Miss France
| Motto | The most beautiful woman of France |
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| Formation | 1920 |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Paris |
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Membership
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Miss Universe Miss World Miss Earth Miss International |
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Official language
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French |
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National Director
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Sylvie Tellier |
| Website | tf1 |
Miss France is a national Beauty pageant in France.
The pageant is held each year in December, and the winner is designated by the year that begins in the ensuing January.[1] Rights to the trademark are owned by the company Miss France SAS,[2][3] whose director general is Sylvie Tellier, Miss France 2002.[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]
Miss France 2015, Camille Cerf, was chosen 6 December 2014. 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]
Contents
Rules
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). For the Miss France 2010 contest, the winner was chosen entirely by the votes of viewers for the first time.[6]
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 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
La plus belle femme de France
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".[7]
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.[8] The contest was repeated in 1921, with the winner Pauline Pô, after which it was discontinued.
Miss France
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.[8]
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.[8] 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.[9] 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
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.[10]
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.[11] 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.
Grand slam pageants
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.[11] 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 has handled Miss France to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International contests.
Titleholders
La plus belle femme de France
| Year | Miss France |
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| 1920 | Agnès Souret |
| 1921 | Pauline Pô |
Pre-World War II
| Year | Miss France |
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| 1927 | Roberte Cusey |
| 1928 | Raymonde Allain |
| 1929 | Germaine Laborde |
| Madeleine Mourgues | |
| 1930 | Yvette Labrousse |
| 1931 | Jeanne Juillia |
| Lucienne Nahmias | |
| 1932 | Lyne Quesson de Souza |
| 1933 | Jacqueline Bertin |
| 1934 | Simone Barillier |
| 1935 | Elisabeth Pitz |
| Gisèle Préville | |
| 1936 | Lynne Lassal |
| 1937 | Jacqueline Janet |
| 1938 | Annie Garrigues[12] |
| 1939 | Ginette Catriens |
| 1940 | Joséphine Ladwig |
Post-World War II
Boldface indicates winner of the Miss Universe or Miss World pageant ( the only winners from France were in the two contests held in 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
| Year | Miss France | Miss Universe France | Miss World France | Miss International France | Miss Earth France |
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| 1947 | Yvonne Viseux |
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| 1948 | Jacqueline Donny |
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| 1949 | Juliette Figueras |
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| 1950 | Maryse Delort |
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| 1951 | Nicole Drouin |
Jacqueline Lemoine | |||
| 1952 | Josiane Pouy |
Claude Godart | Nicole Drouin (4th Runner up)[13] |
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| 1953 | Sylviane Carpentier |
Christiane Martel (Miss Universe 1953) |
Denise Perrier (Miss World 1953) |
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| 1954 | Irène Tunc |
Jacqueline Beer (Top 16) |
Claudine Bleuse (3rd Runner up)[14] |
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| 1955 | Véronique Zuber |
Claudie Petit | Gisele Thierry (5th Runner up)[15] |
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| 1956 | Maryse Fabre |
Anita Treyens (Top 15) |
Genevieve Solare | ||
| 1957 | Sylvie-Rosine Numez |
Lisa Simon | Claude Inès Navarro (5th Runner up)[16] |
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| 1958 | Monique Negler |
