlloch		Miss Lot-et-Garonne 1999
2000	Laëtitia Cozza		Miss Lot-et-Garonne 2000
2001	Céline Reiter		Miss Lot-et-Garonne 2001	5th runner-up for Miss France 2002
2002	Élodie Pleumeckers		Miss Silver Coast 2002; Miss Medoc 2002.	4th runner-up for Miss France 2003.
2003	No election, replaced by Miss Aquitaine-Guyenne and Miss Bigorre-Béarn
2004
2005	Karine Pontet	18 years - 1.82 m			Audrey Castet was dismissed in January 2006 after taking part in the election of Miss France 2006 and was replaced by Karine Pontet.
2006	Lyse Ruchat	20 years - 1.73 m	Miss Medoc 2006.	4th runner-up for Miss France 2007.
2007	Caroline Martin	20 years - 1.72 m	2nd runner-up for Miss Gascogne 2005		Prize of the Photogénie in the election of Miss France 2008
2008	Anna Nieto	20 years - 1.76 m	Miss Périgord 2008
2009	Aurélie Zengerlin	21 years - 1.77 m	Miss Périgord 2009		Charm Award Club Med at the election of Miss France 2010
2010	Clémence Thill	20 years - 1.74 m	Miss Country Agenais 2010
2010	Claire Zengerlin	20 years - 1.74 m	Miss Mussidan 2010; Miss Dordogne-Vézère 2011		She is the sister of Aurélie elected in 2009
2012	Amélie Rigodanzo	20 years - 1.77 m	Miss Lot-et-Garonne 2012
2013	Camille Gafa	22 years - 1.77 m	2nd runner-up for Miss Bordeaux 2009; Miss Gironde 2011 Miss Bordeaux 2013
2014	Malaurie Eugénie Malaurie Eugénie is Miss Aquitaine 2014	20 years - 1.76 m	Miss Biganos 2012; 1st runner-up for Miss Bassin d'Arcachon 2012; Miss Bassin d'Arcachon 2013; 3rd runner-up for Miss Aquitaine 2013; 1st runner-up for Miss Médoc 2014	3rd runner-up for Miss France 2015
2015	Gennifer Demey	22 years - 1.71 m	Miss Medoc 2015	5th runner-up for Miss France 2016
2016	Axelle Bonnemaison	19 years - 1.76 m Miss Aquitaine 2015, 4th runner-up for Miss Lot-et-Garonne 2015 Miss Lot-et-Garonne 2016	Figure among the 12 semifinalists in the election of Miss France 2017 and finished 11th

Miss Aquitaine-Guyenne

Year	Name	Age - Size	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
2003	Nathalie Labbé		Miss Country of Dropt 2003
2004	Anaïck Manella		Miss Périgueux 2004

Miss Béarn

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
1996	Anne-Sophie Vigno		Miss Béarn	6th runner-up for Miss France 1997
2003	Stéphanie AGULLO	19 years - 1.75 m	Miss Béarn

Miss Béarn-Gascogne

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
News	Marion Bories	20 years - 1.72 m

Miss Bigorre-Béarn

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
2003	Marianne Laere
2004	Myriam Barre

Miss Bordeaux

Note: This passage only mentions Miss Bordeaux who participated in Miss France and not those who participated in Miss Aquitaine.

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other	Photo
1965	Josiane Klaassen	22 years		4th runner-up for Miss France 1966
1982	Frédérique Leroy	18 years		Miss France 1983 in replacement of Isabelle Turpault, Miss Paris
1988	Sandrine Scherrer				Did not participate in the election of Miss France

Miss Basque Coast

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
1988	Anne Feron
1989	Marie of Epalza
1991	Bénédicte Delmas	19 years		2nd runner-up for Miss France 1992	Represented France for Miss International 1992
1998	Sandrine Vacchiero

Miss Cote d'Argent

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
1951	Josiane Pouy			Miss France 1952

Miss Medoc

Note: This passage only mentions the Miss Médoc who participated in Miss France and not those who participated in Miss Aquitaine.

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other
1987	Christelle Bastard

Miss Perigord

Note: This passage only mentions the Miss Périgord who participated in Miss France and not those who participated in Miss Aquitaine.

Year	Name	Age - Height	Local / Regional classification	Miss France Ranking	Other	Photo
1984	Véronique Petit	18 years - 1.70 m	Elected to Tonneins, Lot et Garonne	Title "miss Périgord Agenais"
1987	Catherine Yzerd
1989	Sylvie Tardy				3rd runner-up for Miss France 1990
1990	Nelly Gauthier
1991	Laurence Bazin
1992	Renée-Noëlle Chassagne				Figure among the 12 semi-finalists in the election of Miss France 1993
1993	Marlène Dazenière
1994	Sophie Danos
1995	Muriel Chamouleau
1996	Caren Claret
1997	Julie Sambard
1998	Céline Barbaray
1999	Stéphanie Lopera
2000	Aurélie Prevel
2001	Céline Fourestié
2002	Aurore Vlamynck
2003	Jennifer Leloup				Louis de Fontenay award to the election of Miss France 2002
2004	Sonia Chartier
2005	Murielle Castaing	19 years - 1.72 m

Charts by department since 2010

• Gironde : 2013, 2014, 2015 (3)
• Lot-et-Garonne : 2010, 2012, 2016 (3)
• Dordogne : 2011 (1)