Miss Provence Explained

Miss Provence
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Membership:Miss France
Language:French
Leader Title:Regional director
Leader Name:Lydia Podossenoff

Miss Provence is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the departments of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes, Vaucluse, and portions of Var in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA). The other regional pageant within PACA is Miss Côte d'Azur, which selects a representative from the department of Alpes-Maritimes and the remaining portions of Var. The first Miss Provence was crowned in 1986, although women from the region have competed at Miss France with other titles since 1976.

The current Miss Provence is Mégane Bertaud, who was crowned Miss Provence 2024 on 30 July 2024. One woman from Provence has been crowned Miss France:

Results summary

Titleholders

YearNameAgeHeightHometownMiss France placementwidth=400Notes
2024Mégane Bertaud[1] 24Tourrettes[2] TBD
2023Adélina Blanc[3] 25Eyragues2nd Runner-Up
2022Chana Goyons[4] 18Gassin
2021Eva Navarro[5] 19Istres
2020April Benayoum[6] 21Éguilles1st Runner-UpTop 13 at Miss World 2021
2019Lou Ruat[7] 19Aix-en-Provence1st Runner-Up
bgcolor=#FFFACD rowspan=22018Aurélie Pons[8] 22ValréasPons resigned a month after winning the title for personal reasons, and was replaced by Gueraini, her second runner-up, after her first runner-up declined to take over the title.[9]
Wynona Gueraini[10] 19MarignaneTop 12 (5th Runner-Up)
2017Kleofina Pnishi[11] 23Peyrolles-en-ProvenceTop 12
2016Noémie Mazella[12] 19Marseille
2015Julia Courtès[13] 18Martigues3rd Runner-Up
2014Anne-Laure Fourmont[14] 21ToulonTop 12
2013Laëtizia Penmellen[15] 19Villecroze2nd Runner-UpCompeted at Miss Earth 2014
2012Marine Mahiques19SeillansTop 12
2011Solène Froment19Aix-en-Provence3rd Runner-Up
2010Analisa Kebaili18MarseilleTop 12 (5th Runner-Up)
2009Émilie Corbi21Bouc-Bel-Air3rd Runner-Up
2008Laurie Imbert19Martigues
2007Angélique Donat23La Garde
2006Stéphanie Gros24Roquebrune-sur-Argens
2005Lydia Podossenoff23BarrêmeTop 12
2004Angélique Faure22Gap
2003Émilie Ladsous
2002Béatrice Poorterman
2001Lætitia DuffauxCavaillonTop 12
2000Johanne GrallLa Londe-les-Maures
1999Tatiana Bouguer22Bormes-les-Mimosas1st Runner-UpCompeted at Miss International 2000
1998Jennifer Willey203rd Runner-Up
1997Alexia Russo22
1996Pascale DelzenneTop 12
1995Sarah Desage
1994Sophie Archambault
1993Maryline Dubuc22
1992Sonia Dziabas18
1991Barbara Ghigi
1990Véronique Laval
1989Hélène Michaud
1988Nathalie Wernert
1986Nathalie PuerariSalernes

Miss Marseille

From 1976 until 1978, Marseille, the largest city in Provence, crowned its own representative as Miss Marseille. The city was absorbed into Miss Provence following the establishment of Miss Provence in 1986.

YearNameAgeHeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1978Sylvie Paréra18MarseilleMiss France 1979
1977Marie-Dominique CalanducciMarseille
1976Brigitte HermelinMarseille5th Runner-Up

Miss Côte Bleue

In 1990 and 1991, the department of Bouches-du-Rhône crowned its own representative as Miss Côte Bleue, although the department was reabsorbed into Miss Provence in 1992.

YearNameAgeHeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1991Annabel Trapani
1990Alexandra Devilleneuve

Miss Comtat Venaissin

In 1986, the department of Vaucluse crowned its own representative as Miss Comtat Venaissin, although the department was absorbed into Miss Provence the following year.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Découvrez Miss Provence 2024, Mégane Bertaud originaire de Saint-Raphaël. Jacob. Jérôme. 30 July 2024. French. La Provence.
  2. Web site: Miss Provence 2024: "En me présentant, j’ai voulu dépasser mes peurs". 31 July 2024. Var-Matin. French. Amalric. Laurent.
  3. Web site: Adelina Blanc, originaire d'Eyrargues, élue Miss Provence 2023. 27 July 2023. French. La Provence.
  4. Web site: Chana Goyons est Miss Provence 2022. 30 July 2022. BFM Marseille. French.
  5. Web site: Élue Miss Provence 2021 à Cogolin, Eva Navarro, 19 ans, sera-t-elle la prochaine Miss France?. 31 July 2021. French. Nice-Matin.
  6. Web site: VIDEO. April Benayoum est élue Miss Provence 2020. 24 October 2020. Var Matin. French.
  7. Web site: Miss Provence 2019 : Lou Ruat représentera la région au concours Miss France 2020. La Provence. French. 27 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Et Miss Provence est... Vauclusienne !. 27 July 2018. French. France Info.
  9. Web site: Aurélie Pons, Miss Provence, abandonne... et elle explique pourquoi. Nice-Matin. 21 August 2018. French.
  10. Web site: La Marignanaise Wynona Gueraini récupère le titre de Miss Provence 2018 après l'abandon d'Aurélie Pons. French. La Provence. 21 August 2018.
  11. Web site: Kléofina Pnishi, Miss Bouches-du-Rhône, est élue Miss Provence 2017. 30 July 2017.
  12. News: Qui est Noémie Mazella, la nouvelle Miss Provence 2016?. April 3, 2017. Var-Matin. July 31, 2016.
  13. Web site: fr. Julia Courtès élue Miss Provence 2015. laprovence.com. 1 August 2015 . .
  14. Web site: www.varmatin.com/toulon/la-varoise-anne-laure-fourmont-elue-miss-provence-2014.1839441.html. varmatin.com. 2017-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20140927101015/http://www.varmatin.com/toulon/la-varoise-anne-laure-fourmont-elue-miss-provence-2014.1839441.html. 2014-09-27. dead.
  15. Web site: Laetizia Giovannelli: Miss Var devient Miss Provence 2013. 3 August 2013.

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