Titleholders of Miss France: A Century of Beauty and Grace
Introduction
List of Miss France Titleholders (1920-2024) The Miss France competition, an epitome of beauty and grace, has evolved over the decades, leaving an indelible mark on French culture. From its inception as “La plus belle femme de France” in 1920 to the recent crowning of Eve Gilles in 2024, each year has witnessed a new face epitomizing elegance. Let’s take a stroll through history, exploring the diverse and captivating list of Miss France titleholders.
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List of Miss France
| Year | Miss France | Hometown | Region | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Agnès Souret | Espelette | Aquitaine | 17 | First titleholder |
| 1921 | Pauline Pô | Ajaccio | Corsica | 16 | |
| 1927 | Roberte Cusey | Paris | Franche-Comté | 20 | |
| 1928 | Raymonde Allain | Paris | Brittany | 15 | |
| 1929 | Madeleine Mourgues | Lot | Languedoc-Roussillon | 17 | |
| 1930 | Yvette Labrousse | Oullins | Rhône-Alpes | 24 | |
| 1931 | Jeanne Juillia | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | Aquitaine | 20 | |
| 1932 | Lyne Quesson de Souza | Mouans-Sartoux | Nice Côte d’Azur | 18 | |
| 1933 | Jacqueline Bertin | Paris | Île-de-France | 16 | |
| 1934 | Simone Barillier | Paris | Île-de-France | 17 | |
| 1935 | Elisabeth Pitz | Saarbrücken | Saar Protectorate Saar | 24 | Resigned amidst controversy; replaced by Gisèle Préville |
| 1935 | Gisèle Préville | Paris | Île-de-France | 16 | Replaced Elisabeth Pitz |
| 1936 | Lynne Lassal | Paris | Picardy | 18 | |
| 1937 | Jacqueline Janet | Paris | Brittany | 17 | |
| 1938 | Annie Garrigues | Perpignan | Languedoc-Roussillon | 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 | Île-de-France | 20 | |
| 1949 | Juliette Figueras | Paris | Île-de-France | 20 | |
| 1950 | Maryse Delort | Paris | Île-de-France | 19 | |
| 1951 | Nicole Drouin | Paris | Nice Côte d’Azur | 20 | |
| 1952 | Josiane Pouy | Nérac | Aquitaine | 18 | |
| 1953 | Sylviane Carpentier | Ailly-sur-Somme | Picardy | 19 | |
| 1954 | Irène Tunc | Nice | Nice Côte d’Azur | 19 | |
| 1955 | Véronique Zuber | Paris | Île-de-France | 19 | |
| 1956 | Gisèle Charbit | Casablanca | Morocco | 18 | |
| 1957 | Sylvie-Rosine Numez | Saint-Étienne | Rhône-Alpes | ||
| 1958 | Monique Negler | Normandy | |||
| 1959 | Monique Chiron | Poitou-Charentes | 17 | ||
| 1960 | Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien | Brittany | 16 | ||
| 1961 | Michèle Wargnier | Paris | Brittany | 17 | |
| 1962 | Monique Lemaire | Brittany | 18 | Second runner-up at Miss World 1962; top fifteen at Miss Universe 1963 | |
| 1963 | Muguette Fabris | Angoulême | Île-de-France | 22 | Sixth runner-up at Miss World 1963 |
| 1964 | Arlette Collot | Clomot | Burgundy | 21 | Dethroned in August 1964; replaced by Jacqueline Gayraud |
| 1964 | Jacqueline Gayraud | Pays de la Loire | Top sixteen at Miss World 1964 | ||
| 1965 | Christiane Sibellin | Lyon | Rhône-Alpes | 16 | Top sixteen at Miss World 1965 |
| 1966 | Michèle Boulé | Cannes | Nice Côte d’Azur | 17 | Top fifteen at Miss World 1966 |
| 1967 | Jeanne Beck | Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | Normandy | 19 | |
| 1968 | Christiane Lillio | Terrenoire | Rhône-Alpes | 16 | |
| 1969 | Suzanne Angly | Mulhouse | Alsace | 17 | Top fifteen at Miss World 1969; top fifteen at Miss International 1972 |
| 1970 | Michelle Beaurain | Paris | Île-de-France | 19 | |
| 1971 | Myriam Stocco | Beaucaire | Languedoc-Roussillon | 21 | Top twelve at Miss Universe 1971; sixth runner-up at Miss World 1971 |
| 1972 | Chantal Bouvier de la Motte | Paris | Île-de-France | 17 | Resigned title due to injuries; replaced by Claudine Cassereau |
| 1972 | Claudine Cassereau | Loudun | Poitou-Charentes | 19 | |
