MISS FRANCHE-COMTE 2023. The crown of Miss Franche-Comté was given to Sonia Coutant. Find out everything you need to know about the candidate for the Miss France competition.
Sonia Coutant has joined the race for the title of miss France. The 24-year-old young woman was elected Miss Franche-Comté during the regional election held in Dole, in the Jura department, on October 20. She recovers the title left by Marion Navarro, who won the title of second runner-up to Miss France 2023 last year.
Sonia Coutant achieves a feat for her region: it has been 30 years since a Jura woman had won the Miss title Franche-Comté. A pride for this young woman attached to her original department. Professionally, she began her career in the army as a gendarme, before changing career paths for health reasons: she is now a nursing assistant in an EHPAD. In the future, she hopes to become a nurse.
Health concerns
Sonia Coutant does not hide her health problems: on her Instagram account, Miss Franche-Comté confided quietly that she had endometriosis: “To all these attacks of pain, these medications, these tears, these school days missed ones which returned every month like the refrain of a song. To all these hospitalizations, these unanswered examinations, these nights without sleep”, she wrote on the social network. Endometriosis is a chronic disease causing 1 in 10 women to experience acute pain during their periods and difficulty getting pregnant.
Already an advantage before Miss France
Miss Franche-Comté is not the only title that Sonia Coutant has won in her life, since she has already received the general culture prize at the Commanderie de Dole. A definite advantage to be asserted during the general culture test, which will take place in November and which will allow certain candidates to stand out to the jury before the evening of the election, December 16 in Dijon.
Learn more
Miss Franche-Comté is a beauty contest which each year nominates a candidate for the Miss France election. Several young women presented themselves in the hope of becoming ambassadors for the departments of Jura, Doubs, Haute-Saîne and the territory of Belfort. Since the creation of the Miss France competition, a Miss Franche-Comté has been elected: Roberte Cusay in 1927, under the title of Miss Jura. In 1980, Patricia Barzyk was also the replacement for Miss France.
List of the latest Miss Franche-Comté
- Marion Navarro : in 2022, Marion Navarro paraded with the sash of Miss Franche-Comté. This 19-year-old fashion and business student managed to reach third place in the Miss France competition, becoming second runner-up to Indira Ampiot.
- Julie Cretin: Julie Cretin represented Franche-Comté during the Miss France 2022 election, in December 2021, without qualifying among the 15 finalists. Aged 21, Julie Cretin was a master’s student in marketing communication during her year of reign.
- Coralie Gandelin: initially, Coralie Gandelin should not have set foot on the Puy du Fou stage and participated in Miss France 2021. Elected first runner-up to Miss Franche-Comté last October, the title holder gave up her sash two days after her election , without giving reasons. official. Coralie Gandelin was chosen by the regional committee to take over. Aged 23, Coralie Gandelin was a fifth-year veterinary student at the time of her coronation
- Solène Bernardin was elected on October 20, 2019 to wear the Miss Franche-Comté sash during the Miss France 2020 beauty contest. Originally from Granges-la-ville, in Haute-Saône, the 23-year-old young woman has ambition : she will begin a master’s degree in management at Inseec in February, after having validated a professional license. She will work alternately at Burger King with a single objective: to open her restaurant chain internationally. However, she did not place during Miss France 2020.
- Lauralyne Demesmay was 18 years old when she was elected Miss Franche-Comté 2018. This economics enthusiast joined a preparatory class with the aim of joining HEC. En addition to that, she is a great fan of boxing even if it is no longer possible for her to participate in official fights. During Miss France 2019, she was 2nd runner-up to Vaimalama Chaves.