Miss Roussillon is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the department of Pyrénées-Orientales in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. While the first Miss Roussillon was crowned in 1937, the pageant had been organized irregularly until 2022, and was previously under the authority of the Miss Languedoc-Roussillon committee until the formation of the independent Miss Roussillon committee in 2024.
Type | Beauty pageant |
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Headquarters | Pyrénées-Orientales, France |
Membership | Miss France |
Official language | French |
Regional director | Cindy Filipiak |
The current Miss Roussillon is Élise Aquilina, who was crowned Miss Roussillon 2023 on 5 August 2023. One woman from Roussillon has been crowned Miss France:
- Annie Garrigues, who was crowned Miss France 1938, competing as Miss Roussillon
Results summary
- Miss France: Annie Garrigues (1937)
- 4th Runner-Up: Katherina Navegand (1980); Nathalie Huc (1987)
- Top 12/Top 15: Marion Castaing (2010); Julie Vialo (2011); Marilou Cubaynes (2012); Sabine Banet (2013); Sheana Vila Real (2014); Chiara Fontaine (2022); Élise Aquilina (2023)
Gallery
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Miss Roussillon 2014
Sheana Vila Real -
Miss Roussillon 1937 and Miss France 1938
Annie Garrigues
Titleholders
Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
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2023 | Élise Aquilina[1] | 21 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Cabestany | Top 15 | |
2022 | Chiara Fontaine[2] | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Corneilla-del-Vercol | Top 15 | |
2015 | Anais Marin[3] | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Alénya | ||
2014 | Sheana Vila Real[4] | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Perpignan | Top 12 | |
2013 | Norma Julia[5] | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Perpignan | Did not compete | Julia was crowned Miss Roussillon 2013 and dethroned after less than two weeks when it emerged that she had posed partially nude in an erotic photoshoot, against Miss France rules. She was replaced by Banet, her first runner-up.[5] The pageant was additionally held amidst the disappearance of Allison and Marie-José Benitez, the former of whom was initially meant to be a contestant in the pageant.[6] |
Sabine Banet[5] | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Saleilles | Top 12 | ||
2012 | Marilou Cubaynes | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Cabestany | Top 12 | |
2011 | Julie Vialo | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Toulouges | Top 12 | |
2010 | Marion Castaing | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Canet-en-Roussillon | Top 12 | Castaing was crowned Miss Roussillon 2009 and dethroned after it emerged she had participated in two regional pageants, against Miss France rules, and was replaced by Callivrousis, her first runner-up. After the rule was changed the following year, Castaing competed again and was crowned Miss Roussillon 2010. |
2009 | Marion Castaing | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Canet-en-Roussillon | Did not compete | |
Céline Callivrousis | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Villeneuve-de-la-Raho | |||
2005 | Florence Micolau | 22 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Perpignan | ||
1990 | Muriel de Angelis | In 1990, de Angelis was crowned Miss Roussillon and Birba was crowned Miss Côte Vermeille, and they both represented Pyrénées-Orientales. | ||||
Nathalie Birba | ||||||
1988 | Christine Lemaire | |||||
1987 | Nathalie Huc | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
1986 | Sandra Marti | |||||
1985 | Béatrice Bonsons | |||||
1980 | Katherina Navegand | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
1979 | Brigitte Choquet | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Competed at Miss Universe 1980 | ||
1976 | Angélique Busseron | Busseron competed as Miss Côte Catalane. | ||||
1937 | Annie Garrigues | 19 | Miss France 1938 |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of Miss France
References
- ^ "Élection de Miss Roussillon 2023 au Lydia du Barcarès : and the winner is Elise Aquilina, Miss Perpignan..." L'Indépendant (in French). 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Perpignan : pour Chiara Fontaine, 20 ans, Miss Roussillon 2022, "c'est vraiment un rêve de petite fille qui se réalise"". L'Indépendant (in French). 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Et miss Roussillon est... Anaïs". lindependant.fr (in French). 29 July 2015..
- ^ "Sheana Vila Real, de Perpignan, élue Miss Roussillon : "Pour défendre nos couleurs" (VIDEO) - Lindépendant.fr". lindependant.fr. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ a b c "Miss Roussillon déchue de son titre". 22 August 2013.
- ^ Sage, Jérôme (12 August 2013). "Perpignan : l'hommage des Miss à Allison Benitez". Le Figaro (in French).