Delphine Wespiser (born 3 January 1992) is a French model, tv host, politician and beauty pageant titleholder.[1] She was elected Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, Miss Alsace 2011 and Miss France 2012.[2][3]
Biography
Delphine Wespiser is from Magstatt-le-Bas, located in the department of Haut-Rhin. She is the daughter of an architect father and a laboratory technician mother and has an older brother. She spent her entire childhood and did her schooling in the region of Alsace. In 2010, she passed her high school final exams in economics and social studies. She then studied International Business Management joining the IUT of Colmar.
She was crowned Miss Alsace 2011 in Kingersheim, Haut-Rhin on 2 October 2011. Two months later, she was crowned Miss France 2012 in Brest.
Delphine is the spokesperson of many charitable organizations like "Caravane de la vie" for blood donation.[4] She also defends animal welfare with the International Fund for Animal Welfare,[5] and is a vegetarian. Because of these beliefs, she also had interest in becoming a veterinarian.[6]
In addition to French, she is fluent in English and German. She also speaks Alsatian and promotes the use of regional languages.[7]
Miss France 2012
Election
Delphine Wespiser was crowned Miss France 2012 on 3 December 2011 in Brest, succeeding Miss France 2011 Laury Thilleman, obtaining 32.3% from the votes of the audience.
Her runner-ups are:
1st runner-up: Miss Pays de Loire, Mathilde Couly
2nd runner-up: Miss Réunion, Marie Payet ; Miss Universe France 2012
After participating as a candidate in Fort Boyard on 31 October 2012 on France 2 during her Miss France year, she became one of the characters of the game show since summer 2013. She has been playing the role of the judge Blanche and since June 2015, she also plays her twin sister Rouge.
She participated at the game show N'oubliez pas les paroles! on France 2 in January 2013. She played with Thomas Hughes and another anonymous contestant for the association Emmaüs Solidarité, and later in January 2015 with Dany Brillant. She also played several times at the game show Mot de passe (French version of Million Dollar Password) on France 2.
From Monday 10 to Friday 14 April 2017, she participated again in Un Dîner presque parfait in Strasbourg and broadcast on W9. Television presenter Jérôme Anthony is part of the contestants.
Politics
In 2014, she was candidate at the municipal elections in Magstatt-le-Bas on the list of the independent outgoing Mayor. She was elected at the first round on 23 March 2014, when the list garnered 51.55% of the votes. She is part of a team of eleven advisors of her town.[citation needed]
Beauty pageants
Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, crowned on 26 March 2011 in Lutterbach.
Miss Alsace 2011, crowned on 2 October 2011 in Kingersheim.