Lead-up to Miss France 2013 still bumpy over potential disqualifications
December is a big month for us when it comes to covering beauty pageants, with news of the Miss France telecast traditionally our most-read story of the year on the Lucire website. There has been slightly less of the “battle of the pageants” scandal in France this year, with Geneviève de Fontenay, la dame […]
Miss France 2010 Malika Ménard presents Miss France 2012 Delphine Wespiser, on Paris tout compris
Beauty pageant followers get a treat this Saturday in France, as Miss France 2010 Malika Ménard hosts Paris tout compris on France 3, with Miss France 2012, Delphine Wespiser, as its guest. Wespiser, representing Alsace, was crowned last December, at the parc des expositions de Penfeld in Brest. Keeping with the show’s theme, […]
Miss France and Scarlett Johansson among our most popular articles in ’11
TF1 Above Delphine Wespiser soon after being crowned as Miss France. Our article on her win was the most-read this year. Last year, quite a few readers were interested in the most visited news articles on the Lucire website. This excludes the features we have on the main part of the site. Nevertheless, it gives […]
Public interest in Miss France increases over rival pageant
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 […]
Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, crowned Miss France 2012
Breaking news: Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, crowned Miss France 2013 Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, of Kingersheim, has been crowned Miss France 2012 tonight. Wespiser, 19, at 1·75 m (5 ft 7½ in), is a management student with interests in eastern and flamenco dancing, and enjoys painting. The redhead was crowned at the parc […]
Miss France jury confirmed; Hot Scots in Edinburgh; congrats to Jennifer Cohen
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. […]
Miss Nationale 2012 to proceed without Geneviève de Fontenay
Georges Seguin/Creative Commons Miss Nationale 2012 will proceed on December 4, Le Figaro reports this morning, but without the direct participation of its founder, Geneviève de Fontenay (left), who was found by an arbitrator on November 7 to have breached a non-compete cause with Miss France when she set up her new pageant. A […]
France’s ‘battle of the pageants’ continues, as TM dispute may halt Miss Nationale
Above Barbara Morel, Miss Nationale 2011, in her Miss Provence publicity photograph. Legal issues mean that she is unlikely to crown a successor this year. In a further twist, an ongoing trade mark dispute may prevent Geneviève de Fontenay, former director of Miss France, from holding her rival Miss Nationale pageant this year, originally scheduled […]
Geneviève de Fontenay fires first publicity shot for Miss Nationale
Above Barbara Morel, with her publicity photograph from Miss Provence, as she entered Miss Nationale last year. With France building up to the Miss France telecast, rival pageant Miss Nationale, headed by former Miss France director Geneviève de Fontenay, is spearheading coverage of her 2012 finalists, beginning with coverage in today’s Télé-Loisirs magazine. The […]
The three-week speculation about Miss Nationale Barbara Morel and Tony Parker
Above Barbara Morel, with her publicity photograph from Miss Provence, as she entered Miss Nationale last year. So much for the globalized world and instant news: even though the French gossip machine has been talking about Spurs guard Tony Parker (former husband of Eva Longoria) and Miss Nationale Barbara Morel for about three weeks, news […]
