Miss France
| Motto | The most beautiful woman of France |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1920 |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe Miss World |
Official language | French |
National Director | Sylvie Tellier |
| Website | tf1 |
Miss France is a national beauty pageant in France held each year in December, and the winner is designated by the year that begins in the ensuing January.[1] The trademark is owned by the company Miss France SAS,[2][3].[4] Local and regional pageants that provide entrants for the Miss France contest are organized by the Comité Miss France, whose emblematic president was Geneviève de Fontenay during 20 years.[4]
The current Miss France is Maëva Coucke of Nord-Pas-de-Calais who was crowned on December 16, 2017 in Châteauroux, Centre-Val de Loire. Her prizes included 100,000 euros in gifts, use of a Paris apartment for one year and a monthly net salary of 3,000 euros.[5][6][7]
Miss France 2016, Iris Mittenaere (Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais), went on to win the title of Miss Universe 2016 in Manila, Philippines, on 30 January 2017. She is the second Miss Universe from France after 63 years.[8] The first Miss Universe from France was Christiane Martel who wasn't a contestant from Miss France but the winner of Miss Cinémonde 1953.
The national director of France is Sylvie Tellier.
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Rules[edit]
The pageant is contested by regional winners of local contests from Metropolitan France and its overseas territories. The method of choosing the winner has varied over the years, ordinarily with a jury of celebrities choosing a set of finalists. The winner in recent years was chosen by a weighting of the jury's opinion and votes of television viewers of the pageant (who pay a fee for each vote). Since the Miss France 2010 contest, the winner is chosen entirely by the votes of viewers for the first time.[9]
To become Miss France, it is necessary:[1]
- to be born female and of French nationality or naturalization,
- to have an age of 18 to 24 years on 15 November of the year of the contest,
- to be at least 1.70 meters tall,
- to be never married and without children
- to have a clean police record
One should not:
- have had her image exploited in a manner that could be incompatible or pose an obstacle to the organizers' rights,
- have taken part in a competing pageant,
- have done cosmetic surgery and have appearance prosthetics (wig, colored contact lenses, etc.),
- have visible tattoos or piercings (except earrings).
- have ever posed partially or completely naked. Doing so after winning is also prohibited, and causes definitive loss of the title.
History[edit]
La plus belle femme de France[edit]
The first organizer of the Miss France contest was Maurice de Waleffe, a journalist. In 1920 he organized a beauty contest whose winner was to be chosen by filmgoers. The contest was called "La plus belle femme de France" – "The most beautiful woman of France".[10]
The first contest had 1,700 entrants, from which a jury chose 49 finalists. Each week for seven weeks, filmgoers received a ballot with seven different names. The winner was Agnès Souret.[11] The contest was repeated in 1921, with the winner Pauline Pô, after which it was discontinued.
Miss France[edit]
In 1926, the contest winner was called "Miss France" for the first time. The contest was discontinued after the 1940 contest because of World War II, and de Waleffe died in 1946.[11]
Starting in 1947, several different groups organized national beauty contests, some of which carried the name Miss France. One of them, founded by Jean Raibaut, was formally organized under the name "Club Charly's" in 1950.[11] The contest organized by Endemol traces its roots to a contest run by an informal group led by Guy Rinaldo and Louis de Fontenay that called itself "Comité Miss France" and crowned its first winner in 1947. After the commencement of the Miss World contest in 1951 and the Miss Universe contest in 1952, the "Comité Miss France" formally organized in 1954, with Rinaldo as president, under the name "Comité Miss France – Miss Europe – Miss Universe."[3]
In these early days, however, the organizers of the global contests did not necessarily have entrants who had won what might be considered the corresponding national contest. The entrant for Miss Universe 1953 from France, for instance, was Christiane Martel, who had won the Miss Cinémonde contest, also organized by Rinaldo, and not Sylviane Carpentier, who had won the Miss France contest.[12] Similarly, the entrant for Miss World 1953 was Denise Perrier. As a result, even though France won both the Miss World and Miss Universe contests in 1953, two different women were the winners, and neither was the winner of the Miss France contest.
