MISS MIDI-PYRENEES. Florence Demortier is the representative of the Midi-Pyrénées region for the next Miss France election. Who is she ?
[Mis à jour le 15 septembre 2022 à 16h06] The former Midi-Pyrénées region has chosen its representative for the Miss France 2023 election, scheduled for next December in Châteauroux. Florence Mortier was elected Miss Midi-Pyrénées on September 3, during a regional beauty contest organized in Villemur-sur-Tarn. The 22-year-old is from Portet-sur-Garonne. Professionally, she has just obtained her degree in physiotherapy. At the same time, she was also a model.
Registered by her relatives in the local elections, Florence Demortier intends to win the Miss France crown at the end of the year and to be crowned beauty queen 2023. Because it has been 13 years since any Miss Midi-Pyrénées won the contest. , since Chloé Mortaud’s victory in 2009. Last year, the representative of the former region, Hannah Friconnet, failed to qualify among the 15 finalists.
All about Miss Midi-Pyrénées
Miss Midi-Pyrénées is a competition which elects each year a candidate to miss France. Several young women come forward in the hope of becoming the ambassador of Haute-Garonne, Ariège, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Hautes-Pyrénées and Aveyron. Since its creation, three Miss Midi-Pyrénées have been elected Miss France: Germaine Laborde in 1929, Jeanne Juilia in 1931 and Chloé Mortaud in 2009.
The last Miss Midi-Pyrenees
- Hannah Friconnet, 22, wore the scarf of Miss Midi-Pyrénées during the Miss France 2021 election. Originally from around Castres, she was studying communication in Toulouse at the time of her coronation. She did not, however, qualify in the top 15 in the national beauty pageant.
- Emma Arrebot-Natou: Emma Arrebot-Natou was chosen last September to represent the former Midi-Pyrénées region at Miss France 2021. Miss Midi-Pyrénées 2020 was following, at the time of her election, a BTS international trade at Ersac Toulouse. Originally from the Pink City, the young woman was only 19 years old. However, she did not rank in the top 15 during the national Miss France election in December 2020.
- Andrea Magalhaes: In 2019, Andréa Magalhaes was elected Miss Midi-Pyrénées. Aged 21, the young woman was first elected Miss Gers before being chosen to represent the former region of Occitania. A biology student in Toulouse, her life goal was to work at the Oncopole, the cancerology campus in the pink city. However, she did not rank in the Miss France 2020 election.
- Axel Breil: Axelle Breil was elected Miss Midi-Pyrénées in 2018. The candidate distinguished herself by being particularly committed to the cause of children. Ea law student, she wanted to become a juvenile judge. “I will feel more useful. This is an area that fascinates me,” she explained in La Dépêche du Midi. In addition to this, in the event of her election, she would like to support hospitalized children. She did not place in the Miss contest France 2019, but had won the Regional Costume Prize.