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Vaimalama Chaves, Miss Tahiti, wins Miss France 2019

December 15, 2018/23.22

Bertrand Noël/SIPA/Miss France/TF1 Vaimalama Chaves, Miss Tahiti, has been crowned Miss France 2019, succeeding Maëva Coucke.    Chaves is 23, and holds a master’s degree in management as well as qualifications in negotiation and customer relations.    The top five contestants were Lauralyne Demesnay, Miss Franche-Comté; Morgane Soucramanien, Miss Réunion; Vaimalama Chaves, Miss Tahiti; Aude […]

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AmFAR Gala at Festival de Cannes day nine: Rita Ora, Iris Mittenaere, Jasmine Tookes, Bella Hadid at charity do, raising €20 million

May 26, 2017/20.23

Gareth Cattermole; Anthony Ghnassia; Daniele Venturelli The AmFAR Gala is traditionally the biggest do during the Festival de Cannes, and this year was no exception.    The events had kicked off on Wednesday with a party for Persol, the Torino-founded eyewear brand, which celebrated its centenary. In partnership with AmFAR, the event took place on […]

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Public interest in Miss France increases over rival pageant

December 7, 2011/7.59

TF1 Top Delphine Wespiser with her first words upon being crowned as Miss France: ‘36-37’, the number for France’s Téléthon. Above Christelle Roca, Miss Prestige National 2012, crowed at Divonnes-les-Bains in Ain. While Sunday was a record day for traffic this year at the Lucire website, thanks to the Miss France pageant, Monday remained relatively […]

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Miss France jury confirmed; Hot Scots in Edinburgh; congrats to Jennifer Cohen

November 25, 2011/3.02

Peugeot SA Above Miss France 2011 Laury Thilleman’s successor will be decided by a panel led by French actor Alain Delon, the pageant confirmed yesterday. Below left Karen Gillan, photographed by Suki Dhanda: one of the photographs exhibited by the National Galleries of Scotland next month. Bottom Jennifer Cohen and Noah Flom tie the knot. […]

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Tabloid mag tries to shock France with party photos of beauty queens

January 9, 2011/11.25

In a move which will help boost Geneviève de Fontenay’s Miss Nationale pageant’s standing, French gossip magazine Closer has published photographs of Miss France 2011, Laury Thilleman, kissing another woman at a party organized by the business school where she studies.    Thilleman had earlier stated that she had nothing to be ashamed of, but […]

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Miss France, Laury Thilleman, keeps things natural when it comes to beauty

December 25, 2010/0.47

Miss France 2011, Laury Thilleman, has been endearing observers in France with a series of interviews, most recently in a chat session with netizens on the website for Ouest-France.    And it’s the nude beauty look that she favours, keeping things as natural as possible.    She says that she washes her face with soap […]

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Miranda Kerr is the most searched-for celeb at Lucire

December 22, 2010/10.19

Above Miranda Kerr in an earlier Victoria’s Secret campaign. The most searched-for celebrity name in this section of Lucire‘s website over the last 12 months was Miranda Kerr (left), model wife of actor Orlando Bloom.    It seems the bulk of queries for Miss New Zealand 2010 Ria van Dyke wound up on our site […]

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Miss France 2011, Laury Thilleman, given a heroine’s home-town welcome

December 20, 2010/5.16

Laury Thilleman has been given a heroine’s welcome as she returns to her home town of Brest, in Bretagne, Saturday, after winning Miss France 2011.    Nineteen-year-old Thilleman, a management student, has been thrust into the limelight since her win in Caen on December 4.    She has relocated to Paris for her reign. She […]

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Miss Bretagne, Laury Thilleman, wins Miss France 2011

December 5, 2010/5.16

Breaking news: Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, crowned Miss France 2012 Miss Bretagne, Laury Thilleman, has won Miss France 2011, it was announced at the Zenith at Caen last night.    The popular pageant, hosted by veteran actor Alain Delon, was broadcast live on TF1 and was estimated to have attracted eight million viewers.    Thilleman […]

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