The Miss France War[edit]
The administrative secretary of the "Comité Miss France – Miss Europe – Miss Universe" was Geneviève Mulmann, who along with Louis de Fontenay ousted Rinaldo on 14 September 1956. Louis and Geneviève subsequently both took the name de Fontenay, presented themselves as a married couple and had two children together, though they never married. Rinaldo formed a rival association called the "Comité Miss France de Paris". And "Club Charly's" continued to name its own Miss France. Several lawsuits and countersuits ensued.[3]
The war claimed its first injury in April 1983. The de Fontenay committee had deposed Isabelle Turpault for posing for nude photographs. After Turpault made some disparaging remarks about Geneviève de Fontenay, Turpault alleged that one of the de Fontenay children, Xavier, punched her on the Champs-Élysées.[13]
In 1986, Geneviève de Fontenay registered the trademark "Miss France" with the Institut National de la Propriété Intellectuelle (INPI), and defended it from a challenge by the Rinaldo committee. She renewed the trademark in 1996.[3]
In 1999, Eric Morley, founder and organizer of the Miss World contest, revoked the license of the de Fontenay committee and awarded it to the Rinaldo committee, headed by Antoine de Villejoie after Rinaldo's death in 1991.[14] The license was subsequently awarded to Endemol, and starting in 2005 the winner of the Endemol contest or her designated replacement has participated in Miss World.
Big Four pageants[edit]
In the early years of the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International contests, it was rare for the winner of the Miss France contest to compete in both (see table below). From 1961 to 1993, however, the winner of Miss France, or her runner-up, generally competed in international pageantry.
In 1971, the Miss France winner, Myriam Stocco, competed in both the Miss World and Miss Universe contests. From then until 1993, 17 of the 23 Miss France winners competed in both global contests.
Starting in 1994, the de Fontenay committee stopped sending the winner or runner-up to Miss World, a situation that led to the shift of the license to the Rinaldo committee in 1999.[14] Since 2005, however, the entrant in both global contests has been the winner of the Miss France contest organized by Endemol or her designated replacement.
Nowadays, Miss France Organization sends the country's representative to the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International contests.
Titleholders[edit]
La plus belle femme de France[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Agnès Souret † |  Aquitaine
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| 1921 | Pauline Pô † |  Corse
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Pre-World War II[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Roberte Cusey † |  Jura
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| 1928 | Raymonde Allain † | .svg){kind=small} Bretagne
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| 1929 | Germaine Laborde † |  Gascogne
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| Madeleine Mourgues |  Roussillon
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| 1930 | Yvette Labrousse |  Lyon
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| 1931 | Jeanne Juillia |  Garonne
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| Lucienne Nahmias |  Paris
| |
| 1932 | Lyne Quesson de Souza |  Côte d'Azur
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| 1933 | Jacqueline Bertin | Paris
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| 1934 | Simone Barillier | Paris
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| 1935 | Elisabeth Pitz |  Alsace
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| Gisèle Préville | Paris
| |
| 1936 | Lynne Lassal |  Picardie
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| 1937 | Jacqueline Janet | Bretagne
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| 1938 | Annie Garrigues[15] | Pyrénées-Orientales
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| 1939 | Ginette Catriens | Île-de-France
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| 1940 | Joséphine Ladwig | Alsace
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Post-World War II[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Yvonne Viseux |
Côte d'Azur
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| 1948 | Jacqueline Donny |
Paris
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| 1949 | Juliette Figueras |
Paris
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| 1950 | Maryse Delort |
Paris
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| 1951 | Nicole Drouin |
 Saint-Tropez
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| 1952 | Josiane Pouy |
Côte d'Argent
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| 1953 | Sylviane Carpentier †[a] |
Picardie
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| Christiane Martel |
 Lorraine (Runner Up)
| |
| Denise Perrier |
 Saint-Raphaël (Runner Up)
| |
| 1954 | Irène Tunc |
Côte d'Azur
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| 1955 | Véronique Zuber |
Paris
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| 1956 | Maryse Fabre |
 Maroc (Is no longer a territory of france)
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| 1957 | Sylvie-Rosine Numez |
 Saint-Étienne
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| 1958 | Monique Negler |
 Normandie
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| 1959 | Monique Chiron |
Picardie
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| 1960 | Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien |
Bretagne
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| 1961 | Michèle Wargnier |
Bretagne
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| 1962 | Monique Lemaire |
