Miss Brittany

Last updated
Miss Brittany
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Brittany, France
Membership
Miss France
Official language
French
Regional director
Emilie Menard
Website www.missbretagne.fr

Miss Brittany (French : Miss Bretagne) is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Brittany. Women representing the region under various different titles have competed at Miss France since 1920, although the Miss Brittany title was not used regularly until 1981. Until 2010, women from the department of Loire-Atlantique were eligible to compete in Miss Brittany, due to the department's historical ties to the region, despite currently being located within the region of Pays de la Loire.

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The current Miss Brittany is Marie Castel, who was crowned Miss Brittany 2024 on 28 September 2024. Six women from Brittany have gone on to win Miss France.

Results summary

Titleholders

YearNameAge [lower-alpha 1] HeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
2024 Marie Castel [1] [2] 201.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Pleyber-Christ TBD
2023 Noémie Le Bras [3] 211.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Le Cloître-Pleyben
2022 Enora Moal [4] 211.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Guipavas
2021 Sarah Conan [5] 221.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Lézardrieux
2020 Julie Foricher [6] 231.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Le Relecq-Kerhuon
2019 Romane Edern [7] 241.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Cléder
2018 Emilie Bachellereau [8] 221.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Larmor-Plage
2017 Caroline Lemée [9] 241.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Rennes
2016 Maurane Bouazza [10] 201.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Plumelin Top 12 (6th Runner-Up)
2015 Eugénie Journée [11] 231.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Rennes Did not competeJournée was dethroned three days after winning the title, after it emerged that she had previously posed topless for a photoshoot. She was replaced by Bizeul, her first runner-up. [12]
Léa Bizeul [13] 181.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Saint-Malo Top 12
2014 Maïlys Bonnet [14] 201.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Vannes
2013 Marie Chartier [15] 191.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Étables-sur-Mer
2012 Estelle Sabathier211.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Brest Top 12
2011 Audrey Bonecker231.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Muzillac Top 12Bonecker is the daughter of Isabelle Carayol, Miss Brittany 1974.
2010 Laury Thilleman 191.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Brest Miss France 2011 Top 10 at Miss Universe 2011
2009 Mélanie Craignou191.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Louannec 2nd Runner-Up
2008 Bianca Taillard231.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Machecoul 4th Runner-Up
2007 Églantine Morin211.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Savenay
2006 Charline Leray191.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Lusanger
2005 Cindy Trichereau Duchesne241.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Nantes
2004 Amélie Turmel191.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Lillemer
2003 Nathalie Economides211.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Guidel Top 12
2002 Anne-Sophie Pageau Vigneux-de-Bretagne
2001 Céline Autricque201.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Nantes
2000 Mélanie Guyomard191.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Brest
1999 Florence Guillou191.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Saint-Brieuc Top 12
1998 Virginie Radier191.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Ploulec'h
1997 Nathalie Busson Châtelaudren
1996 Séverine André Trégastel Sister of Miss Brittany 1994 Delphine André.
1995 Violaine Turpin Trévé
1994 Delphine André191.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Trégastel Top 12Sister of Miss Brittany 1996 Séverine André.
1993 Alexia Dereux-Marchand
1992 Stéphanie Ducos
1991 Patricia Mouazec181.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
1990 Anne-Marie Poggi181.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Saint-Briac-sur-Mer 2nd Runner-Up
1989 Stéphanie Lemarchand
1988 Lydie Guilment211.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
1987 Graziella Pequin Nantes 3rd Runner-Up
1986 Catherine Hérault
1985 Valérie Le Vaillant
1984 Manuella Pequin Nantes
1983 Christelle Mayet1st Runner-Up
1982 Valérie Guenveur181.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Saint-Brieuc 1st Runner-UpCompeted at Miss International 1983
1981 Véronique Morice
1979 Véronique Guin
1978 Marie-Laure Uzel Lorient 3rd Runner-Up
1976 Christine Robin
1974 Isabelle CarayolCarayol is the mother of Audrey Bonecker, Miss Bretagne 2011.
1972 Louise Le Calvez221.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
1971 Denise Kerfast5th Runner-Up
1970 Annie Cadiou5th Runner-Up
1969 Catherine Ledu
1968 Rolande Cozien Brest 1st Runner-Up
1965 Madeleine Calvez201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
1964 Chantal Le Coz
1960 Michèle Wargnier241.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Miss France 19612nd Runner-Up at Miss World 1961
1955 Anita Treyens1st Runner-UpTop 15 at Miss Universe 1956
1952 Paulette Le Bourkin

Miss Argoat

From 1977 to 1979, the inland area of Brittany, known as Argoat, competed separately.

YearNameAge [lower-alpha 1] HeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1979 Anne Le Maux
1978 Anne-Yvonne Le Roux
1977 Yasmine Arnal

Miss Côte d'Émeraude

Prior to the 1960s, the departments of Côtes d'Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine competed separately under the title Miss Côte d'Émeraude.

YearNameAge [lower-alpha 1] HeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1967 Martine Henry
1962 Françoise Minec
1961 Monique Lemaire201.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Côtes d'Armor Miss France 1962
1959 Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien221.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)Miss France 1960
1957 Monique Boulinguez1st Runner-UpCompeted at Miss Universe 1958
1936 Jacqueline Janet161.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)Miss France 1937
1927 Raymonde Allain 161.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)Miss France 1928
1920 Denise Le Brase171.70 m (5 ft 7 in)1st Runner-Up

Miss Côte de Granit

In the 1970s, the department of Côtes d'Armor competed separately under the title Miss Côte de Granit.

YearNameAge [lower-alpha 1] HeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1979 Catherine Parera
1977 Corinne Le Goff
1976 Catherine Matonnier

Miss Finistère

In 1967, the department of Finistère crowned its own representative for Miss France.

YearNameAge [lower-alpha 1] HeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1967 Marie Martine Legrand

Miss Morbihan

In 1964, the department of Morbihan crowned its own representative for Miss France. In 1979, the department competed under the title Miss Lorient.

YearNameAge [lower-alpha 1] HeightHometownMiss France placementNotes
1979 Claudine Gosselin
1964 Annie Delabre

Notes

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