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2 unusual facts about Miss France


Geneviève de Fontenay

Geneviève Suzanne Marie-Thérèse Mulmann (born August 30, 1932), known as Geneviève de Fontenay, is the former president of the Committees Miss France and Miss Europe.

New Moon on Monday

The longest is a 17-minute "movie version" which includes an extended introduction before the song starts (including a scene of dialogue between Simon Le Bon and the story's female lead, played by Patricia Barzyk, winner of the Miss France title in 1980; a brief snippet of "Union of the Snake" is also heard on a radio), and is set to an extended remix of the song.


Sonia Rolland

Sonia Rolland (born February 11, 1981) is a French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe.


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Flora Coquerel

Flora was crowned as Miss France 2014 and represented the region of Orléanais at the pageant.

Geneviève de Fontenay

Geneviève de Fontenay and her son Xavier Poirot have sold the brand "Miss France" to the group Endemol.

Laura Tanguy

Following the controversy arose December 21, 2007, triggered by the publication of private photos in the magazine Entrevue, somewhat equivocal of the newly elected Miss France Valérie Bègue from the chairwoman of Miss France Committee, Geneviève de Fontenay called for the resignation and dismissal of Valérie Bègue, two weeks after her reign as Miss France 2008.

On January 6, 2008, the President of the Miss France committee proclaimed Laura Tanguy, second runner-up of Valérie Bègue, as the successor of the latter, a mandate to represent France in competitions beauties Miss World and Miss Universe, and that accompany Geneviève de Fontenay to galas regional elections (first runner-up, Miss New Caledonia, did not wish to hold the post for reasons relating to her studies).

Marine Lorphelin

Miss Bourgogne 2012 title winner, Marine Lorphelin was crowned Miss France 2013 by last year winner Delphine Wespiser (Miss France 2012) at the grand finale of the 66th edition of Miss France beauty pageant at the Zenith in Limoges on Grand coronation night of Saturday 8 December 2012.

Sophie Vouzelaud

According to Geneviève de Fontenay, she had a comfortable lead in the French public's votes but in the end, the jury's vote, which counts for 2/3 of the final score, elected another finalist, Rachel Legrain-Trapani, as Miss France 2007.

Valérie Bègue

On a previous occasion, Fontenay had obtained the temporary suspension of Miss France 2004, Lætitia Bléger, for much more suggestive pictures published in the French edition of Playboy magazine, as a Miss France winner is contractually obligated not to pose for controversial pictures for five years after winning the title and an entrant in the Miss France contest must state that she has never posed for nude or partially nude pictures beforehand.