Bretagne
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| 1963 | Muguette Fabris |
Île-de-France
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| 1964 | Jacqueline Gayraud |
 Vendée
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| 1965 | Christiane Sibellin |
Lyon
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| 1966 | Michèle Boulé |
Cannes
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| 1967 | Jeanne Beck |
Normandie
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| 1968 | Christiane Lillio |
Saint-Étienne
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| 1969 | Suzanne Angly |
Alsace
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| 1970 | Michelle Beaurain |
Paris
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| 1971 | Myriam Stocco |
 Languedoc-Roussillon
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| 1972 | Claudine Cassereau |
 Poitou
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| 1973 | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker |
Lorraine
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| 1974 | Edna Tepava |
 Tahiti
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| 1975 | Sophie Perin |
Lorraine
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| 1976 | Monique Uldaric |
.svg){kind=small} Réunion
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| 1977 | Véronique Fagot |
Poitou
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| 1978 | Brigitte Konjovic |
Paris
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| 1979 | Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera |
Marseille
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| 1980 | Patricia Barzyk |
Jura
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| 1981 | Isabelle Sophie Benárd |
Normandie
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| 1982 | Sabrina Belleval |
Côte d'Azur
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| 1983 | Frederique Marcelle Leroy |
 Bordeaux
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| 1984 | Martine Robine |
Normandie
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| 1985 | Suzanne Iskandar |
Alsace
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| 1986 | Valérie Pascale |
Paris
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| 1987 | Nathalie Marquay |
Alsace
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| 1988 | Sylvie Bertin |
Bourg-en-Bresse
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| 1989 | Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski |
Aquitaine
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| 1990 | Gaëlle Voiry |
Aquitaine
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| 1991 | Maréva Georges |
Tahiti
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| 1992 | Linda Hardy |
Pays de Loire
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| 1993 | Véronique de la Cruz |
.svg){kind=small} Guadeloupe
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| 1994 | Valérie Claisse |
Pays de Loire
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| 1995 | Mélody Vilbert |
Aquitaine
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| 1996 | Laure Belleville |
 Pays de Savoie
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| 1997 | Patricia Spehar |
Paris
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| 1998 | Sophie Thalmann |
Lorraine
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| 1999 | Maréva Galanter |
Tahiti
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| 2000 | Sonia Rolland |
 Bourgogne
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| 2001 | Élodie Gossuin |
Picardie
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| 2002 | Sylvie Tellier |
Lyon
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| 2003 | Corinne Coman |
Guadeloupe
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| 2004 | Lætitia Bléger |
Alsace
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| 2005 | Cindy Fabre |
Normandie
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| 2006 | Alexandra Rosenfeld |
Languedoc
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| 2007 | Rachel Legrain-Trapani |
Picardie
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| 2008 | Valérie Bègue |
Réunion
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| 2009 | Chloé Mortaud |
Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées
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| 2010 | Malika Ménard |
Normandie
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| 2011 | Laury Thilleman |
Bretagne
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| 2012 | Delphine Wespiser |
Alsace
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| 2013 | Marine Lorphelin |
Bourgogne
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| 2014 | Flora Coquerel |
 Orléanais
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| 2015 | Camille Cerf |
 Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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| 2016 | Iris Mittenaere |
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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| 2017 | Alicia Aylies |  Guyane
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| 2018 | Maëva Coucke | Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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| 2019 |
- Note
- a 1953: Sylviane Carpentier was refused by Miss France to travel for Miss Universe and Miss World as she had to prepare her wedding.
Big Four pageants under Miss France[edit]
France has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[16][17] These are Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.[18][19][20]
The Boldface indicates winner of the Miss World or Miss Universe pageant : France has two Miss Universe (1953, 2016) and one Miss World (1953).
