Miss France 2017 Explained

Winner:	Alicia Aylies
Represented:	French Guiana
Date:	December 17, 2016
Venue:	Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier
Entrants:	30
Placements:	12
Broadcaster:	TF1
Congeniality:	Myrtille Cauchefer
Photogenic:	Jade Scotte
Before:	2016
Next:	2018

Miss France 2017 was the 87th edition of the Miss France pageant, held on December 17, 2016, at Park&Suites Arena in Montpellier.^[1]

It was the first time that the pageant took place in Montpellier and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

The ceremony was held at TF1, and was presented by Jean-Pierre Foucault and the national director Sylvie Tellier.

The winner was Miss French Guiana, Alicia Aylies, who gave to her region its first ever Miss France title. The winner succeeded Iris Mittenaere, Miss France 2016 from Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss France 2017	French Guiana – Alicia Aylies
1st Runner-Up	– Aurore Kichenin
2nd Runner-Up	– Vaea Ferrand
3rd Runner-Up	Guadeloupe – Morgane Thérésine
4th Runner-Up	– Justine Kamara
Top 12	Reunion – Ambre Nguyen (5th runner-up) – Maurane Bouazza (6th runner-up) - Claire Godard - Axelle Bonnemaison – Meggy Pyaneeandee – Esther Houdement – Myrtille Cauchefer

Preparation

The 30 contestants, Iris Mittenaere and the national director Sylvie Tellier had travelled to Reunion Island from November, 23 to December, 1st.The rehearsals took place in Montpellier.

The theme of the 2017 event was Le Noël des Miss (The Misses' Christmas). Each round centered around a different theme related to the celebration of Christmas. Iris Mittenaere appeared as a Christmas fairy, turning the pages of a storybook to reveal each segment.

• Presentation round, group 1: Christmas toys
• Presentation round, group 2: Ice floes
• Regional costumes: Christmas market (featuring Flora Coquerel and Camille Cerf)
• Swimsuits: Christmas elves
• Announcement of top 12
• Top 12 evening gown: Winter palace
• Top 12 swimsuit: Christmas in Réunion
• Announcement of top 5
• Top 5 presentation round: Christmas illuminations
• Top 5 evening gown: Christmas Eve

Contestants

Region	Name	Age	Height	Hometown	Elected on
Alsace	Claire Godard^[2]	19		Riedisheim	September, 4 in Pulversheim
Aquitaine	Axelle Bonnemaison^[3]	19		Castelculier	October, 8 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Auvergne	Océane Faure^[4]	20		Moulins	October, 21 in Montluçon
Brittany	Maurane Bouazza^[5]	20		Plumelin	September, 30 in Gourin
Burgundy	Naomi Bailly^[6]	21		Neuilly-lès-Dijon	September, 18 in Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur
Centre − Loire Valley	Cassandre Joris^[7]	20		Prasville	September, 17 in Déols
Champagne-Ardenne	Charlotte Patat^[8]	19		Cormontreuil	September, 23 in Bar-sur-Aube
Corsica	Laetitia Duclos^[9]	19		Porticcio	September, 9 in Porticcio
Côte d'Azur	Jade Scotte	23		Castellar	August, 7 in Cogolin
Franche-Comté	Melissa Nourry^[10]	20		Pirey	October, 23 in Dole
French Guiana	Alicia Aylies^[11]	18		Matoury	October, 8 in Cayenne
Guadeloupe	Morgane Thérésine^[12]	21		Le Gosier	August, 27 in Terre-de-Haut
Île-de-France	Meggy Pyaneeandee^[13]	22		Le Blanc-Mesnil
Languedoc-Roussillon	Aurore Kichenin^[14]	21		Castelnau-le-Lez	August, 6 in Carnon
Limousin	Romane Komar^[15]	18		Feytiat	September, 16 in Brive-la-Gaillarde
Lorraine	Justine Kamara^[16]	19		Dombasle-sur-Meurthe	September, 3 in Vittel
Martinique	Aurélie Joachim^[17]	18		Ducos	October, 14 in Fort-de-France
Mayotte	Naima Madi Mahadali^[18]	19		Bouéni	August, 27 in Mamoudzou
Midi-Pyrénées	Virginie Guillin^[19]	23		Tarascon-sur-Ariège	October, 7 in Saint-Gaudens
New Caledonia	Andrea Lux^[20]	18		Bourail	August, 20 in Païta
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Laurine Maricau^[21]	22		Wavrin	September, 24 in Orchies
Normandy	Esther Houdement^[22]	20		Butot	October, 11 in Mortagne-au-Perche
Pays de Loire	Carla Loones^[23]	21		Le Fresne-sur-Loire	October, 1st in Gorron
Picardy	Myrtille Cauchefer	24		Albert	September, 25 in Beauvais
Poitou-Charentes	Magdalène Chollet^[24]	19		Neuville-de-Poitou	October, 16 in Chateaubernard
Provence	Noémie Mazella^[25]	19		Marseille	August, 5 in Cogolin
Réunion	Ambre Nguyen^[26]	19		Saint-Denis	August, 27 in Saint-Denis
Rhône-Alpes	Camille Bernard^[27]	20		Grenoble	October, 22 in Feurs
Saint Martin & Saint Barthélemy	Anaëlle Hippolyte^[28]	18		Marigot	August, 20 in Grand Case
Tahiti	Vaea Ferrand^[29]	22			June, 24 in Papeete

