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Amandine (given Name)
Amandine is a feminine French given name, a diminutive for Amanda. Notable people with the name include: * Amandine Aftalion (born 1973), French mathematician * Amandine Bourgeois (born 1979), French singer * Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin (1804–1876), French novelist who wrote under the name "George Sand" * Amandine Gay (born 1984), French-African feminist, film maker, and actress * Amandine Henry (born 1989), French football player * Amandine Leynaud (born 1986), French handball goalkeeper * Amandine Petit (born 1997), French model and Miss France 2021 Miss France 2021 was the 91st edition of the Miss France pageant. The competition was held on 19 December 2020 at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, Pays de la Loire. Clémence Botino of Guadeloupe crowned Amandine Petit of Normandy as her successor at ... References {{given name French feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken. "Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”. The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' aul. Nol. Epist. 44.4 In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Aftalion
Amandine Aftalion (born 1973) is a French applied mathematician, known for her research on Bose–Einstein condensates and on the mathematics of footracing. She is a director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). Education and career Aftalion studied at the École normale supérieure (Paris) from 1992 to 1996, earning her agrégation in mathematics in 1994 and Master of Advanced Studies in numerical analysis in 1995. She defended her doctoral dissertation, ''Quelques problèmes d'équations aux dérivées partielles elliptiques non linéaires et applications à des modèles en supraconductivité et en combustion'', in 1997 at Pierre and Marie Curie University, under the direction of Henri Berestycki. In 2002 she earned a habilitation with the thesis ''Equations aux dérivées partielles elliptiques non linéaires : propriétés qualitatives et modèles en physique des basses températures''. She has been a researcher with CNRS since 1999, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Bourgeois
Amandine Bourgeois (; born 12 June 1979, in Angoulême, Charente) is a French singer. She was the winner of the sixth edition of the French version of the ''Pop Idol'' series ''Nouvelle Star'' in 2008. On 26 July 2014, Bourgeois participated in the television game show Fort Boyard. Eurovision Song Contest 2013 '' Le Parisien'' announced on 22 January 2013, that Bourgeois would represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ..., Sweden, with the song " L'enfer et moi", coming 23rd in the final. Discography Albums Singles As lead artist As featured artist Other charted songs References 1979 births Living people People from Angoulême Nouvelle Star winners Articles containing video cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era, with more than 70 novels to her credit and 50 volumes of various works including novels, tales, plays and political texts. Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand stood up for women, advocated passion, castigated marriage and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. Personal life Childhood Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, the future George Sand, was born on 1 July 1804 in Paris on Meslay Street to Maurice Dupin de Francueil and Sophie-Victoire Delaborde. She was the paternal great-granddaughter of the Marshal of Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Gay
Amandine Gay (; born October 16, 1984) is a French feminist, filmmaker, researcher and actress. Her first film '' Ouvrir la Voix'' is a documentary giving voice to Black women in France that aims to give an other approach of feminist movements. Biography Amandine Gay is born of a Moroccan mother and an unknown father on October 16, 1984, in France. Her mother and her adoptive father, both white, are respectively a school teacher and a roadmender living in a village near Lyon. She plays basketball at a good level. She graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon in Communications, and then from the Conservatoire d'Art dramatique of the 16e arrondissement de Paris, that she joins in 2008: My entire education, I did it in white environments, surrounded by racist people. I tried to make efforts but I was only just a black person for them. I've been pissed at a very young age. However, I would say that activism came with a certain political awareness. When in 2005, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Henry
Amandine Chantal Henry (born 28 September 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the France national team. Having played in all youth levels, Henry made her senior international debut in 2009. She has captained the national team since October 2017. Career Henry began her career in 2004, at the age of 15, at Hénin-Beaumont. After one season, she attended the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy for two seasons. In 2007, at the age of 18, she joined Lyon, the most successful women's team in France. During her first season with Lyon, she injured the cartilage in her knee, which kept her out of competition for a year and a half. It was a difficult time, and she considered giving up on football, but with the support of her family, she persevered and returned to Lyon. With Lyon, Henry was featured in the final match of the UEFA Women's Champions League in three consecutive seasons beginning i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Leynaud
Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud (born 2 May 1986) is a French professional handball player. She is openly lesbian and she and her wife Annabelle are parents to Marcel and Mila. Career She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 and won a silver medal in 2016, finishing fifth in 2008 and 2012. Domestically she was named the Best Goalkeeper in French Division 1 in 2009, 2010 and 2011.Amandine Leynaud . nbcolympics.com At the 2008 Olympics, both Leynaud and teammate Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas (born 12 March 1975) is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, an ...
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Amandine Petit
Amandine Petit (; born 30 September 1997) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2021. She had previously been crowned Miss Normandy 2020, and is the seventh woman from Normandy to win Miss France. She represented France at Miss Universe 2020, where she placed in the Top 21. Early life and education Petit was born in Caen and raised in nearby Bourguébus, a small town within Calvados in Normandy. Her parents are Jean-Luc Petit, who works as a civil servant in the prison system, and Nathalie Petit, who works at the tourism office of Caen. Petit also has an older sister named Pauline. Petit attended school in the Caen area, attending primary school in Bourguébus, ''collège'' in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, and ''lycée'' at Lycée Augustin-Fresnel in Caen. Petit received a ''brevet de technicien supérieur'' (BTS) degree in negotiation and customer service, and later took exams to become a nurse before receiving a '' Licence 3'' degree. Prior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss France 2021
Miss France 2021 was the 91st edition of the Miss France pageant. The competition was held on 19 December 2020 at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, Pays de la Loire. Clémence Botino of Guadeloupe crowned Amandine Petit of Normandy as her successor at the end of the event. Petit represented France at Miss Universe 2020. Despite only being the 91st edition, the 2021 edition was celebrated as the centenary of Miss France, as the competition was first held in 1920, before being paused from 1922 to 1926 and 1941–46, the latter due to World War II. This was the second time that Miss France was held at Puy du Fou and in the Pays de la Loire region after Miss France 2009. Background Location On 2 September 2020, it was confirmed by the Miss France Committee that Miss France 2021 would be held on 12 December 2020 at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, Pays de la Loire. This would be the second time the competition has been held at Puy du Fou, following Miss France 2009. The competition was later po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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