Denise Perrier (born February 13, 1935 in

Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambérieu-en-Bugey (; frp, Ambèriô) is a commune in the department of Ain, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley and the capital of the Canton of Ambérieu-en-Bugey which consists of ...

)Denise Perrier : la Miss Monde 1953 de retour sur ses terres natales
''Bugeycotiere.fr'', 20 September 2019 is a French actress, former model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1953. She now goes by "Denise Perrier Lanfranchi." She is still the only French woman to have won the

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title.

Biography

Denis Perrier grew up in the French town

. Her father was a

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. Her family moved to

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and returned to France before the

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. When she was 18 years old, the director of the casino of Saint-Raphaël invited her to compete in the Miss Saint-Raphaël beauty pageant contest that was taking place the same night. She won the contest and moved on to participate to the Miss France contest. Denise Perrier was crowned Miss France World 1953 by Miss France World 1952, Nicole Drouin. She represented France in the Miss World 1953 pageant. Perrier was the chosen as

during that year's pageant, representing France, the same year that

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pageant. She was the first French woman to win this title. She met

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and they became close friends. Perrier has also acted in films. Her most memorable scene is an uncredited appearance in the 1971

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movie, '' Diamonds Are Forever''. David Mikanowski
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to go a little rough on the strangling act to make sure she would look attacked, and that he did. After leaving her modelling career, Perrier became active in local government in her native France. She held three municipal mandates in the list of

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, then the Mayor of Nice. She was one of the judges at the 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2013

contests.

Filmography

*''Toutes folles de lui'' (1967) *''

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'' (1967) - La speakerine *''Le Bourgeois gentil mec'' (1969) *'' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971) - Marie (uncredited)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrier, Denise 1935 births Living people People from Ambérieu-en-Bugey French female models French film actresses 20th-century French actresses Miss World winners Miss World 1953 delegates French beauty pageant winners