Miss Brittany (French: Miss Bretagne) is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Brittany. Women representing the region under various different titles have competed at Miss France since 1920, although the Miss Brittany title was not used regularly until 1981. Until 2010, women from the department of Loire-Atlantique were eligible to compete in Miss Brittany, due to the department's historical ties to the region, despite currently being located within the region of Pays de la Loire.
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
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| Headquarters | Brittany, France |
| Membership | Miss France |
Official language | French |
Regional director | Emilie Menard |
| Website | www |
The current Miss Brittany is Marie Castel, who was crowned Miss Brittany 2024 on 28 September 2024. Six women from Brittany have gone on to win Miss France.
- Raymonde Allain, who was crowned Miss France 1928, competing as Miss Côte d'Émeraude
- Jacqueline Janet, who was crowned Miss France 1937, competing as Miss Côte d'Émeraude
- Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien, who was crowned Miss France 1960, competing as Miss Côte d'Émeraude
- Michèle Wargnier, who was crowned Miss France 1961
- Monique Lemaire, who was crowned Miss France 1962, competing as Miss Côte d'Émeraude
- Laury Thilleman, who was crowned Miss France 2011
Results summary
edit- Miss France: Raymonde Allain (1927; Miss Côte d'Émeraude); Jacqueline Janet (1936; Miss Côte d'Émeraude); Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien (1959; Miss Côte d'Émeraude); Michèle Wargnier (1960); Monique Lemaire (1961; Miss Côte d'Émeraude); Laury Thilleman (2010)
- 1st Runner-Up: Denise Le Brase (1920; Miss Côte d'Émeraude); Anita Treyens (1955); Monique Boulinguez (1957; Miss Côte d'Émeraude); Rolande Cozien (1968); Valérie Guenveur (1982); Christelle Mayet (1983)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Anne-Marie Poggi (1990); Mélanie Craignou (2009)
- 3rd Runner-Up: Marie-Laure Uzel (1978; Graziella Pequin (1987)
- 4th Runner-Up: Bianca Taillard (2008)
- 5th Runner-Up: Annie Cadiou (1970); Denise Kerfast (1971)
- 6th Runner-Up: Maurane Bouazza (2016)
- Top 12/Top 15: Delphine André (1994); Florence Guillou (1999); Nathalie Economides (2003); Audrey Bonecker (2011); Estelle Sabathier (2012); Léa Bizeul (2015)
Gallery
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Miss Brittany 2010 and Miss France 2011
Laury Thilleman -
Miss Côte d'Émeraude 1927 and Miss France 1928
Raymonde Allain
Titleholders
edit| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Marie Castel[1][2] | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Pleyber-Christ | TBD | |
| 2023 | Noémie Le Bras[3] | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Le Cloître-Pleyben | ||
| 2022 | Enora Moal[4] | 21 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Guipavas | ||
| 2021 | Sarah Conan[5] | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Lézardrieux | ||
| 2020 | Julie Foricher[6] | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Le Relecq-Kerhuon | ||
| 2019 | Romane Edern[7] | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Cléder | ||
| 2018 | Emilie Bachellereau[8] | 22 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Larmor-Plage | ||
| 2017 | Caroline Lemée[9] | 24 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Rennes | ||
| 2016 | Maurane Bouazza[10] | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Plumelin | Top 12 (6th Runner-Up) | |
| 2015 | Eugénie Journée[11] | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Rennes | Did not compete | Journée was dethroned three days after winning the title, after it emerged that she had previously posed topless for a photoshoot. She was replaced by Bizeul, her first runner-up.[12] |
| Léa Bizeul[13] | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Saint-Malo | Top 12 | ||
| 2014 | Maïlys Bonnet[14] | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Vannes | ||
| 2013 | Marie Chartier[15] | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Étables-sur-Mer | ||
| 2012 | Estelle Sabathier | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Brest | Top 12 | |
| 2011 | Audrey Bonecker | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Muzillac | Top 12 | Bonecker is the daughter of Isabelle Carayol, Miss Brittany 1974. |
| 2010 | Laury Thilleman | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Brest | Miss France 2011 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 2011 |
| 2009 | Mélanie Craignou | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Louannec | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2008 | Bianca Taillard | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Machecoul | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2007 | Églantine Morin | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Savenay | ||
| 2006 | Charline Leray | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Lusanger | ||
| 2005 | Cindy Trichereau Duchesne | 24 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Nantes | ||
| 2004 | Amélie Turmel | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Lillemer | ||
| 2003 | Nathalie Economides | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Guidel | Top 12 | |
| 2002 | Anne-Sophie Pageau | Vigneux-de-Bretagne | ||||
| 2001 | Céline Autricque | 20 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Nantes | ||
| 2000 | Mélanie Guyomard | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Brest | ||
| 1999 | Florence Guillou | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Saint-Brieuc | Top 12 | |
| 1998 | Virginie Radier | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Ploulec'h | ||
| 1997 | Nathalie Busson | Châtelaudren | ||||