- Miss France
- Miss France 1st Runner-up
- Miss France 2nd Runner-up
- Miss France 3rd Runner-up
- Miss France 4th Runner-up
- Miss France Miss France Outre-Mer
- Miss France Semi-Finalists
- Miss France Appointed
1951-1959[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Miss Universe France | Miss World France |
| 1951 | Nicole Drouin | N/A | Jacqueline Lemoine |
| 1952 | Josiane Pouy | Claude Godart | Nicole Drouin[21] |
| 1953 | Sylviane Carpentier | Christiane Martel WINNER |
Denise Perrier WINNER |
| 1954 | Irène Tunc | Jacqueline Beer Top 16 |
Claudine Bleuse 3rd Runner-up[22] |
| 1955 | Véronique Zuber | Claudie Petit | Gisele Thierry 5th Runner-up[23] |
| 1956 | Maryse Fabre | Anita Treyens Top 15 |
Genevieve Solare |
| 1957 | Sylvie-Rosine Numez | Lisa Simon | Claude Inès Navarro 5th Runner-up[24] |
| 1958 | Monique Negler | Monique Boulinguez | Claudine Auger 1st Runner-up |
| 1959 | Monique Chiron | Françoise St-Laurent Top 15 |
Marie Hélène Trové |
1960-2012[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Miss Universe France | Miss World France | Miss International France |
| 1960 | Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien |
Florence Eyrie | Diane Medina Top 15 |
Suzanne Degrémont |
| 1961 | Luce Auger |
Simone Darot Top 15 |
Michèle Wargnier 3rd Runner-up |
Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien |
| 1962 | Monique Lemaire |
Sabine Surget | Monique Lemaire 2nd Runner-up |
N/A |
| 1963 | Muguette Fabris Île-de-France |
Monique Lemaire Top 15[21] |
Muguette Fabris 6th Runner-up |
Marie-Josée LeCocq |
| 1964 | Jacqueline Gayraud |
Edith Noël Top 10 |
Jacqueline Gayraud Top 16 |
Brigitte Pradel |
| 1965 | Christiane Sibellin |
Marie-Thérèse Tullio | Christiane Sibellin Top 16 |
Marie-Perron |
| 1966 | Michèle Boulé |
Michèle Boulé | Michèle Boulé Top 15 |
Contest Canceled |
| 1967 | Jeanne Beck |
Anne Vernier | Carole Noe Top 15 |
Martine Grateau |
| 1968 | Christiane Lillio |
Elizabeth Cadren Top 15 |
Nelly Gallerne Top 15 |
Nelly Gallerne Top 15 |
| 1969 | Suzanne Angly |
Agathe Cognet | Suzanne Angly Top 15 |
Sophie Yallant |
| 1970 | Michelle Beaurain Île-de-France |
Françoise Durand-Behot | Michelle Beaurain | Dominique Pasquier |
| 1971 | Myriam Stocco |
Myriam Stocco 5th Runner-up |
Myriam Stocco 6th Runner-up |
Laurence Vallée |
| 1972 | Claudine Cassereau |
Claudine Cassereau | Claudine Cassereau | Suzanne Angly Top 15 |
| 1973 | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker |
Isabelle Nadia Krumacker | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker | Christine Schmidth Top 15 |
| 1974 | Edna Tepava |
Brigitte Marie Flayac | Edna Tepava | Josiane Bouffeni |
| 1975 | Sophie Perin |
Sophie Perin | Sophie Perin | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker Top 15 Miss Photogenic |
| 1976 | Monique Uldaric |
Monique Uldaric | Monique Uldaric | Sophie Perin WINNER |
| 1977 | Véronique Fagot |
Véronique Fagot | Véronique Fagot Top 15' |
Catherine Pouchele |
| 1978 | Brigitte Konjovic Île-de-France |
