Miss France 2022

Miss France 2022
Miss France 2022, Diane Leyre
Date	11 December 2021
Presenters	Jean-Pierre Foucault Sylvie Tellier
Venue	Zénith de Caen, Caen, Normandy
Broadcaster	TF1
Entrants	29
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Wallis and Futuna
Returns	Tahiti
Winner	Diane Leyre Île de France
Congeniality	Mélysa Stephenson French Guiana
Photogenic	Julie Bève Limousin

Miss France 2022 was the 92nd edition of the Miss France pageant, held at the Zénith de Caen in Caen, Normandy, on 11 December 2021.

Amandine Petit of Normandy crowned Diane Leyre of Île-de-France. Leyre represented France at Miss Universe 2023 held in El Salvador.

Background

Location

By July 2021, the Zénith de Caen in Caen had confirmed that the venue was scheduled to host the Miss France 2022 competition on 11 December 2021, although this had not been confirmed by the Miss France Committee.^[1] On 31 August, it was officially confirmed that the competition would be held at the Zénith de Caen on 11 December.^[2]

On 28 August 2021, Sylvie Tellier confirmed that the annual overseas trip for the delegates would return if COVID-19 restrictions allowed for it, with the delegates visiting Réunion.^[3] They ultimately did visit Réunion for a variety of events, before going to Caen to begin rehearsals.^[4]

Selection of contestants

After having withdrawn from the 2021 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tahiti returned to the competition.^[5][6] However, Wallis and Futuna withdrew from the competition, after having returned for the first time since 2005 in the 2021 edition. In September 2021, the committee confirmed through their Facebook account that their withdrawal was due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia, where the regional committee for Wallis and Futuna was headquartered.^[7]

On 17 November, it was confirmed in a press conference that the 29 contestants would be given labour contracts for the first time, amidst controversy regarding the labour laws and unpaid nature of taking part in the competition in past years.^[8]

Results

Placement[9]	Contestant
Miss France 2022	Île-de-France – Diane Leyre
1st Runner-Up	Martinique – Floriane Bascou
2nd Runner-Up	Alsace – Cécile Wolfrom
3rd Runner-Up	Tahiti – Tumateata Buisson
4th Runner-Up	Normandy – Youssra Askry
Top 15[a]	Aquitaine – Ambre Andrieu (5th Runner-Up) Réunion – Dana Virin (6th Runner-Up) Nord-Pas-de-Calais – Donatella Meden Rhône-Alpes – Charlotte Faure Côte d'Azur – Valeria Pavelin Lorraine – Marine Sauvage Pays de la Loire – Line Carvalho French Guiana – Mélysa Stephenson Corsica – Emma Renucci Languedoc-Roussillon – Marion Ratié

Special awards

Prize	Contestant
General Culture Award	Normandy – Youssra Askry (17/20)[b][10]
Best Regional Costume	Pays de la Loire – Line Carvalho
Miss Photogenic	Limousin – Julie Bève
Miss Congeniality	French Guiana – Mélysa Stephenson
Catwalk Award	Martinique – Floriane Bascou
Elegance Award	Picardy – Hayate El Gharmaoui
Model Award	Burgundy – Chloé Galissi

Scoring

Preliminaries

A jury composed of partners (internal and external) of the Miss France Committee selected fifteen delegates during an interview that took place on 8 December to advance to the semifinals.

Top 15

In the top fifteen, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public selected five delegates to advance to the top five. Each delegate was awarded an overall score of 1 to 15 from the jury and public, and the five delegates with the highest combined scores advanced to the top five. The delegates with the sixth and seventh highest combined scores were afterwards designated as the fifth and sixth runners-up, respectively, despite not advancing in the competition. In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed.

Contestant	Public	Jury	Total[9]
Île-de-France	14	15	29
Tahiti	11	15	26
Martinique	15	9	24
Normandy	10	13	23
Alsace	12	9	21
Aquitaine	8	12	20
Réunion	7	12	19
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	6	12	18
Rhône-Alpes	13	4	17
Côte d'Azur	9	7	16
Lorraine	3	7	10
Pays de la Loire	2	7	9
French Guiana	5	4	9
Corsica	4	4	8
Languedoc-Roussillon	1	4	5

Top five

In the top five, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public determined which contestant was declared Miss France. This was the second year that voting was conducted this way, following a rule change in the 2021 edition. Each contestant was ranked from first to fifth by the jury and public, and the two scores were combined to create a total score. In the case of a tie, the public vote prevailed. If this rule change had not occurred, Martinique would have won, while Alsace would have been first runner-up, followed by Île-de-France, Tahiti, and then Normandy.

#	Candidate	Public	Jury	Total[9]
1	Île-de-France	3	5	8
2	Martinique	5	1	6
3	Alsace	4	2	6
4	Tahiti	2	4	6
5	Normandy	1	4	5

Pageant

Format

On 17 November, it was announced in a press conference that the theme for this edition of the competition would be musical theatre and musical films, with competition rounds being inspired by various notable musical theatre shows and films.^[11]

The competition opened with an introduction themed after The Lion King. The 29 contestants were initially separated into three groups, two consisting of ten contestants and one of nine, with each group taking part in an initial presentation round. The three presentation rounds were themed after Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, and West Side Story, respectively. Afterwards, the 29 contestants presented their regional costumes, created by local designers from their home regions, in a round inspired by Singin' in the Rain. The 29 contestants subsequently participated in the one-piece swimsuit round, inspired by La La Land.

