Hinarani de Longeaux (born 12 June 1990) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Tahiti 2012. As Miss Tahiti, de Longeaux competed at

Miss France 2013 Miss France 2013 was the 83rd Miss France pageant, held in Limoges on 8 December 2012. Miss France 2012, Delphine Wespiser of Alsace crowned her successor Marine Lorphelin of Burgundy at the end of the event. It was the first time that the p ...

, placing as the first runner-up. Afterwards, she was appointed Miss Universe France 2013, and represented France at

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Early life

De Longeaux was born in

Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeete'', pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The Communes of France, commune of Papeete is located on the isl ...

on the island of

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...

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to parents Xavier de Longeaux and Maïma Hunter. On her paternal side, her family originates in Lorraine, and was ennobled in 1698 during the reign of

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

; they are one of the few remaining

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families in France. In 2007, she began her modeling career after winning a model search competition hosted by

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. Afterwards, she moved to

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and began modeling internationally. De Longeaux later returned to French Polynesia and became an executive assistant at the online travel agency EASYTahiti.

Pageantry

Miss Tahiti 2012

De Longeaux began her pageantry career in 2012, after being selected as a contestant in Miss Tahiti 2012. The final of the competition was held in

on 23 June 2012, where de Longeaux went on to win the crown. As Miss Tahiti, de Longeaux also received the right to represent

. Miss France 2013 was held on 8 December 2012 at the Zénith Limoges Métropole in

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

. During the finals, de Longeaux advanced from the initial pool of thirty-three contestants into the top twelve, and later the top five as well, receiving the highest score from the voting public amongst the top twelve. In the top five, de Longeaux went on to place as the first runner-up, behind winner

Marine Lorphelin Marine Lorphelin (born 16 March 1993) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2013 on 8 December 2012, representing the region of Burgundy and then represented France at Miss World 2013 and placed 1st runner up ...

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Miss Universe France 2013

After placing as the first runner-up at Miss France, de Longeaux was appointed Miss Universe France 2013, giving her the opportunity to represent France at

. Miss Universe was later held on 9 November 2013 in

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. She was later succeeded as Miss Universe France by

Camille Cerf Camille Cerf (; born 9 December 1994) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2015. She represented her country in Miss Universe 2014, where she placed in the top fifteen. Early life Camille Cerf grew up in ...

, the winner of

Miss France 2015 Miss France 2015, the 85th edition of the Miss France pageant, was held on December 6, 2014 at Zénith d'Orléans in Orléans. Miss France 2014, Flora Coquerel of Orléanais ( Centre-Val de Loire) crowned her successor Camille Cerf of Nord-Pas- ...

Personal life

In 2014, the media revealed that de Longeaux was in a relationship with French professional surfer

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. They have one child together.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longeaux, Hinarani de 1990 births French female models French Polynesian beauty pageant winners French untitled nobility Living people Miss Universe 2013 contestants People from Papeete