Brigitte Konjovic | Kelly Hoarau | Véronique Fagot |
| 1979 | Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera |
Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera | Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera | Martine Juliette David |
| 1980 | Patricia Barzyk |
Brigitte Choquet | Patricia Barzyk 1st Runner-up |
Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera Top 10 Miss Photogenic |
| 1981 | Isabelle Sophie Benárd |
Isabelle Sophie Benárd | Isabelle Sophie Benárd | Beatriz Peyet |
| 1982 | Sabrina Belleval |
Martine Marie Philipps | Martine Marie Philipps | Isabelle Rochard |
| 1983 | Frederique Marcelle Leroy |
Frederique Marcelle Leroy | Frederique Marcelle Leroy | Valérie Guenveur |
| 1984 | Martine Robine |
Martine Robine | Martine Robine | Corinne Terrason |
| 1985 | Suzanne Iskandar |
Suzanne Iskandar | Nathalie Jones (New-Caledonia) | Nathalie Jones (New-Caledonia) |
| 1986 | Valérie Pascale Île-de-France |
Catherine Carew (Guadeloupe) | Catherine Carew (Guadeloupe) | Cathy Billaudeau |
| 1987 | Nathalie Marquay |
Nathalie Marquay | Nathalie Marquay 6th Runner-up |
Joelle Annik Ramyhed |
| 1988 | Sylvie Bertin |
Claudia Frittolini | Claudia Frittolini | Nathalie Marquay Top 10 |
| 1989 | Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski |
Pascale Meotti | Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski | Dorothée Lambert |
| 1990 | Gaëlle Voiry |
Gaëlle Voiry 21ème |
Gaëlle Voiry | Celine Marteau |
| 1991 | Maréva Georges |
Maréva Georges Top 10 |
Maréva Georges Top 10 |
Catherine Clarysse 1st Runner-up |
| 1992 | Linda Hardy |
Linda Hardy | Linda Hardy | Benedicte Marie Delmas |
| 1993 | Véronique de la Cruz |
Véronique de la Cruz | Véronique de la Cruz 6th Runner-up |
Marie-Ange Noelle Contart |
| 1994 | Valérie Claisse |
Valérie Claisse 36ème |
Radiah Latidine | Nathalie Pereira |
| 1995 | Mélody Vilbert |
Corinne Lauret 17ème |
Hélène Lantoine | Mélody Vilbert Top 10 |
| 1996 | Laure Belleville |
Laure Belleville 11ème |
Séverine Deroualle | Nancy Cornelia Delettrez |
| 1997 | Patricia Spehar Île-de-France |
Patricia Spehar 37ème |
Laure Belleville[21] | Marie Pauline Borg 2nd Runner-up |
| 1998 | Sophie Thalmann |
Sophie Thalmann | Véronique Caloc 1st Runner-up |
Patricia Spehar Top 10 |
| 1999 | Maréva Galanter |
Maréva Galanter 13ème |
Sandra Bretones | Céline Cheuva |
| 2000 | Sonia Rolland |
Sonia Rolland Top 10 |
Karine Meier | Tatiana Michèle Bouguer |
| 2001 | Élodie Gossuin |
Élodie Gossuin Top 10 |
Emmanuelle Chossat | Nawal Benhlal |
| 2002 | Sylvie Tellier |
Sylvie Tellier 42ème |
Caroline Chamorand | Emmanuelle Jogadinsinski 1st Runner-up |
| 2003 | Corinne Coman |
Emmanuelle Chossat | Virginie Dubois | Elodie Couffin |
| 2004 | Lætitia Bléger |
Lætitia Bléger | Lætitia Marciniak | Lucie Degletagne |
| 2005 | Cindy Fabre |
Cindy Fabre 29ème |
Cindy Fabre | Cynthia Tevere Top 10 |
| 2006 | Alexandra Rosenfeld |
Alexandra Rosenfeld 22ème |
Laura Fasquel[25] | Marie-Charlotte Meré |
