List of Miss France titleholders

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Miss France is a French beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1947.

Titleholders[]

The Miss France competition was founded in 1920, using the name La plus belle femme de France (English: The most beautiful woman of France). After two editions, the competition was abandoned, and later rebranded as Miss France in 1927. Miss France was held annually until 1940, due to World War II, and has since been held annually again since 1947.

Year Miss France Hometown Represented Age[a] Notes
La plus belle femme de France
1920 Agnès Souret Espelette Aquitaine Espelette 17
1921 Pauline Pô Ajaccio  Corsica 16
Miss France
1927 Roberte Cusey Paris Jura (department) Jura 20
1928 Raymonde Allain Paris  Brittany 15
1929 Germaine Laborde Bordeaux  Gascogne 24 Laborde was crowned Miss France 1929 in February 1929, while Mourgues was crowned in November 1928 by a competing committee.
Madeleine Mourgues Lot  Roussillon 17
1930 Yvette Labrousse Oullins  Lyon 24
1931 Jeanne Juillia Villeneuve-sur-Lot Midi-Pyrénées Garonne 20 Juillia was crowned Miss France 1931 in January 1931, while Nahmias was crowned in May 1931 by a competing committee.
Lucienne Nahmias Paris  Paris 20
1932 Lyne Quesson de Souza Mouans-Sartoux Nice Côte d'Azur 18
1933 Jacqueline Bertin Paris  Paris 16
1934 Simone Barillier Paris  Paris 17
1935 Elisabeth Pitz Saarbrücken Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken[b] 24 Pitz resigned two hours after being crowned Miss France amidst controversy that Saarbrücken had become German territory four months prior to the competition. She was replaced by Préville, her first runner-up.[1]
Gisèle Préville Paris  Paris 16
1936 Lynne Lassal Paris  Picardy 18
1937 Jacqueline Janet Paris  Brittany 17
1938 Annie Garrigues Perpignan  Pyrénées-Orientales 18
1939 Ginette Catriens Paris  Île-de-France 24
1940 Joséphine Ladwig Bischwiller  Alsace 16
1947 Yvonne Viseux Camon Nice Côte d'Azur 20
1948 Jacqueline Donny Paris  Paris 20
1949 Juliette Figueras Paris  Paris 20
1950 Maryse Delort Paris  Paris 19
1951 Nicole Drouin Paris  Saint-Tropez 20
1952 Josiane Pouy Aquitaine Côte d'Argent 18
1953 Sylviane Carpentier Ailly-sur-Somme  Picardy 19
1954 Irène Tunc Nice Nice Côte d'Azur 19
1955 Véronique Zuber Paris  Paris 19
1956 Gisèle Charbit Casablanca  Morocco[c] 18
1957 Sylvie-Rosine Numez Saint-Étienne Loire (department) Saint-Étienne
1958 Monique Negler  Normandy
1959 Monique Chiron  Poitou 17
1960 Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien Brittany Côte d'Émeraude 16
1961 Michèle Wargnier Paris  Brittany 17
1962 Monique Lemaire Brittany Côte d'Émeraude 18 Second runner-up at Miss World 1962 and top fifteen at Miss Universe 1963
1963 Muguette Fabris Angoulême  Île-de-France 22 Sixth runner-up at Miss World 1963
1964 Jacqueline Gayraud  Vendée Top sixteen at Miss World 1964
1965 Christiane Sibellin Lyon  Lyon 16 Top sixteen at Miss World 1965
1966 Michèle Boulé Cannes Alpes-Maritimes Cannes 17 Top fifteen at Miss World 1966
1967 Jeanne Beck Saint-Pierre-du-Mont  Normandy 19
1968 Christiane Lillio Terrenoire Loire (department) Saint-Étienne 16
1969 Suzanne Angly Mulhouse  Alsace 17 Top fifteen at Miss World 1969 and top fifteen at Miss International 1972
1970 Michelle Beaurain Paris  Paris 19
1971 Myriam Stocco Beaucaire  Languedoc-Roussillon 21 Top twelve at Miss Universe 1971 and sixth runner-up at Miss World 1971
1972 Chantal Bouvier de la Motte Paris  Paris 17 Bouvier de la Motte suffered severe injuries after falling off of a horse, and resigned the title. She was replaced by Cassereau, her first runner-up.[1]
Claudine Cassereau Loudun  Poitou 19
1973 Isabelle Nadia Krumacker Troisfontaines  Lorraine 19 Top fifteen at Miss International 1975
1974 Edna Tepava Papeete  Tahiti 17
1975 Sophie Perin Talange  Lorraine 18 Miss International 1976
1976 Monique Uldaric Saint-Pierre  Réunion 21
1977 Véronique Fagot Oiron  Poitou 17 Top fifteen at Miss World 1977