After that, the Top 15 were announced, and they competed in the two-piece swimsuit round inspired by Chicago. Then the Top Five were announced and presented their evening gowns in a round inspired by Broadway theatre. After the final question round, the Top Five participated in their final presentation round, inspired by Aladdin, before the final results were revealed.^[12]

Judges

• Jean-Pierre Pernaut (President of the Jury) – journalist and reporter^[13]
• François Alu – dancer^[13]
• Amel Bent – singer and actress^[13]
• Philippe Lacheau – actor^[13]
• Inès Reg – comedian^[13]
• Ahmed Sylla – comedian and actor^[13]
• Delphine Wespiser – Miss France 2012 from Alsace^[13]

Contestants

The 29 delegates were:

Region	Contestant	Age[c]	Height	Hometown	Placement	Notes
Alsace	Cécile Wolfrom[14]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Strasbourg	2nd Runner-Up
Aquitaine	Ambre Andrieu[15]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Bordeaux	Top 15
Auvergne	Anaïs Werestchack[16]	24	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Beaumont
Brittany	Sarah Conan[17]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Lézardrieux
Burgundy	Chloé Galissi[18]	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Chalon-sur-Saône
Centre-Val de Loire	Jade Lange[19]	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Malesherbes
Champagne-Ardenne	Léna Massinger[20]	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Reims
Corsica	Emma Renucci[21]	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Bastia	Top 15
Côte d'Azur	Valeria Pavelin[22]	24	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Nice	Top 15	Sister of Maria Pavelin, Miss Côte d'Azur 2016[23]
Franche-Comté	Julie Cretin[24]	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bouverans
French Guiana	Mélysa Stephenson[25]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Remire-Montjoly	Top 15
Guadeloupe	Ludivine Edmond[26]	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Gourbeyre
Île-de-France	Diane Leyre[27]	24	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Paris	Miss France 2022
Languedoc-Roussillon	Marion Ratié[28]	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Redessan	Top 15
Limousin	Julie Bève[29]	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Meilhards
Lorraine	Marine Sauvage[30]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ars-sur-Moselle	Top 15
Martinique	Floriane Bascou[31]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Le Lamentin	1st Runner-Up	Sister of track and field athlete Dimitri Bascou[32]
Mayotte	Anna Ousseni[33]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Sada
Midi-Pyrénées	Hannah Friconnet[34]	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Labruguière
New Caledonia	Emmy Chenin[35]	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	La Foa
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Donatella Meden[36]	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Lambersart	Top 15
Normandy	Youssra Askry[37]	24	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Rouen	4th Runner-Up
Pays de la Loire	Line Carvalho[38]	20	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Blain	Top 15
Picardy	Hayate El Gharmaoui[39]	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Compiègne		Member of the Compiègne Municipal Council, elected in 2020[39]
Poitou-Charentes	Lolita Ferrari[40]	24	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Rochefort
Provence	Eva Navarro[41]	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Istres
Réunion	Dana Virin[42]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Sainte-Suzanne	Top 15
Rhône-Alpes	Charlotte Faure[43]	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Biviers	Top 15
Tahiti	Tumateata Buisson[5]	24	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Paea	3rd Runner-Up

Notes

1. The Top 15 semifinalists are listed in the order that they placed according to the official results.^[9]
2. The General Culture Award is given to the contestant with the highest score on the general culture exam, which tests contestants' grasp of topics such as history, politics, current events, and pop culture. Miss Normandy received the highest score of 17 and was thus given the award.
3. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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20. "Léna Massinger, une jeune Rémoise de 20 ans, élue Miss Champagne-Ardenne à Tinqueux". Journal L'Union (in French). 16 October 2021.
21. "Emma Renucci élue Miss Corse 2021". Corse-Matin (in French). 24 July 2021.
22. "Et voici Valeria Pavelin, 24 ans, élue Miss Côte d'Azur 2021". Nice-Matin. 23 October 2021.
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27. "Originaire de Paris, Diane Leyre sacrée Miss Ile-de-France 2021". actu.fr (in French). 3 October 2021.
28. "Concours. Miss Languedoc-Roussillon est Gardoise !". La gazette de Nîmes (in French). 1 August 2021.
29. "Julie Beve élue Miss Limousin 2021 à Brive". La Montagne (in French). 2 October 2021.
30. "La première réaction de Marine Sauvage, élue Miss Lorraine 2021 à Charmes". L'Est Républicain (in French). 9 October 2021.
31. "Floriane Bascou élue Miss Martinique 2021". zayactu.org (in French). 24 October 2021.
32. "Sœur d'un athlète" (in French).
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34. "Hannah Friconnet, Miss 2021". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 5 September 2021.
35. "Emmy Chenin a été élue Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie 2021". Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes (in French). 21 August 2021.
36. "Originaire de Lambersart, Donatella Meden est élue Miss Nord - Pas-de-Calais 2021". actu.fr (in French). 17 October 2021.
37. "Miss France. Youssra Askry élue Miss Normandie 2021". Tendance Ouest (in French). 24 October 2021.
38. "Miss Pays de la Loire 2021 : Line Carvalho (Loire-Atlantique) est élue !". actu.fr (in French). 18 September 2021.
39. "Hayate El Gharmaoui est couronnée Miss Picardie 2021". L'Observateur de Beauvais (in French). 17 October 2021.
40. "Chasseneuil-Du-Poitou: Lolita Ferrari élue Miss Poitou-Charentes". Charente Libre (in French). 3 September 2021.
41. "Élue Miss Provence 2021 à Cogolin, Eva Navarro, 19 ans, sera-t-elle la prochaine Miss France?". Nice-Matin (in French). 31 July 2021.
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External links

• Official website