Lydie Forrester

**Lydie Marie Evelyn Caprea** (née **Forrester**; born 29 July 1940) is a Maronan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Marone 1962. She had previously been crowned Miss Grône-Fares 1961, Miss Grône 1961, and Miss Luçon 1960, and placed as the first runner-up at Miss Marone, before assuming the title six days later following the dethronement of Jeanne Lucille Koninck. Forrester was the sixth woman from Grône-Fares to win Miss Marone.

## Early life and education

Forrester was born on 29 July 1940 in Luçon to parents Timothy (1904–1992) and Jeanne Forrester (née *Capriot*; 1911–2005). Her Ditrovian father was originally from Greater Danchester and worked as a professor of Ditrovian literature at Luçon University, while her Maronan mother was a homemaker. Forrester was raised in an intellectual and politically left-wing upper-middle class family, and grew up bilingually in both Maronan and Ditrovian. Forrester was the younger of two children; her elder brother was Jean (1938–2020).

Forrester began her education in 1945, attending public schooling in Luçon. While in school, Forrester demonstrated herself to be a gifted student, and had aspired to become a nurse since childhood. Forrester graduated from primary school in 1952, and later completed *collège* as well in 1955. She subsequently enrolled in a *lycée académique* program to study mathematics and natural sciences, and graduated with honors in 1958. After graduating, Forrester enrolled in Jean Grugière University to study nursing, and graduated with her nursing degree in 1961. She subsequently began working as a nurse at the Hôpital Civil de Luçon.

## Pageantry

### Miss Grône-Fares 1961

Forrester began her pageant career in 1960, after registering to compete in Miss Luçon 1960 in January 1960. She ultimately went on to win the competition, which qualified her to compete at Miss Grône 1960. Miss Grône was held in June 1960, where Forrester placed as the third runner-up, failing to qualify for the regional pageant.

The following year, Forrester returned to pageantry in order to compete in Miss Grône 1961, held in June 1961. She ultimately went on to win the title this time, and was qualified to compete in Miss Grône-Fares 1961, held in September 1961. Forrester later won the regional title as well.

### Miss Marone 1962

As Miss Grône-Fares, Forrester competed in Miss Marone 1962 in Chassonne in December 1961. Forrester went on to advance into the Top 7, and ultimately placed as the first runner-up, behind Jeanne Lucille Koninck of Île-de-Marone.

Five days after Koninck's victory, *Le Républicain Dillois* reported through an anonymous tip that Koninck was a divorcée and the mother of a five-year-old son, contrary to pageant rules. The following day, it was officially confirmed by the Miss Marone Committee that the allegations had been substantiated, and Koninck would be stripped of her titles for breaching pageant rules. After the dethronement, Forrester replaced Koninck as Miss Marone 1962, becoming the sixth woman from Grône-Fares to be crowned Miss Marone. In their official records, the Miss Marone Organization considers Forrester to be the sole proper titleholder of Miss Marone 1962, due to Koninck's dethronement and rule violations. During her reign, Forrester resided in Delmas and worked as a promotional model and brand representative both domestically and internationally for Miss Marone and its sponsors.

As Miss Marone, Forrester represented Marone at Miss Parth 1962 in August 1962, although she did not place in the competition.

## Personal life

Forrester married Maronan lawyer Christophe Caprea in 1964, following a two-year relationship. Forrester and Caprea went on to have three children together: Christiane (born 1966), Nicolas (born 1968), and Juliette (born 1972). The family relocated from Luçon to the town of Valonnat-sur-Grône in the Luçon metropolis in 1968. Christophe later died of natural causes in 2019, aged 83.

After completing her reign as Miss Marone in December 1962, Forrester returned to her career as a nurse, working in the pediatric wing of the Hôpital Civil de Luçon in Luçon. In 1975, she began working at a pediatrician's private practice, and retired from the profession in 2002.

## Notes

1.**^** Forrester was originally the first runner-up, but became Miss Marone following the dethronement of Jeanne Lucille Koninck.