| 1996 | Séverine André | Trégastel | Sister of Miss Brittany 1994 Delphine André. | |||
| 1995 | Violaine Turpin | Trévé | ||||
| 1994 | Delphine André | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Trégastel | Top 12 | Sister of Miss Brittany 1996 Séverine André. |
| 1993 | Alexia Dereux-Marchand | |||||
| 1992 | Stéphanie Ducos | |||||
| 1991 | Patricia Mouazec | 18 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||
| 1990 | Anne-Marie Poggi | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Saint-Briac-sur-Mer | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 1989 | Stéphanie Lemarchand | |||||
| 1988 | Lydie Guilment | 21 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||
| 1987 | Graziella Pequin | Nantes | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1986 | Catherine Hérault | |||||
| 1985 | Valérie Le Vaillant | |||||
| 1984 | Manuella Pequin | Nantes | ||||
| 1983 | Christelle Mayet | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1982 | Valérie Guenveur | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Saint-Brieuc | 1st Runner-Up | Competed at Miss International 1983 |
| 1981 | Véronique Morice | |||||
| 1979 | Véronique Guin | |||||
| 1978 | Marie-Laure Uzel | Lorient | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1976 | Christine Robin | |||||
| 1974 | Isabelle Carayol | Carayol is the mother of Audrey Bonecker, Miss Bretagne 2011. | ||||
| 1972 | Louise Le Calvez | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||
| 1971 | Denise Kerfast | 5th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1970 | Annie Cadiou | 5th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1969 | Catherine Ledu | |||||
| 1968 | Rolande Cozien | Brest | 1st Runner-Up | |||
| 1965 | Madeleine Calvez | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||
| 1964 | Chantal Le Coz | |||||
| 1960 | Michèle Wargnier | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Miss France 1961 | 2nd Runner-Up at Miss World 1961 | |
| 1955 | Anita Treyens | 1st Runner-Up | Top 15 at Miss Universe 1956 | |||
| 1952 | Paulette Le Bourkin |
Miss Argoat
editFrom 1977 to 1979, the inland area of Brittany, known as Argoat, competed separately.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Anne Le Maux | |||||
| 1978 | Anne-Yvonne Le Roux | |||||
| 1977 | Yasmine Arnal |
Miss Côte d'Émeraude
editPrior to the 1960s, the departments of Côtes d'Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine competed separately under the title Miss Côte d'Émeraude.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Martine Henry | |||||
| 1962 | Françoise Minec | |||||
| 1961 | Monique Lemaire | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Côtes d'Armor | Miss France 1962 | |
| 1959 | Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Miss France 1960 | ||
| 1957 | Monique Boulinguez | 1st Runner-Up | Competed at Miss Universe 1958 | |||
| 1936 | Jacqueline Janet | 16 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Miss France 1937 | ||
| 1927 | Raymonde Allain | 16 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Miss France 1928 | ||
| 1920 | Denise Le Brase | 17 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 1st Runner-Up |
Miss Côte de Granit
editIn the 1970s, the department of Côtes d'Armor competed separately under the title Miss Côte de Granit.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Catherine Parera | |||||
| 1977 | Corinne Le Goff | |||||
| 1976 | Catherine Matonnier |
Miss Finistère
editIn 1967, the department of Finistère crowned its own representative for Miss France.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Marie Martine Legrand |
Miss Morbihan
editIn 1964, the department of Morbihan crowned its own representative for Miss France. In 1979, the department competed under the title Miss Lorient.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Claudine Gosselin | |||||
| 1964 | Annie Delabre |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Bielak, Hélène (28 September 2024). "Marie Castel est la nouvelle Miss Bretagne !". Le Télégramme (in French).
- ^ Houssin, Ronan (28 September 2024). "Miss France 2024 : Marie Castel est la représentante de la Bretagne". actus.fr (in French).
- ^ "Noémie Le Bras sacrée Miss Bretagne 2023". Le Télégramme (in French). 30 September 2023.
- ^ "À Ploemeur, Enora Moal couronnée Miss Bretagne 2022". Le Télégramme (in French). 24 September 2022.
- ^ "La Costarmoricaine Sarah Conan élue Miss Bretagne 2021". Le Télégramme (in French). 19 September 2021.
- ^ "La Relecquoise Julie Foricher élue Miss Bretagne 2020". Le Telegramme (in French). 27 September 2020.
- ^ "La Finistérienne Romane Edern est élue Miss Bretagne 2019" (in French). Ouest-France. 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Miss Bretagne 2018. La Morbihannaise Emilie Bachellereau sacrée à Fougères" (in French). Le Télégramme. 30 September 2018.
- ^ "La Rennaise Caroline Lemée, élue Miss Bretagne". Ouest-france.fr. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Gourin. Maurane Bouazza élue Miss Bretagne 2016". Ouest-France. October 1, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Allain, Camille (4 October 2015). "La Rennaise Eugénie Journée élue miss Bretagne". 20 minutes (in French).
- ^ Saul, Heather (6 October 2015). "Miss Brittany winner Eugenie Journee stripped of her crown after 'topless' picture emerges". The Independent.
- ^ "Léa Bizeul, la nouvelle Miss Bretagne 2015 : "Il y a des règles et il faut les appliquer"". LCI (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
- ^ "Miss Bretagne 2014. La Vannetaise Maïlys Bonnet élue samedi soir". ouest-france.fr. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "La Costarmoricaine Marie Chartier élue Miss Bretagne 2013". 18 October 2013.