Miss France 2018 was the 88th edition of the

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pageant, held on 16 December 2017 at the M.A.CH 36 in

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Alicia Aylies of

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crowned her successor

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at the end of the event. She represented France at

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and

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Results

History

On 18 May 2017, the

Organization announced that the 2018 pageant would take place at the M.A.CH 36 in

. It was the first time that the pageant took place in

and the fourth time in the

region. The ceremony was broadcast on TF1, and was presented by

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and the national director Sylvie Tellier.

Preliminary activities

The contestants traveled to

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, United States for their preliminary travel. Then, rehearsals took place in the host city

Final night

The year's theme was "celebrations", including outfits inspired by

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, and music festivals like

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* Coachell ...

. For the first time since

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, the opening was held in national costume, with

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as a musical guest. The ceremony followed this order : * Opening with

, the contestants showed their regional costumes. * First presentation round, on the theme of the

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. * Second presentation round, with a 14 Juillet theme. * Third and last presentation round inspired by

. * Carnival-themed swimsuit segment, including

Alicia Aylies. * For the first time since

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, the contestants wore gowns in the last part of the night with all the contestants. It was inspired by Bal de la Rose in

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. * Announcement of the 12 semi-finalists (for the first time in long gown instead of swimsuit). Each contestant had to do a quick introduction. * Swimsuit segment, inspired by

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. This year, there were no evening gown competition with the 12 semi-finalists. * Announcement of the 5 finalists. * Fashion swimsuit show on the theme of "Fête des Fleurs" (flower festival).

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appeared during this round, with an outfit representing an

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. * Evening gown competition. Question round, the questions were submitted by internauts. * Crowning moment.

Judges

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and France's second

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, and fashion designer

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, were co-presidents of the panel of judges.

Contestants

Placements

First round

A jury composed of partners (internal and external) of the company

pre-selects 12 young women, during an interview that took place on 13 December.

Second round

The 50% jury and the 50% public choose the five candidates who can still be elected. A ranking ofrom 1 to 12 is established for each of the two parties. Classement des finalistes par points :

Last round

Only the audience can choose the winner and her runners-up by voting.

Special awards

Notes

The median age was approximately 20 years old and the median height was 1,737m / 5 ft 8 in.

Ethnic origins

* Auvergne – Marie-Anne Halbwachs is of German origin. * Burgundy - Mélanie Soares is of Portuguese origin. * Champagne-Ardenne – Safiatou Guinot is of Ivorian descent through her father. * Côte d'Azur – Julia Sidi Atman is of Algerian and Italian descent. * Île-de-France – Lison DiMartino is of Italian and Sicilian descent through her father. * New Caledonia – Levina Napoleon is of Polynesian, Swedish and Chinese origin from her mother's side, and

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nese and

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n origin from her father's side. * Picardy – Paoulina Prylutska was born in

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. * Provence – Kleofina Pnishi was born in

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. * Reunion – Audrey Chane Pao Kan is of

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and

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descent. * Rhône-Alpes – Dalida Benaoudia is of

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n descent.

Replacements

* Martinique – Jade Voltigeur, Miss Martinique, was disqualified due to a too big tattoo, which is against the rules of the pageant. Her first runner-up, Laura-Anaïs Abidal, took over the title.

Notes on the placements

* The region

wins its third crown of

, in only four years. * The region

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is placed for the fourth consecutive year. * The

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is placed for the third consecutive year. * The regions

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, French Guiana and

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are placed for the second consecutive year. * The regions

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, Provence and

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are placed for the first time since

. * The region

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is placed for the first time since

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. The region is also reaching its highest achievement while being third runner-up (they only made the top 5 once previously, with Christine Grégoire who was fourth runner-up in 1984). * The region

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is placed for the first time since

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. * The region

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is placed for the first time since

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References

External links

* {{Miss France December 2017 events in France Miss France 2017 beauty pageants