Miss France 2010
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| Miss France 2010 | |
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| Date | December 5, 2009 |
| Presenters | Jean-Pierre Foucault, Genevieve de Fontenay & Sylvie Tellier |
| Entertainment | Robbie Williams |
| Venue | Palais Nikaia, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Broadcaster | TF1 |
| Entrants | 37 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Withdrawals | New Caledonia |
| Returns | Gascony (Bearn-Gascogne) |
| Winner | Malika Ménard Normandy |
Miss France 2010, the 63rd Miss France pageant, was held in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on December 5, 2009. Malika Ménard of Normandy was crowned Miss France 2010 by the outgoing title-holder Chloé Mortaud of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées, who was 5th runner-up at Miss Universe 2009 and 3rd runner-up at Miss World 2009.
For the first time since 1987, Miss France was chosen by viewer voting, after the five finalists had been announced during the live broadcast. Only the judges had selected the five finalists out of the top twelve.
The 37 contestants traveled to Martinique for fashion shoots, videos and interviews, from 13 to 21 November.
Malika Ménard represented France at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant in Las Vegas on August 23, 2010. Some runners-up represented the country in other pageants, including Miss World 2010 and Miss Europe 2010.
Results
Places
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss France 2010 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 12 |
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Order of announcements
Top 12
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Top 5
- 1. Normandy
- 2. Provence
- 3. Quercy Rouergue
- 4. Rhône Alpes
- 5. Brittany
Preliminary events
Martinique
The delegates of Miss France 2010 visited the island of the Martinique for the official fashion shoot.
Judges
- Arielle Dombasle - Actress
- Jean-Luc Reichmann - Television Personality
- Mareva Galanter - Miss France 1999
- Jean-Paul Gaultier - Designer
- Farida Khelfa- Actress
- Jimmy Jean-Louis - Actor on NBC's Heroes
- Xavier Deluc - Actor
Contestants
| Region | Name | Age | Height | Hometown |
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| Albigeois Midi Pyrénées | Laura Faroult | 21 | 1,73 | Toulouse |
| Alsace | Sophie Mathes | 19 | 1,72 | Strasbourg |
| Aquitaine | Aurélie Zengerlin | 21 | 1,77 | Bordeaux |
| Artois Hainaut | Astrid Ponchel | 21 | 1,79 | Arras |
| Auvergne | Mégane Potier | 19 | 1,73 | Vichy |
| Bearn Gascogne | Marine Bories | 20 | 1,72 | Bayonne |
| Berry Val de Loire | Elodie Martel | 19 | 1,72 | Dreux |
| Brittany | Mélanie Craignou | 19 | 1,78 | Brest |
| Burgundy | Jenna Tournay | 19 | 1,75 | Dijon |
| Champagne Ardenne | Cécile Brandao | 21 | 1,72 | Saint-Dizier |
| Corsica | Célina Nicolai | 21 | 1,77 | Ajaccio |
| Côte d'Azur | Anaïs Governatori | 20 | 1,72 | Nice |
| Flanders | Aline Bourgeois | 20 | 1,75 | Roubaix |
| Franche-Comté | Estelle Diop | 19 | 1,80 | Besançon |
| French Guiana | Tineffa Naïsso | 20 | 1,79 | Kourou |
| Guadeloupe | Angélique Duro | 20 | 1,78 | Basse-Terre |
| Île de France | Lisa Alberici | 20 | 1,78 | Paris |
| Languedoc | Manon Ricci | 18 | 1,73 | Montpellier |
| Limousin | Justine Posé | 18 | 1,77 | Limoges |
| Loire Forez | Marion Léoncini | 23 | 1,78 | Riom |
| Lorraine | Marina Garau | 22 | 1,74 | Metz |
| Martinique | Cindy Chenière | 20 | 1,73 | Fort-de-France |
| Mayotte | Élodie Anridhoini | 19 | 1,74 | Mamoudzou |
| Normandy | Malika Ménard | 22 | 1,76 | Caen |
| Orléanais | Cassandre Roland | 18 | 1,71 | Orléans |
| Paris | Kelly Bochenko | 23 | 1,75 | Paris |
| Pays de la Loire | Amélie Taugourdeau | 23 | 1,70 | Nantes |
| Pays de Savoie | Édwige Tiare | 22 | 1,77 | Albertville |
| Picardy | Juliette Boubaaya | 19 | 1,72 | Saint-Quentin |
| Poitou Charentes | Rachel Jeannot | 23 | 1,73 | Cognac |
| Provence | Emilie Corbi | 21 | 1,76 | Marseille |
| Quercy Rouergue | Nathalie Ample | 19 | 1,79 | Figeac |
| Réunion | Kim Hoa Buraut | 18 | 1,82 | Saint Denis |
| Rhône Alpes | Virginie Dechenaud | 23 | 1,74 | Lyon |
| Roussillon | Céline Callivrousis | 22 | 1,70 | Nîmes |
| Saint-Pierre & Miquelon | Marie Serba | 18 | 1,80 | Saint-Pierre |
| Tahiti | Léna Bonno | 20 | 1,78 | Moorea |
Historical significance
- Normandy won the Miss France crown after five years drought.
- Brittany scored its highest placement since Monique Lemaire won in 1962.
- Regions made into the Top 12 previous year were: Brittany, Limousin, Mayotte, Normandy and Rhône-Alpes.
- Guyana last placed in 2008.
- Champagne-Ardenne last placed in 1991.
- Pays de Loire was unplaced after four consecutive years of finalists.
- Réunion was unplaced after five consecutive years of finalists.
- Normandy won its sixth crown, now the second most successful region to compete in the pageant, tied with Paris.
- Jean-Pierre Foucault hosted the pageant for the fifteenth time.
Regional pageant notes
Region changes
- Languedoc-Roussillon, split into Languedoc and Roussilllon
Returning region
- Bearn-Gascogne
Withdrawals
External links
- [1] Miss France official website