1978 Pascale Taurua Nouméa  New Caledonia 16 Taurua resigned the title shortly after winning due to her wishing to remain in New Caledonia and not move to Paris; she was replaced by her first runner-up Brigitte Konjovic.
Brigitte Konjovic Paris  Paris 17
1979 Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera Marseille  Marseille 18 Top ten at Miss International 1980
1980 Thilda Fuller Papeete  Tahiti 24 Fuller resigned the title three days after winning and was replaced by her first runner-up Patricia Barzyk.
Patricia Barzyk Arbouans Jura (department) Jura 16 Second runner-up at Miss World 1980
1981 Isabelle Sophie Benard Vernon  Normandy 18
1982 Sabrina Belleval Nice Nice Côte d'Azur 16
1983 Isabelle Turpault Paris  Paris 22 Turpault was dethroned after it was discovered that she had participated in an erotic photoshoot, and was replaced by her first runner-up Frédérique Marcelle Leroy.
Frédérique Marcelle Leroy Bordeaux  Aquitaine 20
1984 Martine Robine Deauville  Normandy 19
1985 Suzanne Iskandar Lingolsheim  Alsace 21 First Arab-French winner and first winner with dual nationality, being French-Lebanese
1986 Valérie Pascale Paris  Paris 17
1987 Nathalie Marquay Wittenheim  Alsace 19 Top twelve at Miss World 1987 and top ten at Miss International 1988
1988 Sylvie Bertin Ferney-Voltaire Ain Bresse and Bugey 21
1989 Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski Monflanquin  Aquitaine 16
1990 Gaëlle Voiry Bordeaux  Aquitaine 21
1991 Mareva Georges Punaauia  Tahiti 21 Top ten at Miss Universe 1991 and top ten at Miss World 1991
1992 Linda Hardy Nantes  Pays de la Loire 18
1993 Véronique de la Cruz Saint-François  Guadeloupe 18 Top ten at Miss World 1993; first black titleholder
1994 Valérie Claisse Pornic  Pays de la Loire 21
1995 Mélody Vilbert Bordeaux  Aquitaine 18 Top ten at Miss International 1995
1996 Laure Belleville Lathuile Savoy Pays de Savoie 19
1997 Patricia Spehar Lésigny  Paris 21 Top ten at Miss International 1998
1998 Sophie Thalmann Bar-le-Duc  Lorraine 21
1999 Mareva Galanter Papeete  Tahiti 19
2000 Sonia Rolland Cluny  Burgundy 18 Top ten at Miss Universe 2000
2001 Élodie Gossuin Trosly-Breuil  Picardy 19 Miss Europe 2001 and top ten at Miss Universe 2001
2002 Sylvie Tellier Lyon  Lyon 23 National director of the Miss France Committee (2007–present)
2003 Corinne Coman Sainte-Anne  Guadeloupe 20
2004 Lætitia Bléger Saint-Hippolyte  Alsace 23 After her reign, Bléger posed in the French edition of Playboy, and had her title temporarily stripped from her until later reconciling.
2005 Cindy Fabre Falaise  Normandy 18
2006 Alexandra Rosenfeld Saint-Thibéry  Languedoc 19 Miss Europe 2006
2007 Rachel Legrain-Trapani Saint-Quentin  Picardy 18
2008 Valérie Bègue Saint-Leu  Réunion 23 After winning the title, suggestive photos of Bègue were released; after refusing to resign, a compromise was reached where she was able to keep her title but could not compete internationally or crown her successor.[2][3]
2009 Chloé Mortaud Bénac Tarn (department) Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées 19 Top ten at Miss Universe 2009 and top seven at Miss World 2009
2010 Malika Ménard Herouville-Saint-Clair  Normandy 22 Top fifteen at Miss Universe 2010
2011 Laury Thilleman Brest  Brittany 19 Top ten at Miss Universe 2011
2012 Delphine Wespiser Magstatt-le-Bas  Alsace 19
2013 Marine Lorphelin Charnay-lès-Mâcon  Burgundy 19 First runner-up at Miss World 2013
2014 Flora Coquerel Morancez  Orléanais 19 Top five at Miss Universe 2015
2015 Camille Cerf Coulogne  Nord-Pas-de-Calais 19 Top fifteen at Miss Universe 2014
2016 Iris Mittenaere Steenvoorde  Nord-Pas-de-Calais 22 Miss Universe 2016
2017 Alicia Aylies Matoury  French Guiana 18
2018 Maëva Coucke Ferques  Nord-Pas-de-Calais 23 Top twelve at Miss World 2018 and top ten at Miss Universe 2019
2019 Vaimalama Chaves Mahina  Tahiti 24
2020 Clémence Botino Le Gosier  Guadeloupe 22
2021 Amandine Petit Bourguébus  Normandy 23 Top 21 at Miss Universe 2020

