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on December 5, 2009.

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was crowned Miss France 2010 by the outgoing titleholder

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of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées, who was 5th runner-up at

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and 3rd runner-up at

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. For the first time since 1987, Miss France was chosen by viewer voting, after the five finalists had been announced during the live broadcast. Only the judges had selected the five finalists out of the top twelve. The 37 contestants traveled to

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for fashion shoots, videos and interviews, from 13 to 21 November.

Results

Places

Order of announcements

Top 12 *1. Rhône Alpes *2. Champagne Ardenne *3. Orléanais *4. Brittany *5. Quercy Rouergue *6. Normandy *7. Mayotte *8. Provence *9. French Guiana *10. Côte d'Azur *11. Limousin *12. Pays de Savoie Top 5 *1. Normandy *2. Provence *3. Quercy Rouergue *4. Rhône Alpes *5. Brittany

Preliminary events

Martinique

The delegates of Miss France 2010 visited the island of the

for their preparation trip. They visited the island but they also did photo shoots and other activities.

Judges

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- Actress * Jean-Luc Reichmann - Television Personality *

Mareva Galanter Mareva Galanter (born 4 February 1979) is a French singer, actress and former beauty queen. Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, whic ...

- Miss France 1999 *

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- Designer * Farida Khelfa- Actress *

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- Actor on

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Xavier Deluc Xavier Deluc (born 18 March 1958) is a French actor, director and scriptwriter. He is most known for acting in TV series such as 'Marc Eliot' (a French police drama), Dolmen (Brittany based family drama) and 12 seasons of ' Research Unit' (anoth ...

- Actor

Contestants

Historical significance

*Normandy won the Miss France crown after five years drought. *Brittany scored its highest placement since Monique Lemaire won in 1962. * Regions made into the Top 12 previous year were: Brittany, Limousin, Mayotte, Normandy and Rhône-Alpes. *French Guiana last placed in 2008. *Champagne-Ardenne last placed in 1991. *Pays de Loire was unplaced after four consecutive years of finalists. *Réunion was unplaced after five consecutive years of finalists. *Normandy won its sixth crown, now the second most successful region to compete in the pageant, tied with Paris. *

Jean-Pierre Foucault Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947 in Marseille) is a French television and radio host. He was born in Marseille, his mother was Jewish. He was the host of '' Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a ...

hosted the pageant for the fifteenth time.

Regional pageant notes

Region changes

*Languedoc-Roussillon, split into Languedoc and Roussilllon

Returning region

*Bearn-Gascogne

Withdrawals

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Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants: ;

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External links

Miss France official website {{Miss France Miss France 2009 beauty pageants 2009 in France Nice