# Miss Grand France 2024

Miss Grand France 2024 was the 6th edition of the Miss Grand France pageant, held on 8 May 2024, at the Theater of Longjumeau, Paris. Contestants from seventeen regions of France competed for the title, of whom a 26-year-old French-Senegalese model representing Normandy, Safiétou Kabengele, was named the winner. Kabengele later represented France at the Miss Grand International 2024 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, and was named the third runner-up.
The event featured the presence of Miss Grand International 2023, Luciana Fuster of Peru as well as the president of the international parent stage, Nawat Itsaragrisil. Moreover, former first runner-up of Miss Grand France 2023 who is of Ivorian descent, Aya Kadjo, was also announced as the representative of Ivory Coast for Miss Grand International 2024 in the event.

## Background
### Date and venue

The Miss Grand France 2024 was scheduled for 4–9 May 2024, with the preliminary competition on 5 May 2024, at the Hôtel Mercure Paris Montmartre Sacré-Coeur, and the final round on 8 May 2024, at the Theater of Longjumeau, Longjumeau.

### Selection of participants

The national finalists for the Miss Grand France 2024 pageant were elected by regional licensees, who in some cases are responsible for more than one region, through the local pageant, casting, or hand-picking.
Only the region of Île-de-France organized a regional contest for this year's edition. The following table shows the regional representative selection details for the Miss Grand France 2024 pageant.
| Number of | Number of | Host region | Title(s) | Total titles |
| Pageant | Title(s) | Host region | Title(s) | Total titles |
| 1 | 2 | Île-de-France | Miss Grand Île-de-France Miss Grand Paris | 2 |
| Audition/Casting | Audition/Casting | Occitania | Miss Grand Occitania Miss Grand Provence | 2 |
| Appointed | Appointed | — | Other 18 regional titles | 18 |
| Total titles | Total titles | Total titles | Total titles | 22 |

## Result

| Winner  1st runner-up  2nd runner-up  3rd runner-up  4th runner-up | Top 12  Unplaced  Withdrew  No representative |
| Placement | Candidate |
| Miss Grand France 2024 | Normandy – Safiétou Kabengele |
| 1st runner-up | Aquitaine – Clémentine Albié |
| 2nd runner-up | Martinique – Maeva Chambeau |
| 3rd runner-up | Paris – Ambre Florent |
| 4th runner-up | Brittany – Sarah Mandjou |
| Top 12 | Antilles – Léna Vairac Auvergne – Cléo Antignat Guadeloupe – Alexandra Gradel Île-de-France – Pauline Thimon Maine-et-Loire – Elma Guilleux Nord-Pas-de-Calais – Anais Legrand Réunion– Kenia Nicol |
| Special awards ||
| Best Body | Aquitaine – Clémentine Albié |
| Best Smile | Martinique - Maeva Chambeau |
| Best Catwalk | Île-de-France – Pauline Thimon |
| Best in Swimsuit | Normandy – Safietou Kabengele |
| Beautiful Eyes | Auvergne – Cléo Antignat |
| Miss Elegance | Brittany – Sarah Mandjou |
| Miss Popularity | Normandy – Safietou Kabengele |
| Miss Photogenic | Paris – Ambre Florent |
| Miss Social Media | Normandy – Safietou Kabengele |

## Contestants

Initially, twenty-two candidates confirmed their participation, but five withdrew, making the finalized total of seventeen contestants.
* Antilles - Léna Vairac
* Aquitaine - Clémentine Albié
* Auvergne - Cléo Antignat
* Bretagne - Sarah Mandjou
* Champagne-Ardenne - Anne Djoba (withdrew)
* Communaute Etrangere - Judith Bonang (withdrew)
* Guadeloupe - Alexandra Gradel
* Île-de-France - Pauline Thimon
* Languedoc - Manuella Gritar
* Loire-Atlantique – Anna Jalia (withdrew)
* Maine-et-Loire - Elma Guilleux
* Martinique - Maëva Chambeau
* Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Anaïs Legrand
* Normandy - Safiétou Kabengele
* Occitanie - Chloé Maillot
* Paris - Ambre Florent
* Pays de la Loire - Malaury Turpin
* Picardie - Pauline Dubédat (withdrew)
* Poitou-Charentes - Lara Evaristo
* Provence - Ilona Cassiano
* Réunion – Kenya Nicol
* Rhône-Alpes – Jennifer Malleron (withdrew)