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Miss Poitou-Charentes - Wikipedia

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Miss Poitou-Charentes

Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Poitou-Charentes, France
Membership	Miss France
Official language	French
Regional director	Éric Laurens
Website	misspoitouchanrentes.fr

Miss Poitou-Charentes is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Poitou-Charentes. Women representing the region under various different titles have competed at Miss France since 1957, although the Miss Poitou-Charentes title was not used regularly until 2006.

The current Miss Poitou-Charentes is Charlie Bénard, who was crowned Miss Poitou-Charentes 2024 on 4 October 2024. Three women from Poitou-Charentes have been crowned Miss France:

Monique Chiron, who was crowned Miss France 1959, competing as Miss Poitou
Claudine Cassereau, who was crowned Miss France 1971, competing as Miss Poitou, following the resignation of the original winner
Véronique Fagot, who was crowned Miss France 1977, competing as Miss Poitou

Results summary

Miss France: Monique Chiron (1958; Miss Poitou); Véronique Fagot (1976; Miss Poitou)
1st Runner-Up: Monique Boucher (1965; Miss Charente); Béatrice Demiaud (1966; Miss Royan); Nadine Labadie Wolf (1970; Miss Côte de Beauté); Claudine Cassereau (1971; Miss Poitou; later Miss France)
2nd Runner-Up: Marine Clouet (2000; Miss Poitou)
3rd Runner-Up: Michèle Mouix (1966; Miss Aunis)
5th Runner-Up: Mathilde Muller (2008)
Top 12/Top 15: Stéphanie Loizeau (1995); Nancy Bourgeix (1996); Alexandra Bauduin (1997); Andréa Galland (2019); Justine Dubois (2020); Marine Paulais (2022)

Titleholders

The regional title has been known as Miss Poitou-Charentes since 1997, while from 1995 to 1996, it was known as Miss Charentes-Poitou.

Year	Name	Age^[a]	Height	Hometown	Miss France placement	Notes
2024	Charlie Bénard^[1]^[2]	27	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	La Couronne	TBD
2023	Lounès Texier^[3]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Périgné
2022	Marine Paulais^[4]	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bellevigne	Top 15
2021	Lolita Ferrari^[5]	24	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Rochefort
2020	Justine Dubois^[6]	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Angoulême	Top 15
2019	Andréa Galland^[7]	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Niort	Top 15
2018	Marion Sokolik^[8]	23	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Cognac
2017	Ophélie Forgit^[9]	20	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Arvert
2016	Magdalène Chollet^[10]	19	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Neuville-de-Poitou
2015	Manon Rougier^[11]	19	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Roullet-Saint-Estèphe
2014	Mathilde Hubert^[12]	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Cherves-Richemont
2013	Laura Pierre^[13]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Le Gua
2012	Typhanie Soulat	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Fontaine-le-Comte
2011	Manika Auxire	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Blanzac-Porcheresse
2010	Pearl Crosland	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Angoulême
2009	Rachel Jeannot	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Civray
2008	Mathilde Muller	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Poitiers	Top 12 (5th Runner-Up)	Competed at Miss International 2009
2007	Clémence Dussagne	19	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Dignac
2006	Carine Bissirier	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Poitiers
1999	Sabrina Chauvelin
1998	Sophie Bernardin
1997	Alexandra Bauduin				Top 12
1996	Nancy Bourgeix				Top 12
1995	Stéphanie Loizeau				Top 12

Miss Charente

In 1965, the department of Charente crowned its own representative for Miss France. In 1976, the department crowned its own representative again under the title Miss Angoulême.

Year	Name	Age^[a]	Height	Hometown	Miss France placement	Notes
1976	Évelyne Guérin					Guérin was crowned Miss Angoulême in 1976, and Miss Saintonge in 1977.
1965	Monique Boucher				1st Runner-Up

Miss Charente-Maritime

In the 1960s and 1970s, the department of Charente-Maritime crowned its own representative for Miss France under various titles, including Miss Aunis (1966), Miss Côte de Beauté (1962; 1970), Miss La Rochelle (1976), Miss Oléron (1967), Miss Royan (1966), Miss Saintes (1962), and Miss Saintonge (1977).

Year	Name	Miss France placement	Notes
1977	Évelyne Guérin		Guérin was crowned Miss Angoulême in 1976, and Miss Saintonge in 1977.
1976	Chantal Beaudonnet
1970	Nadine Labadie Wolf	1st Runner-Up
1967	Dany Nadeau
1966	Michèle Mouix	3rd Runner-Up	Mouix was crowned Miss Aunis, while Demiaud was crowned Miss Royan.
1966	Béatrice Demiaud	1st Runner-Up
1962	Claudine Robin		Robin was crowned Miss Côte de Beauté, while Putier was crowned Miss Saintes.
1962	Danièle Putier

Miss Charentes

From the 1970s to the 2000s, the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime competed separately under the title Miss Charentes.

Year	Name	Age^[a]	Height	Hometown	Notes
2005	Chloé Lefebvre	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Royan
2004	Alvina Fournier	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
2003	Gaëlle Coz			Saintes
2002	Stéphanie Barreau
2001	Eugénie Lassey			Cognac
2000	Émilie Saint-Geours			Angoulême
1994	Astrid Orioux
1993	Laetitia Buraud
1992	Linda Roy
1991	Linda Pinson
1990	Stéphanie Beau
1989	Aline Menard
1977	Béatrice Tixeuil
1976	Catherine Dessèvre				Dessèvre was also crowned Miss Toulouse in both 1978 and 1977.

Miss Deux-Sèvres

In 1970, the department of Deux-Sèvres crowned its own representative for Miss France.

Year	Name	Age^[a]	Height	Hometown	Miss France placement	Notes
1970	Claudine Gatard

Miss Poitou

From the 1950s to the 2000s, the departments of Deux-Sèvres, Vendée, and Vienne competed separately under the title Miss Poitou. Vendée is now located in Pays de la Loire, but women from the department were eligible to compete due to its historical ties to Poitou-Charentes.

Year	Name	Age^[a]	Hometown	Miss France placement	Notes
2005	Reva Segonne
2004	Charlotte Huneau
2003	Julie Trèves
2002	Amélie Drapeau
2001	Caroline Talbot
2000	Marine Clouet			2nd Runner-Up
1992	Véronique Goubault
1990	Rose-Marie Pinheiro
1989	Stéphanie Vincente
1979	Aïcha Atmani
1978	Sophie Parola				Parola was later crowned Miss Centre-Ouest 1979.
1977	Murielle Bertraud
1976	Véronique Fagot	16	Oiron	Miss France 1977	Top 15 at Miss World 1977
1971	Claudine Cassereau	19	Loudun	1st Runner-Up (later Miss France 1972)	Cassereau was originally the first runner-up, but took over as Miss France 1972 after the original winner suffered severe injuries from falling off of a horse and resigned the title.
1970	Chantal Charruault
1958	Monique Chiron	21		Miss France 1959
1957	Françoise Radureau