| 2007 | Rachel Legrain-Trapani |
Rachel Legrain-Trapani 52ème |
Rachel Legrain-Trapani | Sophie Vouzelaud |
| 2008 | Valérie Bègue |
Laura Tanguy | Laura Tanguy | Vicky Michaud |
| 2009 | Chloé Mortaud |
Chloé Mortaud Top 10 |
Chloé Mortaud 3rd Runner-up |
Mathilde Muller |
| 2010 | Malika Ménard |
Malika Ménard Top 15 |
Virginie Dechenaud Top 25 |
Florima Treiber Top 10 |
| 2011 | Laury Thilleman |
Laury Thilleman Top 10 |
Clémence Oleksy | Laura Maurey |
| 2012 | Delphine Wespiser |
Marie Payet Top 10 |
Delphine Wespiser | Marion Amelineau |
2013-2015[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Miss Universe France | Miss World France | Miss Earth France | Miss International France |
| 2013 | Marine Lorphelin |
Hinarani de Longeaux 17ème |
Marine Lorphelin 1st Runner-up Continental Queen of Europe |
Sophie Garenaux Top 16 |
N/A |
| 2014 | Flora Coquerel |
Camille Cerf Top 15 |
Flora Coquerel | Laëtizia Penmellen Miss Photogenic |
Aurianne Sinacola Best Body |
| 2015 | Camille Cerf |
Flora Coquerel 3rd Runner-up |
Hinarere Taputu Top 11 |
Alyssa Wurtz Top 16 |
Charlotte Pirroni |
2016-Present[edit]
| Year | Miss France | Miss Universe France | Miss World France |
| 2016 | Iris Mittenaere | Iris Mittenaere Miss Universe 2016 |
Morgane Edvige Top 20 |
| 2017 | Alicia Aylies | Alicia Aylies | Aurore Kichenin Top 5 |
| 2018 | Maëva Coucke | Eva Colas TBD |
Maëva Coucke TBD |
Hosts[edit]
- Guy Lux: 1987-1988
- Sacha Distel: 1989
- Yves Lecoq: 1990-1991
- Julien Lepers: 1992-1995
- Jean-Pierre Foucault: 1996-
- Sylvie Tellier:2009-
Venue[edit]
- Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile: 1975
- Hôtel de Ville, Paris: 2000
- Palais des Sports de Gerland: 2003
- Palais des Festivals et des Congrès: 2006
- Palais Nikaia: 2010
Winners Gallery[edit]
Miss France 2018
Maëva Coucke
Miss France 2017
Alicia Aylies
Miss France and Miss Universe 2016
Iris Mittenaere
Miss France 2015
Camille Cerf
Miss France 2014
Flora Coquerel
Miss France 2013
Marine Lorphelin
Miss France 2012
Delphine Wespiser
Miss France 2011
Laury Thilleman
Miss France 2010
Malika Ménard
Miss France 2009
Chloé Mortaud
Miss France 2008
Valérie Bègue
Miss France 2007
Rachel Legrain-Trapani
Miss France 2006
Alexandra Rosenfeld
Miss France 2005
Cindy Fabre
Miss France 2003
Corinne Coman
Miss France 2002
Sylvie Tellier
Miss France 2001
Élodie Gossuin
Miss France 2000
Sonia Rolland
Miss France 1999
Mareva Galanter
Miss France 1998
Sophie Thalmann
Miss France 1992
Linda Hardy
Miss France 1987
Nathalie Marquay
Miss France 1949
Juliette Figueras
Miss France 1938
Annie Garrigues
Miss France 1934
Simone Barillier
Miss France 1932
Lyne de Souza
Miss France 1931
Jeanne Juilla
Miss France 1930
Yvette Labrousse
Miss France 1928
Raymonde Allain
Miss France 1927
Roberte Cusey
Miss France 1921
Agnès Souret
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Disputes and vacancies[edit]
The title has been declared vacant on several occasions, with the runner-up generally fulfilling the term of the winner.
