MISS FRANCE 2023. The official portraits of the candidates for Miss France have been shared by the organizers of the contest. Discover in pictures all the regional misses of this 2023 edition.
[Mis à jour le 21 novembre 2022 à 13h02] Preparation for the Miss France competition has officially begun! The portraits of the 30 candidates for this 2023 edition have been shared by the organizing company. This is an essential step before the beauty contest, since it is the first opportunity the public has to choose their favourites. It is also the start of the competition, since it is the first stage of a long month of preparation.
Indeed, the candidates of Miss France 2023 will take off for Guadeloupe alongside Cindy Fabre. Each year, this preparation trip teaches them the basics of life as Miss. The participants participate in various activities, but also indulge in the traditional photoshoot in a swimsuit or the general culture test. With the big oral at the beginning of December, all this aims to select in advance the 15 finalists of Miss France 2023 submitted to the vote of the public. They will not be known until the evening of the election on December 17, 2022. The beauty contest will take place in Châteauroux and will be broadcast live on TF1. Below, discover the official portraits of the candidates for Miss France 2023.
All about Miss France
The Miss France election will take place the 17th December 2022, at MACH 36 in Châteauroux. Guadeloupe will host the preparation trip this year at the end of November, before the national election evening broadcast on TF1 at the end of the year. Miss France 2023 is currently in preparation, now that all the candidates in competition are known.
Sylvie Tellier leaves the Miss France organization
Sylvie Tellier will no longer participate in the organization of Miss France. This was announced by the former beauty queen on her Instagram account, confirming information from the Parisian. “It’s the big leap, I decided to leave the Miss France organization, with great emotion […] I’m leaving my baby,” she said, tears in her eyes. Present as leader of the Miss France society and candidates for the election since 2007, Sylvie Tellier had cohabited with Geneviève de Fontenay until 2010.
Sylvie Tellier announced her departure from the organization, without clearly mentioning the reasons. At the microphone of TV Magazinethe former Miss France announced that she wanted to “give a new direction to [sa]career, evoking entrepreneurial desires. “I wanted to leave my job right now, because I didn’t want to launch projects for next year. That will be the role of the new teams. When Geneviève de Fontenay left, I suffered that she wouldn’t can’t cut the cord…” Sylvie Tellier will be replaced at the head of the Miss France organization by Cindy Fabre, winner of the beauty contest in 2005.
The departure of Sylvie Tellier will be gradual. Until the next election, at the end of December in Châteauroux, she will retain the title of Honorary President of the organization. The Miss France society explained that this would allow the former beauty queen to “keep a special place in the history of the Miss France contest”. However, it will be an honorary title, since Cindy Fabre will take over from him in September. Sylvie Tellier will however appear during the Miss France 2023 ceremony, broadcast on TF1 at the end of the year, which she will co-present alongside Jean-Pierre Foucault. She will naturally step aside at the end of the election.
Elected on December 11, 2022 at the Zénith de Caen, Diane Leyre became Miss France 2022 after being chosen to represent the Île de France region. In doing so, she takes over from Amandine Petit, who crowned her herself in front of her audience. Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Diane Leyre works in a property development company in Paris and owns her own fashion brand.
Elected Miss France on December 11, 2021, Dianye Leyre is 24 years old and represented the Île-de-France region. The latter had not won the election since 1997, the date of birth of the new Miss France. Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Diane Leyre works in Paris in a property development company. Trilingual, Diane Leyre speaks French, English and Spanish equally well, Diane Leyre studied in Madrid and reads many British novels. At the same time, she is also at the head of her own fashion brand. During the Miss France election, Diane Leyre stood out above all for her fluency in speaking and her eloquent speeches.
If Miss Île-de-France was unanimous among the members of the jury, she was not the public’s favorite. As Gala explains, it was actually Miss Martinique, Floriane Bascou, who won the most votes. Miss Ile-de-France was only third in the hearts of viewers. However, the points awarded by the jury also count as half. From the first phase of votes, Miss Île-de-France had already won fifteen points. As for the Martiniquaise, she had not known as much popularity with the jury, which placed her in last position in the ranking of the last five Misses.
The complete ranking of Miss France 2022 was unveiled on Saturday December 11, 2021. First the top 15, then the top 5 and finally Miss France 2022 and her four runners-up. Check out the full ranking below:
- Miss France 2022: Diane Leyre (Miss Ile de France)
- First runner-up: Floriane Bascou (Miss Martinique)
- Second runner-up: Cecile Wolfrom (Miss Alsace)
- Third runner-up: Tumateata Bush (Miss Tahiti)
- Fourth runner-up: Youssra Askry (Miss Normandy)
- In the top 15: Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Miss Pays de la Loire, Miss Côte d’Azur, Miss Rhône-Alpes, Miss Lorraine, Miss Reunion, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Miss Guyana, Miss Corsica, Miss Aquitaine