| 1973 | Isabelle Nadia Krumacker | Troisfontaines | Lorraine | 19 | Top fifteen at Miss International 1975 |
| 1974 | Edna Tepava | Papeete | French Polynesia Tahiti | 17 | |
| 1975 | Sophie Perin | Talange | Lorraine | 18 | Miss International 1976 |
| 1976 | Monique Uldaric | Saint-Pierre | Réunion | 21 | |
| 1977 | Véronique Fagot | Oiron | Poitou-Charentes | 17 | Top fifteen at Miss World 1977 |
| 1978 | Pascale Taurua | Nouméa | New Caledonia | 16 | Resigned title; replaced by Brigitte Konjovic |
| 1978 | Brigitte Konjovic | Paris | Île-de-France | 17 | |
| 1979 | Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera | Marseille | Provence | 18 | Top ten at Miss International 1980 |
| 1980 | Thilda Fuller | Papeete | French Polynesia Tahiti | 24 | Resigned title; replaced by Patricia Barzyk |
| 1980 | Patricia Barzyk | Arbouans | Franche-Comté | 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 | Île-de-France | 22 | Dethroned; replaced by Frédérique Marcelle Leroy |
| 1983 | Frédérique Marcelle Leroy | Bordeaux | Aquitaine | 20 | |
| 1984 | Martine Robine | Deauville | Normandy | 19 | |
| 1985 | Suzanne Iskandar | Lingolsheim | Alsace | 21 | First Arab-French winner; first winner with dual nationality (French-Lebanese) |
| 1986 | Valérie Pascale | Paris | Île-de-France | 17 | |
| 1987 | Nathalie Marquay | Wittenheim | Alsace | 19 | Top twelve at Miss World 1987; top ten at Miss International 1988 |
| 1988 | Sylvie Bertin | Ferney-Voltaire | Rhône-Alpes | 21 | |
| 1989 | Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski | Monflanquin | Aquitaine | 16 | |
| 1990 | Gaëlle Voiry | Bordeaux | Aquitaine | 21 | |
| 1991 | Mareva Georges | Punaauia | French Polynesia Tahiti | 21 | Top ten at Miss Universe 1991; 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 | Rhône-Alpes | 19 | |
| 1997 | Patricia Spehar | Lésigny | Île-de-France | 21 | Top ten at Miss International 1998 |
| 1998 | Sophie Thalmann | Bar-le-Duc | Lorraine | 21 | |
| 1999 | Mareva Galanter | Papeete | French Polynesia Tahiti | 19 | |
| 2000 | Sonia Rolland | Cluny | Burgundy | 18 | Top ten at Miss Universe 2000 |
| 2001 | Élodie Gossuin | Trosly-Breuil | Picardy | 19 | Miss Europe 2001; top ten at Miss Universe 2001 |
| 2002 | Sylvie Tellier | Lyon | Rhône-Alpes | 23 | National director of the Miss France Committee (2007–2022) |
| 2003 | Corinne Coman | Sainte-Anne | Guadeloupe | 20 | |
| 2004 | Lætitia Bléger | Saint-Hippolyte | Alsace | 23 | Playboy photoshoot controversy; title temporarily stripped |
| 2005 | Cindy Fabre | Falaise | Normandy | 18 | National director of the Miss France Committee (2022–present) |
| 2006 | Alexandra Rosenfeld | Saint-Thibéry | Languedoc-Roussillon | 19 | Miss Europe 2006 |
| 2007 | Rachel Legrain-Trapani | Saint-Quentin | Picardy | 18 | |
| 2008 | Valérie Bègue | Saint-Leu | Réunion | 23 | Suggestive photos controversy; compromise reached |
| 2009 | Chloé Mortaud | Bénac | Midi-Pyrénées | 19 | Top ten at Miss Universe 2009; 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 | Centre-Val de Loire | 19 | Top 5 at Miss Universe 2015 |
| 2015 | Camille Cerf | Coulogne | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 19 | Top 15 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 12 at Miss World 2018; top 10 at Miss Universe 2019 |
| 2019 | Vaimalama Chaves | Mahina | French Polynesia Tahiti | 24 | |
| 2020 | Clémence Botino | Le Gosier | Guadeloupe | 22 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 2021; TBA at Miss World 2023 |
| 2021 | Amandine Petit | Bourguébus | Normandy | 23 | Top 21 at Miss Universe 2020 |
| 2022 | Diane Leyre | Paris | Île-de-France | 24 | |
| 2023 | Indira Ampiot | Basse-Terre | Guadeloupe | 18 | TBA at Miss Universe 2024 |
| 2024 | Eve Gilles | Quaëdypre | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 20 |
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