Ranking

First round

A jury composed of partners (internal and external) of the company Miss France pre-selects 12 young women, during an interview that took place on 15 December.

Second round

The 50% jury and the 50% public choose the five candidates who can still be elected. A ranking of 1 to 12 is established for each of the two parties.

scope=col	Contestant	scope=col	Public	scope=col	Jury	scope=col	Total
	12	12	24
	10	12	22
	11	9	20
	8	10	18
	9	9	18
	7	7	14
	6	5	11
	4	5	9
	5	3	8
	1	6	7
	3	3	6
	2	3	5

Last round

scope=col	Candidates	scope=col	Results
Miss French Guiana	27,89%
Miss Languedoc-Roussillon	26,16%
Miss Tahiti	21,66%
Miss Guadeloupe	13,04%
	11,27%

Judges

The names of the judges were announced on November, 24:^[30]

scope=col colspan="2"	Membre	scope=col	Notes
	Arielle Dombasle (president)	Actress and singer
	Ingrid Chauvin	Actress
	Amir Haddad	Singer, French representative at Eurovision 2016
	Michèle Bernier	Actress and humorist
	Christophe Barratier	Director and producer
	Tony Yoka	Boxer, Olympic medalist in Rio Olympics 2016
	Malika Ménard	Miss France 2010

Notes about the contestants

• Miss French Guiana, Alicia Aylies, was born in Martinique.
• Miss Île-de-France, Meggy Pyaneeandee, was born in Paris from Mauritians parents.^[31]
• Miss Côte d'Azur, Maria Pavelin, was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She decided to withdraw because of a job opportunity. Her first runner-up Jade Scotte took over.^[32]
• Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Aurore Kichenin, has got Reunionese, Polish and Russian origins.
• Miss Reunion Island, Ambre Nguyen, has got Vietnamese origins.
• Miss Lorraine, Justine Kamara, has got Guadeloupean and Guinean origins.^[33]
• Miss Limousin, Romane Komar, has got Swedish origins.
• Miss Pays de Loire, Carla Loones, has got Spanish and Flemish origins.^[34]
• the original Miss Centre, Loire Valley, Margaux Legrand-Guérineau, withdrew from her title for personal reasons. Her first runner-up Cassandre Joris assumed the title.^[35] On November, 4, Legrand-Guerineau announced that she was actually dethroned for some photos which were contrary to the rules of the pageant.
• The medium age of the contestants is 19.9 and the medium height is 1.75m (05.74feet)

National and International placements

• French Guiana wins for the first time ever the Miss France pageant.
• Tahiti is placed for fifth consecutive time, for the fifth consecutive time in the top five and for the second consecutive time as second runner-up.
• Alsace is placed for fourth consecutive year.
• Aquitaine is placed for third consecutive year.
• Brittany and Reunion Island are placed for second consecutive year.
• Lorraine is placed for the first time since the Miss France 2009 pageant.
• Normandy is placed for the first time since the Miss France 2011 pageant.
• French Guiana is placed for the first time since the Miss France 2012 pageant.
• Ile-de-France, Guadeloupe and Picardy are placed for the first time since the Miss France 2015 pageant.
• Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Aurore Kichenin placed as a Top 5 Finalist in Miss World 2017, held in Sanya, China.