Monique Boulinguez | Claudine Auger (1st Runner-up) |
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| 1959 | Monique Chiron |
Françoise St-Laurent (Top 15) |
Marie Hélène Trové | ||
| 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) |
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| 1963 | Muguette Fabris Île-de-France |
Monique Lemaire (Top 15)[13] |
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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 1973 | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker |
Isabelle Nadia Krumacker | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker | Christine Schmidth (Top 15) |
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| 1974 | Edna Tepava |
Brigitte Marie Flayac | Edna Tepava | Josiane Bouffeni | |
| 1975 | Sophie Perin |
Sophie Perin | Sophie Perin | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker (Top 15) (Miss Photogenic) |
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| 1976 | Monique Uldaric |
Monique Uldaric | Monique Uldaric | Sophie Perin (Miss International 1976) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 1996 | Laure Belleville |
Laure Belleville 11ème |
Séverine Deroualle | Nancy Cornelia Delettrez | |
| 1997 | Patricia Spehar Île-de-France |
Patricia Spehar 37ème |
Laure Belleville[13] | Marie Pauline Borg (2nd Runner-Up) |
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| 1998 | Sophie Thalmann |
Sophie Thalmann | Véronique Caloc (1st Runner up) |
Patricia Spehar (Top 10) |
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| 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) |
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| 2003 | Corinne Coman |
Emmanuelle Chossat | Virginie Dubois | Elodie Couffin | Jennifer Pichard (Best Swimsuit) |
| 2004 | Lætitia Bléger |
Lætitia Bléger | Lætitia Marciniak | Lucie Degletagne | Audrey Nogues |
| 2005 | Cindy Fabre |
Cindy Fabre 29ème |
Cindy Fabre | Cynthia Tevere (Top 10) |
Alexandra Uhan |
| 2006 | Alexandra Rosenfeld |
Alexandra Rosenfeld 22ème |
Laura Fasquel[17] | Marie-Charlotte Meré | Anne Charlotte Triplet (Top 16) |
| 2007 | Rachel Legrain-Trapani |
Rachel Legrain-Trapani 52ème |
Rachel Legrain-Trapani | Sophie Vouzelaud | Alexandra Gaguen |
| 2008 | Valérie Bègue |
Laura Tanguy | Laura Tanguy | Vicky Michaud | Charlotte Lagauzere |
| 2009 | Chloé Mortaud |
Chloé Mortaud (Top 10) |
Chloé Mortaud (3rd Runner-up) |
Mathilde Muller | Magalie Audrey Thierry (Top 16) |
| 2010 | Malika Ménard |
Malika Ménard (Top 15) |
Virginie Dechenaud (Top 25) |
Florima Treiber (Top 10) |
Fanny Samantha Vauzanges |
| 2011 | Laury Thilleman |
Laury Thilleman (Top 10) |
Clémence Oleksy | Laura Maurey | Mathilde Florin |
| 2012 | Delphine Wespiser |
Marie Payet (Top 10) |
Delphine Wespiser | Marion Amelineau | |
| 2013 | Marine Lorphelin |
Hinarani de Longeaux 17ème |
Marine Lorphelin (1st Runner up) (Queen of Europe) |
Sophie Garenaux (Top 16) |
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| 2014 | Flora Coquerel |
Camille Cerf (Top 15) |
Flora Coquerel | Aurianne Sinacola (Best Body) |
Laëtizia Penmellen (Miss Photogenic) |
| 2015 | Camille Cerf |
Flora Coquerel (3rd Runner-Up) |
Hinarere Taputu (Top 11) |
Charlotte Pirroni | Alyssa Wurtz (Top 16) |
| 2016 | Iris Mittenaere |
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Hosts
- Guy Lux: 1987
- Sacha Distel: 1989
- Yves Lecoq: 1990-1991
- Julien Lepers: 1992-1995
- Jean-Pierre Foucault: 1996-
- Sylvie Tellier:2009, 2010
venue
- Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile: 1975
- Hôtel de Ville, Paris: 2000
- Palais des Sports de Gerland: 2003
- Palais des Festivals et des Congrès: 2006
- Palais Nikaia: 2010
Winners Gallery
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Miss France 2015
Camille Cerf -
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Miss France 2014
Flora Coquerel -
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Miss France 2013
Marine Lorphelin -
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Miss France 2012
Delphine Wespiser -
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Miss France 2011
Laury Thilleman -
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Miss France 2010
Malika Ménard -
Miss France 2009
Chloé Mortaud -
Valérie Bègue signat des autographe à l'hipodrome de pau le 13 janvier 2008 vue 5.JPG
Miss France 2008
Valérie Bègue -
Rachel Legrain-Trapani Salon du chocolat 2008.jpg
Miss France 2007
Rachel Legrain-Trapani -
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Miss France 2006
Alexandra Rosenfeld -