Gallery[]

Winners by region[]

Number Region Years
15  Île-de-France
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
  • 1939
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1955
  • 1963
  • 1970
  • 1972[d]
  • 1978[e]
  • 1983[f]
  • 1986
  • 1997
7  Normandy
  • 1958
  • 1967
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 2005
  • 2010
  • 2021
 Rhône-Alpes
  • 1930
  • 1957
  • 1965
  • 1968
  • 1988
  • 1996
  • 2002
6  Alsace
  • 1940
  • 1969
  • 1985
  • 1987
  • 2004
  • 2012
 Brittany
  • 1928
  • 1937
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 2011
 Aquitaine
  • 1920
  • 1952
  • 1983[f]
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1995
5  Tahiti
  • 1974
  • 1980[g]
  • 1991
  • 1999
  • 2019
Nice Côte d'Azur
  • 1932
  • 1947
  • 1951
  • 1954
  • 1982
4  Picardy
  • 1936
  • 1953
  • 2001
  • 2007
 Languedoc-Roussillon
  • 1929
  • 1938
  • 1971
  • 2006
 Poitou-Charentes
  • 1959
  • 1966
  • 1972[d]
  • 1977
3  Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2018
 Lorraine
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1998
 Pays de la Loire
  • 1964
  • 1992
  • 1994
 Guadeloupe
  • 1993
  • 2003
  • 2020
2  Burgundy
  • 2000
  • 2013
 Midi-Pyrénées
  • 1931
  • 2009
 Réunion
  • 1976
  • 2008
 Franche-Comté
1  French Guiana
  • 2017
 Centre-Val de Loire
  • 2014
 Provence
  • 1979
 New Caledonia
 Morocco[c]
  • 1956
 Saar[b]
  • 1935
 Corsica
  • 1921

Notes[]

  1. ^ Ages at the time of Miss USA
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Until 1935, Saarbrücken was part of the Territory of the Saar Basin, a region of Germany that was administered by the United Kingdom and France under the control of the League of Nations.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Until 1956, Morocco was under control of France as the French Protectorate in Morocco.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b In 1972, winner Chantal Bouvier de la Motte of Île-de-France resigned the title after suffering serious injuries after falling off of a horse. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Claudine Cassereau of Poitou-Charentes, as Miss France 1972.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b In 1978, winner Pascale Taurua of New Caledonia resigned the title shortly after winning due to her wishing to remain in New Caledonia and not move to Paris. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Brigitte Konjovic of Île-de-France, as Miss France 1978.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b In 1983, winner Isabelle Turpault of Île-de-France was dethroned after images taken of her in an erotic photoshoot were released, against pageant rules. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Frédérique Marcelle Leroy of Aquitaine, as Miss France 1983.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b In 1980, winner Thilda Fuller of Tahiti resigned the title three days after winning due to personal reasons. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Patricia Barzyk of Franche-Comté, as Miss France 1980.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Palmarès des Miss France depuis 1920 à nos jours Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. ^ Miss France Valerie Begue Photos Scandal Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Vahinerii Requillart décline l'offre du Comité Miss France
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