Miss Grand France

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Miss Grand France
Formation2019
FounderSonia Aït Mansour
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersParis
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
French
National director
Robles Yanez
Parent organization
Celest Productions
(2023 – Present)

Miss Grand France is a French female national beauty pageant, held annually since 2019.[1] The contest's winners represent the country at its international parent platform, Miss Grand International.[1][2][3][4] Before 2019, all country representatives in such an international contest were appointed;[5][6] most of them were the Miss Prestige National finalists (currently, Miss Excellence France [fr]).[6][7][8][9]

The highest achievement reached by French representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant is the final 20 position, obtained by Eline Lamboley in 2015,[10] Elodie Sirulnick in 2021,[11] and Clémence Drouhaud in 2023.[12]

History[edit]

Miss Grand France licensee timeline

France usually participates in almost every edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, except in 2018. In the first era of the procession, its representatives were appointed to join the contest by different national directors.[5][6] However, after an absence in 2018, Sonia Mansour, former Miss Grand France, purchased the franchise in 2019, and consequently ran the first contest of Miss Grand France on 4 July 2019, on which Cassandra De Sousa was named the winner, outclassed 8 other national finalists.[1] De Sousa later competed at Miss Grand International 2019 in Venezuela in October of that year but was unplaced.[13]

Later in 2021, Mansour lost the franchise to the other organization, which continued to arrange the Miss Grand National contest; however, due to the health restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition was held privately and only consisted of five national finalists,[14] of whom a 24-year-old model from Aquitaine, Elodie Sirulnick, was announced the winner.[3][14][15] Along with the national crown, Sirulnick also won the prize for the Elegance and the Sympathy special awards.[14] The new organization later lost the license to a Venezuelan migrator, Robles Yanez of Celest Productions, in 2023.

Editions[edit]

The following are the edition details of the Miss Grand France pageant, since its establishment in 2019.

Miss Grand France Editions
Year Edition Date Venue Entrants Winner Ref.
2019 1th July 4 La Villa Maasai, Paris 9 Cassandra De Sousa [1]
2020 2nd July 5 13 Marine Comby [2][16]
2021 3rd July 11 Normandy Le Chantier Hotel, Paris 5 Elodie Sirulnick [3][14][15]
2022 4th September 3 Le Mughal Restaurant, Paris 10 Lucie Carbone [4]
2023 5th August 13 La Salicorne Restaurant, Saujon 9 Clémence Drouhaud [17]
2024 6th May 8 Theater of Longjumeau, Longjumeau 20 [18]

International competition[edit]

The following is a list of French representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Year Representative Original national title International competition result[19]
Placement Other awards
2013 Margaux Semenoff[20] Appointed Unplaced
2014 Norma Julia[5] Miss Nationale 2014[5] Unplaced
2015 Eline Lamboley[21] Miss Rose 2014[22] Top 20
2016 Océane Pernodet[7] Miss Prestige Lorena 2014[8] Unplaced
2017 Sonia Aït Mansour[6] Miss Prestige Paris-Ile de France 2016[9] Unplaced
2019 Cassandra De Sousa[1] Miss Grand France 2019 Unplaced
2020 Marine Comby[2] Miss Grand France 2020 Unplaced
2021 Elodie Sirulnick[3] Miss Grand France 2021 Top 20
2022 Lucie Carbone[4] Miss Grand France 2022 Unplaced
2023 Clémence Drouhaud[17] Miss Grand France 2023 Top 20[12]
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)

Gallery[edit]

National finalists[edit]

The following list is the candidates of Miss Grand France in each year's edition.

