This Saturday, December 11, 2021, a new Miss France will be elected. The 29 title contenders will try to succeed Amandine Petit during the prestigious evening organized at the Zénith in Caen in Normandy and presented by Jean-Pierre Foucault and Sylvie Tellier. A few hours before the ceremony, it is better to hope that the beauty queens are well prepared, because they are not immune to a small quack. Some former Miss can attest to this.
Missteps during the Miss France election
The fans of Miss France have indeed seen several missteps in recent years. And some were compiled into a montage that is posted on YouTube and available in the slideshow. The audience may remember the night when Miss Tahiti (the winner Vaimalama Chaves), Miss Reunion (Morgane Soucramanien) and Miss Limousin (Aude Destour) stumbled live during the election, in 2018. They are indeed mounted somehow on the setting representing a moon. The same year, thethe Limousin representative even almost ran over a small dog during the parade on the theme of the circus. She was still among the 5 finalists and was named fourth runner-up.
The most failed speeches
The video continues with Miss Provence (Beatrice Poorterman), in 2002, which answered a question from Jean-Pierre Foucault concerning his professional future. After revealing that she wanted to open her real estate agency, the presenter explained that there was work at her place at the moment, because with the TGV, you could get there quickly. The young woman got a little carried away by promoting the high-speed train, but was quickly stopped by the 73-year-old man.
The audience may also remember the Miss Côte d’Azur 2012 speech failed (Charlotte Mint). After saying ‘hello’ to everyone, she did not wait for Jean-Pierre Foucault’s question to say what she had prepared. But she quickly realized her mistake, something to embarrass her to the highest point.
In 2007, Jean-Pierre Pernaut asked Miss Quercy-Rouergue what she would like to show the French. And the answer was … special. “I would like to show all of France that I love living. And I wanna see happiness in every eye of every beholder“she said.
But the funniest thing is probably that of Miss Provence 2014 (Anne-Laure Fourmont), during Miss France 2015, who could not find her words after Jean-Pierre Foucault asked her why she wanted to succeed Flora Coquerel. No more than Miss Languedoc-Roussillon (Lola Brengues) during Miss France 2019 or even Miss Rhône-Alpes 2016 (Camille Bernard).
A great determination
At the end of the video, we can discover Sophie Vouzelaud, interviewed by Muriel Robin (then member of the jury). The comedian asks her if despite her peculiarity (she was born deaf), she saw herself managing the crazy year of a Miss. The beautiful brunette then wanted to answer in sign language, but her interpreter had a hard time translating. Jean-Pierre Foucault therefore gave her the microphone so that she could speak orally, because he knew that she felt capable of it. And he was right. In our opinion, it is therefore far from being a failed speech but rather, a great proof of strength.