Notes and References

1. News: Zimmermann. Sylvain. Miss France 2017 : l'élection se déroulera à Montpellier. April 3, 2017. RTL. March 16, 2016.
2. News: Ighirri. Alexia. Miss France : Claire Godard élue Miss Alsace. April 3, 2017. 20 minutes. September 9, 2016.
3. News: Miss Lot-et-Garonne sacrée Miss Aquitaine. March 31, 2017. Ouest-France. October 10, 2016.
4. News: La Moulinoise Océane Faure sacrée Miss Auvergne 2016. March 29, 2017. La Montagne. October 22, 2016.
5. News: Gourin. Maurane Bouazza élue Miss Bretagne 2016. March 30, 2017. Ouest-France. October 1, 2016.
6. News: Bour. Soizic. Naomi Bailly devient Miss Bourgogne 2016. March 30, 2017. France Bleu. September 19, 2016.
7. News: Prasville - Cassandre Joris sélectionnée pour l'élection Miss France . March 29, 2017. Radio Intensité. October 19, 2016.
8. News: Charlotte Patat élue Miss Champagne Ardenne 2016. March 30, 2017. L'Est Eclair. September 25, 2016.
9. News: Laëtitia Duclos élue Miss Corse 2016. March 29, 2017. Corse-Matin. September 10, 2016.
10. News: Melissa Nourry, Miss Doubs 2016, est Miss Franche-Comté. April 2, 2017. L'Est Républicain. October 24, 2016.
11. News: Lama. Catherine. Alicia Aylies est Miss Guyane 2016. March 30, 2017. Guyane La Première. October 9, 2016.
12. News: Morgane Thérésine élue Miss Guadeloupe 2016. March 29, 2017. France-Antilles. August 28, 2016.
13. News: Balle. Catherine. Voici Meggy Pyaneeandee, miss Ile-de-France 2016. March 30, 2017. La Parisienne. June 30, 2016.
14. News: Montpellier: Miss Languedoc-Roussillon 2016 a été élue... mais elle n'est ni Audoise, ni Catalane. March 30, 2017. L'Indépendant. August 7, 2016.
15. News: Romane Komar sacrée Miss Limousin 2016. March 30, 2017. La Montagne. September 16, 2017.
16. News: Humbert. Didier. Vosges : la Meurthe-et-Mosellane Justine Kamara couronnée Miss Lorraine 2016 à Vittel. March 30, 2017. L'Est Républicain. September 4, 2016.
17. News: Aurélie Joachim est la nouvelle Miss Martinique. March 31, 2017. Martinique La Première. October 14, 2016.
18. News: Ali. Chamsudine. Naïma succède à Rahamatou et devient la nouvelle ambassadrice de charme de l’île aux parfums. March 30, 2017. Mayotte La Première. August 27, 2016.
19. News: Virginie Guillin élue Miss Midi-Pyrénées. March 30, 2017. La Depeche. October 8, 2016.
20. News: Boppdupont. Karine. Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie 2016 : Andréa Lux, 18 ans et bouraillaise. March 30, 2017. Nouvelle-Calédonie La Première. August 22, 2016.
21. News: Leroy. Shérine. Laurine Maricau, miss Flandre, élue miss Nord – Pas-de-Calais 2016. March 31, 2017. La Voix du Nord. September 25, 2016.
22. News: Mercereau. Damien. Miss France 2017 : Esther Houdement élue Miss Normandie. March 30, 2017. Le Figaro. October 12, 2016.
23. News: L'étudiante Carla Loones est élue Miss Pays de la Loire 2016. April 3, 2017. Ouest-France. October 2, 2016.
24. News: Benoit. Xavier. Magdalène Chollet (Vienne), élue Miss Poitou-Charentes 2016. April 3, 2017. La Nouvelle République. October 9, 2016.
25. News: Qui est Noémie Mazella, la nouvelle Miss Provence 2016?. April 3, 2017. Var-Matin. July 31, 2016.
26. News: Mercereau. Damien. Miss France 2017 : qui es-tu Ambre N'Guyen, Miss Réunion 2016 ?. April 3, 2017. Le Figaro. December 12, 2016.
27. News: La Bressane Camille Bernard sacrée Miss Rhône-Alpes. April 3, 2017. Le Progrès. October 24, 2016.
28. News: Mercereau. Damien. Miss France 2017 : Anaëlle Hyppolite élue Miss Saint-Martin / Saint-Barthélemy. April 3, 2017. Le Figaro. August 22, 2016.
29. News: Jouin-Claude. Allyson. Miss France 2017 : Vaea Ferrand élue Miss Tahiti. April 3, 2017. Le Figaro. June 25, 2016.
30. News: Cheyron. Romain. Miss France 2017 : Arielle Dombasle nommée présidente du jury. March 30, 2017. LCI. November 24, 2016.
31. News: Coantiec. Cyril. Election Miss France 2017 : Meggy veut réaliser le rêve de sa mère. April 3, 2017. France Dimanche. July 5, 2016.
32. News: Pourquoi Miss Côte d’Azur renonce à son titre et au concours Miss France. April 2, 2017. Nice-Matin. October 25, 2016.
33. News: Ganousse. Lysiane. Nancy : élection de Miss Tropiques le 12 décembre. April 2, 2017. L'Est Républicain. November 30, 2016.
34. News: La nouvelle miss Pays de la Loire a vécu à Précigné . April 2, 2017. Ouest-France. October 5, 2016.
35. News: Louvel. Xavier. Miss Centre-Val de Loire renonce à l'élection Miss France. April 3, 2017. France Bleu. October 19, 2016.