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Ophélie Meunier (born 17 December 1987) is a French
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and former
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.


Early life and education

Ophélie Meunier was born in
Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of ÃŽle-de-France, ÃŽle-de-France region in Franc ...
in the department of
Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Her father was a seller of alarm systems. On 14 June 1992, she participated at the age of four-and-a-half in the television show ''L'École des fans'' hosted by Jacques Martin on Antenne 2, and with
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as a guest. She later appeared in the magazines ''
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'' and ''
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''. At the age of 12, she participated in the TV show ''C'est mon choix'' hosted by
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. After graduating with a scientific
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with distinction, she began a modelling career and travelled for five years around France, Europe, and the United States with the modelling agency Metropolitan.


Television career

In 2011, she started reading journalism at the
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. The following year, she began her career as an assistant presenter, obtaining an internship on the channel
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. In November 2012, she auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Miss Météo on the channel
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. In 2013, Ophélie Meunier presented the section "La Minute Pop" in '' Le Petit Journal'' hosted by
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on Canal+. In September 2014, she left ''Le Petit Journal'' to join ''La Nouvelle Édition'' broadcast on the same channel in which the presented a new TV segment. During summer 2015, she presented the day and evening news on Canal+. From September 2015 to June 2016, she hosted a media show called ''Le Tube'' on the same channel. She then joined M6 and hosts the newsmagazine ''
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'' since September 2016 succeeding to
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. She is also understudy to the evening news ''Le 19:45'' usual presenter on the same channel since July 2016.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meunier, Ophélie 1987 births French journalists French women journalists French television presenters French women television presenters People from Versailles Living people