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Miss France 2010 Date December 5, 2009 Presenters Jean-Pierre Foucault, Genevieve de Fontenay & Sylvie Tellier Entertainment Robbie Williams Venue Palais Nikaia, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Broadcaster TF1 Entrants 37 Placements 12 Withdraws New Caledonia Returns Bearn-Gascogne Winner Malika Ménard
NormandyMiss France 2010, the 63rd Miss France pageant, was held in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on December 5, 2009. Malika Ménard of Normandy was crowned Miss France 2010 by the outgoing title-holder Chloe Mortaud of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées (5th Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2009 and 3rd Runner-Up of Miss World 2009).
For the first time since 1987, Miss France was crowned by viewers' votes (after the 5 finalists were announced during the live broadcast). Only the judges selected the top 5 (in the top 12).
The 37 contestants travelled to Martinique for fashion shoots, videos and interviews, from 13 to 21 November.
Malika Ménard represented the country at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant in Las Vegas on August 23, 2010. Runners-up represented the country in other pageants, including Miss World 2010 and Miss Europe 2010.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss France 2010 1st runner-up - Rhône Alpes - Virginie Dechenaud
2nd runner-up - Brittany - Mélanie Craignou
3rd runner-up - Provence - Emilie Corbi
4th runner-up - Quercy Rouergue - Nathalie Ample
Top 12 - Champagne Ardenne - Cécile Brandao
- Côte d'Azur - Anaïs Governator
- Guyane - Tineffa Naïsso
- Limousin - Justine Posé
- Mayotte - Elodie Anridhoini
- Orléanais - Cassandre Roland
- Pays de Savoie - Edwige Tiare
Order of announcements
Top 12
- 1. Rhône Alpes
- 2. Champagne Ardenne
- 3. Orléanais
- 4. Brittany
- 5. Quercy Rouergue
- 6. Normandy
- 7. Mayotte
- 8. Provence
- 9. Guyane
- 10. Côte d'Azur
- 11. Limousin
- 12. Pays de Savoie
Top 5
- 1. Normandy
- 2. Provence
- 3. Quercy Rouergue
- 4. Rhône Alpes
- 5. Brittany
Preliminary events
Martinique
The delegates of Miss France 2010 visited the island of the Martinique for the official fashion shoot.
Judges
- Arielle Dombasle - Actress
- Jean-Luc Reichmann - Television Personality
- Mareva Galanter - Miss France 1999
- Jean-Paul Gaultier - Designer
- Farida Khelfa- Actress
- Jimmy Jean-Louis - Actor on NBC's Heroes
- Xavier Deluc - Actor
Delegates
Region Name Age Height Hometown Albigeois Midi Pyrénées Laura Faroult 21 1,73 Toulouse Alsace Sophie Mathes 19 1,72 Strasbourg Aquitaine Aurélie Zengerlin 21 1,77 Bordeaux Artois Hainaut Astrid Ponchel 21 1,79 Arras Auvergne Mégane Potier 19 1,73 Vichy Bearn Gascogne Marine Bories 20 1,72 Bayonne Berry Val de Loire Elodie Martel 19 1,72 Dreux Bourgogne Jenna Tournay 19 1,75 Dijon Brittany Mélanie Craignou 19 1,78 Brest Champagne Ardenne Cécile Brandao 21 1,72 Saint-Dizier Corse Célina Nicolai 21 1,77 Ajaccio Côte d'Azur Anaïs Governatori 20 1,72 Nice Flandre Aline Bourgeois 20 1,75 Roubaix Franche-Comté Estelle Diop 19 1,80 Besançon Guadeloupe Angélique Duro 20 1,78 Basse-Terre Guyane Tineffa Naïsso 20 1,79 Kourou Île de France Lisa Alberici 20 1,78 Paris Languedoc Manon Ricci 18 1,73 Montpellier Limousin Justine Posé 18 1,77 Limoges Loire Forez Marion Léoncini 23 1,78 Riom Lorraine Marina Garau 22 1,74 Metz Martinique Cindy Chenière 20 1,73 Fort-de-France Mayotte Élodie Anridhoini 19 1,74 Mamoudzou Normandy Malika Ménard 22 1,76 Caen Orléanais Cassandre Roland 18 1,71 Orléans Paris Kelly Bochenko 23 1,75 Paris Pays de la Loire Amélie Taugourdeau 23 1,70 Nantes Pays de Savoie Édwige Tiare 22 1,77 Albertville Picardie Juliette Boubaaya 19 1,72 Saint-Quentin Poitou Charentes Rachel Jeannot 23 1,73 Cognac Provence Emilie Corbi 21 1,76 Marseille Quercy Rouergue Nathalie Ample 19 1,79 Figeac Réunion Kim Hoa Buraut 18 1,82 Saint Denis Rhône Alpes Virginie Dechenaud 23 1,74 Lyon Roussillon Céline Callivrousis 22 1,70 Nîmes St. Pierre & Miquelon Marie Serba 18 1,80 Saint Pierre Tahiti Léna Bonno 20 1,78 Moorea Historical signifiance
- Normandy won the Miss France crown after 5 years drought.
- Brittany scored its highest placement since Monique Lemaire won in 1962.
- Regions made into the Top 12 previous year were: Brittany, Limousin, Mayotte, Normandy and Rhône-Alpes.
- Guyana last placed in 2008.
- Champagne-Ardenne last placed in 1991.
- Pays de Loire was unplaced after four consecutive years of finalists.
- Réunion was unplaced after five consecutive years of finalists.
- Normandy won its sixth crown, now the second most successful region to compete in the pageant tied with Paris.
- Jean-Pierre Foucault hosted the pageant for the fifteenth time.
Regional pageant notes
Region changes
- Languedoc-Roussillon, split into Languedoc and Roussilllon.
Returning region
- Bearn-Gascogne.
Withdrawals
External links
- [1] Miss France official website
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