MISS REUNION. Marion Marimoutou was elected Miss Réunion on August 27, 2022 in Saint-Denis. Discover the portrait of this beauty queen.
[Mis à jour le 15 septembre 2022 à 14h59] Among the candidates for the Miss France 2023 competition, there is Marion Marimoutou. The young 18-year-old woman was elected Miss Reunion on August 27, in Saint-Denis. Before starting her new life as a Miss, the beauty queen wanted to study social sciences at university. She wants to become a professor of economics and social sciences. Due to the busy schedule of contestants in the national beauty pageant, she had to postpone her enrollment in college for a year.
Marion Marimoutou succeeds Dana Virin, who ranked 6th runner-up in the last Miss France election. Miss Reunion intends to bring back the Miss France crown, since the island has not been crowned since the victory of Valérie Bègue in 2008. We will know whether Marion Marimoutou will have won or not her bet during the next election, which will take place in December 2022.
All about Miss Reunion
Before selecting who is Miss Reunion, four elections are held on the island to elect Miss North Reunion, South Reunion, Miss East Reunion and finally Miss West Reunion. It is only then that a regional election is held each year whose victorious candidate is then sent to the Miss France competition to try to win the crown. Two candidates from Reunion have been crowned in the past: Monique Uldaric in 1976 and Valérie Bègue in 2008. In addition, Kelly Hoarau replaced Miss France in 1978.
List of the last Miss Reunion
- Dana Virin : in 2021, Dana Virin was chosen to represent Reunion in the competition Miss France 2022. Born in Sainte-Suzanne in the north of Reunion Island, this 22-year-old young woman was elected on August 28, 2021. A student in Saint-Denis de la Réunion, Dana Virin is pursuing a Master 2 MBFA (Currency, Banking, Finance, Insurance) and works as a work-study assistant in charge of professional affairs. During the Miss France 2022 election, she ranked 6th runner-up.
- Lyna Boyer: At the end of 2020, it was Lyna Boyer who represented Reunion Island in the Miss France 2021 contest. Then a bachelor’s degree student in management, the 21-year-old young woman carried the cause of the fight against school harassment and violence against children. women. In the election, Lyna Boyer qualified in the Top 15 but failed to advance further in the competition.
- Morgane Lebon: In 2019, Reunion had chosen the young Morgane Lebon to represent the island during the Miss France 2020 election. Aged 21, the young student in economic and social administration sought to reconnect with the coronation of Valérie Bègue in 2008. Unfortunately, she couldn’t go further than the top 15 in the election held in mid-December 2019.