“Miss France, it will never be the same without Jean-Pierre…“Very moved, Sylvie Tellier went this Wednesday morning to the funeral of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, the historic presenter of the 1 p.m. of TF1 who died a week ago at 71 years old. The boss of the Miss France committee indeed keeps many memories with the journalist, and in particular the evening that changed his life.
“I often say that was my first support, I met him 20 years ago, it was the day of my election, it was the day he met Nathalie [Marquay, sa femme]and since then, there was always a place at his house, always a place on the news, whether it was to talk about Miss Picardie at Miss Universe, he always welcomed us with open arms“, she recalled at the microphone of the LCI channel before entering the church.
It is indeed the evening of the election of Miss France 2002 (which will turn out to be Sylvie Tellier), that Jean-Pierre Pernaut had met the one who shared his life until the end, Nathalie Marquay, Miss France 1997. With her, he had his two youngest children, late, Lou and Tom, born in 2002 and 2003 and stars of Tik Tok. A love for the beauty contest which pushed him to accept a last commitment last December, when he was very ill.
“When I asked him if he wanted to chair the jury last December for my 20th birthday, he immediately accepted“, also explained Sylvie Tellier. “Despite the fatigue, he was there and that is a gift that I take with me. The boss of the Miss France committee was not the only one to come to represent the competition this Wednesday, since Delphine Wespiser and Elodie Gossuin also went there.
The one who is now a radio presenter and happy mother of four children had already paid a magnificent tribute to the presenter on Instagram. “To you Jean-Pierre, to the immense Man, true, upright, generous, sincere, altruistic, loving and so much in love, madly in love with your wife, with France, with Picardy. THANK YOU, for Miss France’s scarf, for your smile, for your advice, your kindness, for all of Picardy, for all that you are and will remain. You are part of our lives, forever“.