Cindy Fabre Cannes 2013.jpg
Miss France 2005
Cindy Fabre -
Corinne Coman Miss France 2003.JPG
Miss France 2003
Corinne Coman -
Sylvie Tellier 2009.jpg
Miss France 2002
Sylvie Tellier -
Elodie Gossuin Miss Europe.jpg
Miss France 2001
Élodie Gossuin-Lacherie -
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Miss France 2000
Sonia Rolland -
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Miss France 1999
Mareva Galanter -
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Miss France 1998
Sophie Thalmann -
Miss France 1992
Linda Hardy -
Miss France 1987
Nathalie Marquay -
Juliette Figueras.jpg
Miss France 1949
Juliette Figueras -
Annie Garrigues (Le Figaro, 1938).jpg
Miss France 1938
Annie Garrigues -
Simone Barillier 1934.jpg
Miss France 1934
Simone Barillier -
Lyne de Souza 1932.jpg
Miss France 1932
Lyne de Souza -
Jeanne Juilla 1931.jpg
Miss France 1931
Jeanne Juilla -
Yvette Labrousse 1930.jpg
Miss France 1930
Yvette Labrousse -
Raymonde Allain 1928.jpg
Miss France 1928
Raymonde Allain -
Roberte Cusey 1927.jpg
Miss France 1927
Roberte Cusey -
Agnès Souret 1921.jpg
Miss France 1921
Agnès Souret
Disputes and vacancies
The title has been declared vacant on several occasions, with the runner-up generally fulfilling the term of the winner.
| Year | Winner | Replacement | Reasons |
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| 1935 | Elisabeth Pitz | Giselle Preville | Pitz returned her crown after 2 hours and was replaced by Preville.[18] |
| 1954 | Irène Tunc | Danielle Génault | No reason given,[18] though Tunc was already starting to appear in movies.[19] |
| 1956 | Maryse Fabre | Gisèle Charbit | Fabre's election rescinded after public protests. Charbit was elected the following evening.[18] |
| 1961 | Luce Auger | Michèle Wargnier | Auger deposed for being a mother, even though she had informed the organizers.[20] |
| 1966 | Michèle Boulé | Monique Boucher | No reason given,[18] 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.[18] |
| 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.[18] |
| 1983 | Isabelle Turpault | Frederique Marcelle Leroy | Deposed for posing nude in a magazine.[18] |
| 1988 | Sylvie Bertin | Claudia Frittolini | Deposed for refusing to participate in Miss Universe contest.[18] |
| 2004 | Laetitia Bléger | Lucie Degletagne | Deposed for six months for posing nude in Playboy. Restored after apologizing. Successfully sued her agent for manipulating her.[18] |
| 2008 | Valérie Bègue | Laura Tanguy | Repudiated by Geneviève de Fontenay for "scandalous" photos in a magazine,[21] 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.[22] Tanguy, the second runner-up, competed in the Miss World and Miss Universe contests.[18] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miss France registration form (in French)
- ↑ MISS FRANCE SAS sur SOCIETE.COM (in French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 WIPO Domain Name Decision (in French)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 L'entreprise "Miss France" (in French)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Miss France 2010 : Malika Ménard élue avec 34% des votes du public (in French)
- ↑ La société Miss France (in French)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Historique
- ↑ Critical Beauty – The Miss France Controversy
- ↑ Critical Beauty – The Miss France Controversy
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Miss World and Miss France Statement Issued by Eric Morley", reprinted in "La vérité tirée du chapeau," pp. 132–133
- ↑ (French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Miss Pyrénées-Orientales élue Miss France en 1938, 7 decembre 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Won previous year's Miss France contest.
- ↑ MissWorld.com : History 1954
- ↑ MissWorld.com : History 1955
- ↑ MissWorld.com : History 1957
- ↑ Miss World 2006: Meet the Contestants Rosenfeld declined to participate in Miss World after a "sour experience" at Miss Universe.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.9 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
- ↑ Vahinerii Requillart décline l'offre du Comité Miss France
External links
- Passion Miss
- Miss France
- (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 ("The truth pulled out of the hat", in French)
- Miss France controversy (summary, in English, of parts of "La vérité tirée du chapeau")
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Miss France winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants
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