| Year | Winner | Replacement | Reasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Elisabeth Pitz | Giselle Preville | Pitz returned her crown after 2 hours and was replaced by Preville.[26] |
| 1954 | Irène Tunc | Danielle Génault | No reason given,[26] though Tunc was already starting to appear in movies.[27] |
| 1956 | Maryse Fabre | Gisèle Charbit | Fabre's election rescinded after public protests. Charbit was elected the following evening.[26] |
| 1961 | Luce Auger | Michèle Wargnier | Auger deposed for being a mother, even though she had informed the organizers.[28] |
| 1966 | Michèle Boulé | Monique Boucher | No reason given,[26] although Boulé competed in both the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. |
| 1972 | Chantal Bouvier de la Motte | Claudine Cassereau | Resigned because of injuries from a fall from a horse.[26] |
| 1978 | Pascale Taurua | Brigitte Konjovic | Taurua resigned to return to New Caledonia rather than stay in France for a year. The first runner-up, Kelly Hoarau from Reunion Island, declined also, but competed in the Miss World contest. Konjovic, second runner-up, took the position and competed in Miss Universe.[26] |
| 1983 | Isabelle Turpault | Frederique Marcelle Leroy | Deposed for posing nude in a magazine.[26] |
| 1988 | Sylvie Bertin | Claudia Frittolini | Deposed for refusing to participate in Miss Universe contest.[26] |
| 2004 | Laetitia Bléger | Lucie Degletagne | Deposed for six months for posing nude in Playboy. Restored after apologizing. Successfully sued her agent for manipulating her.[26] |
| 2008 | Valérie Bègue | Laura Tanguy | Repudiated by Geneviève de Fontenay for "scandalous" photos in a magazine,[29] but retained her title with the support of Endemol. She agreed not to compete in the global contests. The first runner-up, Miss New Caledonia, Vahinerii Requillart, decided to not compete in Miss Universe because she wanted to continue studying.[30] Tanguy, the second runner-up, competed in the Miss World and Miss Universe contests.[26] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miss France registration form[permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ MISS FRANCE SAS sur SOCIETE.COM (in French)
- ^ a b c d WIPO Domain Name Decision (in French)
- ^ a b L'entreprise "Miss France" Archived 11 December 2012 at Archive.is (in French)
- ^ Boquet-Vautor, Lorelei (17 December 2017). "Miss France 2018 : La grande gagnante est Maeva Coucke alias Miss Nord Pas de Calais" (in French). TF1.
- ^ "À CHÂTEAUROUX, MAËVA COUCKE, MISS NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS DEVIENT MISS FRANCE 2018 !" (in French). Wit. 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Maëva Coucke, Miss Nord Pas-de-Calais, wins Miss France 2018". Lucire. 17 December 2017.
- ^ "France's Iris Mittenaere wins Miss Universe 2016". 30 January 2017.
- ^ Miss France 2010 : Malika Ménard élue avec 34% des votes du public Archived 18 July 2012 at Archive.is (in French)
- ^ La société Miss France (in French)
- ^ a b c Historique
- ^ Critical Beauty – The Miss France Controversy Archived 19 November 2008 at Archive.is
- ^ Critical Beauty – The Miss France Controversy Archived 8 July 2011 at Archive.is
- ^ a b "Miss World and Miss France Statement Issued by Eric Morley", reprinted in "La vérité tirée du chapeau," pp. 132–133
- ^ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Miss Pyrénées-Orientales élue Miss France en 1938, 7 decembre 2014
- ^ Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ a b c Won previous year's Miss France contest.
- ^ MissWorld.com : History 1954 Archived 19 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ MissWorld.com : History 1955 Archived 19 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ MissWorld.com : History 1957 Archived 19 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Miss World 2006: Meet the Contestants Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Rosenfeld declined to participate in Miss World after a "sour experience" at Miss Universe.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Palmarès des Miss France depuis 1920 à nos jours (in French)
- ^ Irène Tunc at IMDB.com
- ^ "Il lui a fallu six ans de procedure pour reconquerir son titre de Miss France", L'Aurore, 7 April 1967, reprinted in "La vérité tirée du chapeau", p. 85 (in French). Despite the title of the article, Luce Auger did not regain her title.
- ^ Miss France Valerie Begue Photos Scandal Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Vahinerii Requillart décline l'offre du Comité Miss France
External links[edit]
- Passion Miss
- Miss France
- (in French) Official site
- http://www.lempimissit.suntuubi.com
- Official Maldives partner page for 2011
- http://passionmiss.xooit.fr/index.php (Site for fans, in French)
- La vérité tirée du chapeau[permanent dead link] ("The truth pulled out of the hat", in French)
- Miss France controversy (summary, in English, of parts of "La vérité tirée du chapeau")
