MISS ILE-DE-FRANCE 2023. Elena Faliez was elected Miss Ile-de-France on Sunday October 22, 2023 in Dammarie-les-Lys. Age, profession, hobbies, discover his portrait.
Will Île-de-France leave with the Miss France crown at the end of the year? In any case, this is the stated wish of Elena Faliez, the new Ile-de-France representative. She was elected Miss Île-de-France on October 22, in Dammarie-les-Lys. A boon for the candidate who was able to take advantage of the abandonment, last year, of the age limit of 25 to register for the election: the one who had been Miss Paris since June is in fact aged 28 years old, and is one of the oldest candidates in the 2024 election.
Elena Faliez was born in Bobigny before growing up in Ardèche. Now living in the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris for 3 years, the new Miss Île-de-France has dreamed of beauty contests for several years. “It wasn’t a little girl’s dream: in fact, it’s a woman’s dream,” assures the candidate to Le Parisien.
After studying in Grenoble and Evry, she obtained a medical degree before reorienting herself in cybersecurity. She now works in this environment in La Défense, a natural choice for this daughter of a computer network engineer. On the leisure side, Elena Faliez says she is passionate about sports, especially volleyball, and speaks Italian fluently thanks to her mother, originally from Piedmont. Enough to ensure victory at Miss France? See you on December 16, in Dijon or on TF1, to find out.
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Miss Ile-de-France is a beauty contest designating a candidate for Miss France each year. Several young women are presenting themselves to become ambassadors of Hauts de Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Paris, Essonne , Yvelines and Val-d’Oise. In total, 16 Misses from the Ile-de-France region obtained the title of Miss France, 13 under the title of Miss Paris, and 2 under that of Miss-Île-de-France: in 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939 , 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1997 and 2022. Diane Leyre is the last Miss Ile-de-France elected Miss France, in 2021.
Latest Miss Ile-de-France
- Adèle Bonnamour: Only 18 years old, Adèle Bonnamour was the representative of the Ile-de-France region in the Miss France 2023 election. Born in Paris, she was a second year student at a business school in the capital. During the national beauty contest, won by Indira Ampiot at the end of 2022, Miss Ile-de-France did not qualify in the top 15.
- Diane Leyre : Miss Ile-de-France 2021 was also crowned Miss France 2022. Diane Leyre was 24 years old at the time of her coronation. Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Miss France 2022 worked in a real estate development company in Paris before retraining in radio animation. She also launched her own fashion brand.
- Lara Lourenco : in 2020, it was Lara Lourenço who represented the Île de France region in the Miss France 2021 competition. Then aged only 18, the young woman was one of the youngest in the election. convinced the jury of Miss France 2021. Originally from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in Val-de-Marne, Lara Lourenço was then a second year student of BTS international commerce luxury option and was destined for a fashion school to work in the field of styling or marketing and communication. On the big night, Lara Lourenço placed in the top 15.
- Evelyne de Larichaudy : in 2019, Evelyne de Larichaudy was elected Miss Ile-de-France. Originally from Réunion, it was however the Miss Île-de-France sash that she wore for the Miss France 2020 election: the 23-year-old young woman during her coronation arrived in the Ile-de-France region after her bin. Since then, the candidate has obtained an engineering diploma and works as a construction engineer. During Miss France 2020, Evelyne de Larichaudy ranked in 13th place.
- Alice Quérette was the candidate from Île-de-France for the Miss France 2019 election. Before launching into the beauty contest, the young woman, aged 24 at the time, had studied at HEC Montréal and ESCP in Paris. During miss France 2019, Alice Quérette placed sixth runner-up.