Color keys
 W  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up
  Ended as a semi-finalist
  Ended as a Quaterfinalist
 –  Did not participate
Region/ department/ city/ etc. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Noemie Ekoué Ines Buchaillat
Laure-Emmanuelle Marion
Kamilla Yahiaoui
(1st)
 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Clara David Erika Fischer
(1st)
 Brittany Juliette Tang Alizée Jego
(4th)
Ophélie Nicol
 Centre-Val de Loire Cassandra De Sousa 
(W)
Anaïs Arnal
 French Guiana Orianne Beuze Orianne Beuze
(1st)
 French Polynesia Alicia Hoatua-Chave
 Grand Est Alice Delaroche[α]
(W)
Ornella J. Tyna Leclerc
(2nd)
Léna Vairac
(2nd)
Aya Kadjo
 Hauts-de-France Magalie Kabengele
(1st)
Cutiesha Miranda Sua 
(2nd)
 Île-de-France Juliette Fage Julie Goursaud[α] 
(W)
Morgane Chrétien
Léonie Akar
 Normandy Jennifer Waldorf Yasmina Lopez Claire Lamon
(3rd)
 Nouvelle-Aquitaine Marine Comby 
(W)
Elodie Sirulnick 
(W)
Marion Dormignie
(3rd)
Marine Ihuel
(4th)
Océanne Facorat
Héloïse Mahieu
Clemence Drouhuad
 Occitanie Loline Brama Cintia Santos Fanny Julien Salva
 Pays de la Loire Hélène Pillu Malaury Turpin
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Ruth Malenge Lucie Carbone
(W)
Oceane Ramella
 Réunion Laetitia Boyer[β]
(2nd)
Total 9 13 5 10 9
Note
 : Won the supplementary title, Miss Face of Beauty France, and obtained the right to compete at Face of Beauty International [es]
 : Later dominated herself as Réunion's representative at Miss Grand International 2019.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Cassandra Desousa crowned Miss Grand France 2019". The Times of India. July 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Marine Comby chosen as Miss Grand France 2020". The Times of India. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Elodie Sirulnick selected as Miss Grand France 2021". The Times of India. July 16, 2021. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Mỹ nhân gốc Hàn đăng quang Miss Grand France 2022: Đậm nét đẹp châu Á, khuôn miệng cười giống Triệu Lộ Tư". Saostar.vn (in Vietnamese). September 6, 2022. Archived from the original on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Miss Grand international : Norma Julia sera-t-elle reine du monde ?" (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. October 7, 2014. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d "Miss Grand France 2017 diện áo dài đọ dáng Hoa hậu Pháp Flora Coquerel" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Miss Grand International 2016 contestants". Miss Grand International. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ a b "Miss Prestige Lorraine : Océane Pernodet remporte le titre" (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. November 15, 2014. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Sonia Mansour élue Miss Prestige Paris - IDF" (in French). La Gazette du Val-d'Oise [fr]. December 15, 2015. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  10. ^ Conviron Altatis (October 25, 2015). "Miss Grand International 2015 Updates: And The Winner Is". Yibada.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  11. ^ Robert Requintina (December 5, 2021). "Samantha Panlilio ends journey in Miss Grand International 2021". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Peru wins Miss Grand International 2023; PH makes early exit". ABS-CBN. October 25, 2023. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  13. ^ อีจัน Oline Team (October 26, 2019). "สาว "เวเนซุเอลา" คว้ามง Miss grand international 2019". www.ejan.co (in Thai). Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d "The Miss Grand France is…". Mag.insidepageant.com. July 13, 2021. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  15. ^ a b Ly Nguyễn (July 19, 2021). "Cô gái cao 1,79 m trở thành Hoa hậu Hòa bình Pháp 2021". Zing (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  16. ^ Chiang Mai de-ci de-là (January 24, 2021). "Entrée en Thaïlande. Une quarantaine de toute beauté avec Miss Grand International 2020". Cmdecidela.com (in French). Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Miss Grand Francia 2023 es Clemence Drouhaud" (in Spanish). Diario del Sur [es]. August 18, 2023. Archived from the original on August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  18. ^ "Miss Grand Île-de-France-Paris". www.helloasso.com (in French). 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024. ...Les 2 candidates qui seront couronnées participeront au concours national MISS GRAND FRANCE 2024 qui aura lieu a Paris au moi de mai prochain...
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  20. ^ "Miss Grand International 2013 contestants". Miss Grand International. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  21. ^ "Miss Grand International 2015 contestants". Miss Grand International. November 16, 2015. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  22. ^ "Eline, Miss Rose 2014" (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.

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