# Miss France 2009

Miss France 2009, the 62nd edition of the Miss France pageant, was held in Puy du Fou, Pays de la Loire on December 6, 2008.
It was the first time that the pageant took place in Puy du Fou and the Pays de la Loire region.
The ceremony was held at TF1, and was presented by Jean-Pierre Foucault and the national director Sylvie Tellier.
Chloé Mortaud of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées was crowned Miss France 2009 by the outgoing title-holder Valérie Bègue of Réunion, Miss France 2008. She represented France at Miss World 2009 where she placed among Top 7 finalists. She also placed in Top 10 in Miss Universe 2009.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss France 2009 | Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées – Chloé Mortaud |
| 1st Runner-Up | Lorraine – Camille Cheyere |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Pays de la Loire – Elodie Martineau |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Mayotte – Esthel Nee |
| 4th Runner-Up | Brittany – Bianca Taillard |
| Top 12 | Poitou-Charentes – Mathilde Muller (5th Runner-Up)  Rhône-Alpes – Armonie Jenton (6th Runner-Up)  Berry Loire Valley – Aline Moreau  Guadeloupe – Rebecca Erivan  Limousin – Chloé Certoux  Normandy – Johanna Moreau  Réunion Delphine Courteaud |

### Special awards

| Prize | Contestant |
| Best National Costume | Tahiti – Hinatea Boosie |
| Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) | Flandre – Emene Nyame |
| Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) | Lorraine – Camille Cheyere |
| Miss Web | New Caledonia – Aurleia Morelli |

## Candidates

| Represented | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
| Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées | Chloé Mortaud | 19 | 1.80 | Bénac |
| Alsace | Carole Weyrich | 22 | 1.77 | Strasbourg |
| Aquitaine | Anna Nieto | 20 | 1.74 | Sarlat la Canéda |
| Artois Hainaut | Anne Sophie Sevrette | 20 | 1.79 | Lens |
| Auvergne | Mélanie Billiard | 22 | 1.73 | Montluçon |
| Berry Loire Valley | Aline Moreau | 19 | 1.75 | Châteauroux |
| Burgundy | Tiphanie Deschamps | 18 | 1.75 | Chagny |
| Brittany | Bianca Taillard | 23 | 1.76 | Châteaubriant |
| Champagne Ardenne | Émilie Colomb | 19 | 1.72 | Reims |
| Corsica | María Santa Lucchinacci | 24 | 1.77 | Ajaccio |
| Côte d'Azur | Audrey Sans | 20 | 1.75 | Cannes |
| Flandre | Éméné Nyamé | 19 | 1.82 | Roubaix |
| Franche-Comté | Johanne Kervella | 23 | 1.70 | Besançon |
| Guadeloupe | Rebecca Erivan | 18 | 1.83 | Basse-Terre |
| Guyane | Carmen Prince | 20 | 1.72 | Remire Montjoly |
| Île de France | Pauline Righini | 20 | 1.71 | Puteaux |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | Cindy Filipiak | 22 | 1.76 | Perpignan |
| Limousin | Chloé Certoux | 18 | 1.79 | Limoges |
| Loire Forez | Laurienne Perez | 20 | 1.71 | Saint Étienne |
| Lorraine | Camille Cheyere | 21 | 1.79 | Thionville |
| Martinique | Laura Fidi | 18 | 1.77 | Fort de France |
| Mayotte | Esthel Nee | 20 | 1.79 | Bandrélé |
| New Caledonia | Aurelia Morelli | 20 | 1.75 | Nouméa |
| Normandy | Johanna Moreau | 24 | 1.80 | Alençon |
| Orléanais | Maricon Tricot | 19 | 1.75 | Chartres |
| Paris | Sarah Barzyk | 19 | 1.71 | Paris |
| Pays de la Loire | Élodie Martineau | 21 | 1.74 | Auzay |
| Pays de Savoie | Wendy Gex | 19 | 1.79 | Annemasse |
| Picardy | Katy Josse | 22 | 1.70 | Saint Quentin |
| Poitou-Charentes | Mathilde Muller | 19 | 1.76 | Poitiers |
| Provence | Laurie Imber | 19 | 1.72 | Martigues |
| Quercy Rouergue | Sophie Lopez | 18 | 1.75 | Figeac |
| Réunion | Delphine Courteaud | 22 | 1.72 | Saint Denis |
| Rhône-Alpes | Armonie Jenton | 18 | 1.74 | Viriat |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Cathy Sabarots | 22 | 1.70 | Saint Pierre |
| Tahiti | Hinatea Boosie | 20 | 1.70 | Nuku Hiva |

## Judges

Member :
| Line Renaud (president) | Actress and singer |
| Anggun | Singer and songwriter |
| Patrice Leconte | Director |
| Rachel Legrain-Trapani | Miss France 2007 |
| Benoît Poelvoorde | Actor |
| Henri-Jean Servat | Journalist |
| Kenzo Takada | Fashion designer |

## Notes about the contestants

* Miss Albigeois Midi-Pyrenees, Chloé Mortaud, is American.
* Miss Brittany, Bianca Taillard, has got Malagasy origins.
* Miss Flandre, Éméné Nyamé, has got Algerian and Cameroonian origins.
* Miss Languedoc-Roussillon, Cindy Filipiak, has many titles : 1st runner-up of Miss Montpellier 2006, 2nd runner-up of Miss Canton of Pigan, 1st runner-up of Miss Hérault 2006, Miss Perolls 2007 and Miss Hérault 2007.
* Miss Martinique, Laura Fidi, has got Senegalese origins.
* Miss New Caledonia, Aurélia Morelli, has got Corsican, Arabic, Tahitian and Japanese origins.
* Miss Paris, Sarah Barzyk, is the daughter of Patricia Barzyk, Miss France 1980 and 1st runner-up of Miss World 1980.
* Miss Franche-Comté, Johanne Kervella, given favorite for this election is not among the 12 semifinalists because it was not the regulatory size (1.70M)

## Notes about the placements

* Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées wins for the first time ever the Miss France pageant.
* Réunion is placed for five consecutive year.
* Pays de Loire and Rhône-Alpes is placed for third consecutive year.
* Guadeloupe is placed for second consecutive year.
* Poitou-Charentes is placed for the first time since the Miss France 1998 pageant.
* Mayotte is placed for the first time since the Miss France 2002 pageant.
* Brittany is placed for the first time since the Miss France 2004 pageant.
* Normandy and Lorraine are placed for the first time since the Miss France 2005 pageant.
* Berry Loire Valley and Limousin are placed for the first time since the Miss France 2007 pageant.
* First qualification of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées for her first participation.

## Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:

### Miss Universe

* 2009: Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées - Chloé Mortaud (Top 10)
** (Nassau, Bahamas)

### Miss Model of the World

* 2009: Flandre - Éméné Nyamé (Winner)
** (Shenzhen, China)

### Miss International

* 2009: Poitou Charentes - Mathilde Muller
** (Chengdu, China)

### Miss World

* 2009: Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées - Chloé Mortaud (3rd Runner-up)
** (Johannesburg, South Africa)