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| Formation | 1969 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Victoria |
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Chairperson | Stephanie Duval |
Parent organization | Beauty Empowerment Seychelles (BES) |
Miss Seychelles is the national beauty pageant of the Seychelles responsible for selecting an ambassador of the country.
After a four-year absence from the Seychelles' events calendar, the Miss Seychelles Beauty Pageant was reintroduced in 2012. This was the last pageant financed by the government [1] in 2017. Miss Seychelles will return in 2020 under the new moniker "Miss Seychelles the National Pageant," and it will be conducted by the newly founded organization, Beauty Empowerment Seychelles (BES), with Stephanie Duval as chairperson and Margaret Raguin and Kevin Perine [2] [3] assisting her.
The pageant's mission is to continue to:
The National Contest is conducted in agreement with Miss World Limited, the owners and organizers of the Miss World Contest, to elect "Miss World" and it is also an official preliminary contest to select a representative to participate in the Miss World Contest.
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| Year | Miss Seychelles | District | Notes |
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| 1969 | Sylvia Labonte | Victoria | |
| 1970 | Nicole Barallon | Victoria | |
| 1971 | Nadia Morel du Boil | Victoria | |
| 1972 | Jane Edna Straevens | Victoria | |
| 1973 | June Gouthier | Victoria | |
| 1975 | Amelie Lydia Michel | Victoria | |
| 1992 | Myrna Chantal Hoareau | La Digue | |
| 1994 | Marquise David | Victoria | |
| 1995 | Shirley Low-Meng | Victoria | |
| 1996 | Christina Pillay | Victoria | |
| 1997 | Michelle Lane | Victoria | |
| 1998 | Alvina Antoinette Grandcourt | Victoria | |
| 1999 | Anna-Mary Jorre de St. Jorre | Victoria | |
| 2008 | Elena Angione | Mahé | |
| 2012 | Sherlyn Ferneau | Victoria | |
| 2013 | Agnes Gerry | Victoria | |
| 2014 | Camila Estico | Victoria | |
| 2015 | Linne Freminot | Mahé | |
| 2016 | Christine Barbier | Mahé | |
| 2017 | Hilary Joubert [4] | Victoria | |
| 2020 | Kelly-Mary Annette | Mahé | |
| 2022 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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