The Miss France 2024 election takes place on Saturday December 14, at Futuroscope in Poitiers. If 30 candidates will parade at the start of the evening, half will already be eliminated.
This Saturday, December 14, the life of a young woman will change completely. Late in the evening, one of the 30 regional misses will be crowned Miss France 2024, during an election scheduled at Futuroscope in Poitiers. The lucky winner will succeed Eve Gilles, current title holder. But before that, the 30 candidates will parade in front of the TF1 cameras and in different settings to represent their region.
But you should know that for half of them, the parade in front of the cameras on election night is a parade for nothing, or almost. The less informed may not know it, but the first stage of the competition, which determines the 15 finalists who can hope to be crowned at the end of the evening, is in reality played out well before the evening of the show. A pre-selection takes place several days before, behind the scenes.
Even before the start of the Miss France competition, the regional Misses must undergo several qualifying stages, which include the tests carried out during the preparation trip to Côte d’Ivoire (including the formidable general knowledge test), but also through an oral presentation in front of a jury, made up of members of the Miss France organization or TF1. During this individual interview of a few minutes in front of the pre-selection jury, the candidates must parade and express themselves. The objective: for the Miss France experts to determine if the young woman in front of them can become a good national ambassador, by judging in particular her eloquence, her motivation and her development over a month. The candidates play everything at this time and must prepare their own outfit, makeup and hairstyle.
A candidate who does not have a good grade on the general knowledge test or who makes a bad impression during the oral exam may see her chances of becoming Miss France disappear. The pre-selection interview is notably the time for candidates to reveal their true motivation. It may happen that some say they do not feel ready to assume the responsibilities incumbent on Miss France and do not even want to be one of the 15 finalists!
At the end of this observation phase, the jurors vote in any case for the 15 candidates they wish to see among the finalists, on the evening of the show. By the time the Miss France 2024 parade begins this evening, the fate will already be decided for half of the candidates, and, perhaps, for your favorite. The identity of the 15 finalists, however, will only be revealed in the middle of the evening during the live broadcast. It is from this moment that the jury, chaired this year by Sylvie Vartan, and viewers will be able to start voting for their favorite candidate.