Miss Franche-Comté
Beauty contest
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Miss Franche-Comté is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Franche-Comté. Women representing the region under various different titles have competed at Miss France since 1926, although the Miss Franche-Comté title was not used regularly until 1974.
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
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| Headquarters | Franche-Comté, France |
| Members | Miss France |
Official language | French |
Regional director | Anne-Laure Vouillot |
The current Miss Franche-Comté is Jade Cholley, who was crowned Miss Franche-Comté 2025 on 14 September 2025. Two women from Franche-Comté have been crowned Miss France:
- Roberte Cusey, who was crowned Miss France 1927, competing as Miss Jura
- Patricia Barzyk, who was crowned Miss France 1980, competing as Miss Jura, following the resignation of the original winner
Results summary
- Miss France: Roberte Cusey (1926; Miss Jura)
- 1st Runner-Up: Marina Crouet (1961); Dominique Pasquier (1969; Miss Jura); Patricia Barzyk (1979; Miss Jura; later Miss France); Martine Phillips (1981)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Marlène Mourreau (1985); Élodie Couffin (2002); Lauralyne Demesmay (2018); Marion Navarro (2022)
- 3rd Runner-Up: Brigitte Vuillemin (1969); Ghislaine Bochard (1970; Miss Jura); Pascale Meotti (1988)
- 5th Runner-Up: Rolande Maroc (1980)
- Top 12/Top 15: Astrid Guillemin (1987); Karine Paulin (1990); Caroline Sery (2004); Camille Duban (2013)
Gallery
Miss Franche-Comté 1985
Marlène Mourreau
Miss Jura 1926 and Miss France 1927
Roberte Cusey
Titleholders
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jade Cholley[1][2] | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Saint-Vit | ||
| 2024 | Manon Le Maou[3][4] | 28 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Villers-Saint-Martin | ||
| 2023 | Sonia Coutant[5] | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Champagnole | ||
| 2022 | Marion Navarro[6] | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Baume-les-Dames | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2021 | Julie Cretin[7] | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bouverans | ||
| 2020 | Anastasia Salvi[8] | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mouthe | Did not compete | Salvi was required by pageant organisers to renounce the title two days after winning it, after it emerged that she had participated in a suggestive photoshoot in the past. She was replaced by Gandelin, her first runner-up.[9][10] |
| Coralie Gandelin[9] | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | La Chailleuse | |||
| 2019 | Solène Bernardin[11] | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Granges-la-Ville | ||
| 2018 | Lauralyne Demesmay[12] | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Devecey | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2017 | Mathilde Klinguer[13] | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans | ||
| 2016 | Mélissa Nourry[14] | 20 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Pirey | ||
| 2015 | Alizée Vannier[15] | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Pelousey | Vannier is the sister of Andréa Vannier, Miss Franche-Comté 2011.[15] | |
| 2014 | Anne-Mathilde Cali[16] | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Besançon | ||
| 2013 | Camille Duban[17] | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Gray | Top 12 | |
| 2012 | Charlène Michaut | 24 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Allenjoie | ||
| 2011 | Andréa Vannier | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Pelousey | Vannier is the sister of Alizée Vannier, Miss Franche-Comté 2015.[15] | |
| 2010 | Sabrina Halm | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mathay | ||
| 2009 | Estelle Diop | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Belfort | ||
| 2008 | Johanne Kervella | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Chalezeule | ||
| 2007 | Laure Amourette | Laviron | ||||
| 2006 | Noémie Marguet | 19 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Saint-Vit | ||
| 2005 | Magalie Thierry | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Froideconche | Top 16 at Miss Earth 2009 | |
| 2004 | Caroline Sery | Montigny-lès-Vesoul | Top 12 | |||
| 2003 | Élodie Serreau | |||||
| 2002 | Élodie Couffin | 18 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Belfort | 2nd Runner-Up | Top 12 at Miss International 2002 |
| 2001 | Anne-Laure Vouillot | Longeville | ||||
| 2000 | Laetitia Godard | Vaire-Arcier | ||||
| 1999 | Mélanie Ott | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Rigny | ||
| 1998 | Laetitia Creusot | 20 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Couthenans | ||
| 1997 | Sabrina Barbeaux | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||
| 1996 | Delphine Pequignet | Belfort | ||||
| 1995 | Maryline Gogniat | Bavans | ||||
| 1994 | Delphine Petitjean | Le Pin | ||||
| 1993 | Valérie Jeannin | |||||
| 1992 | Isabelle Chagnot | |||||
| 1991 | Sylvie Pentecôte-Coton | |||||
| 1990 | Karine Paulin | Besançon | Top 12 | |||
| 1989 | Laurence Thierry | |||||
| 1988 | Pascale Meotti | 3rd Runner-Up | Competed at Miss Universe 1989 | |||
| 1987 | Astrid Guillemin | Top 12 | ||||
| 1986 | Catherine Peroni | |||||
| 1985 | Marlène Mourreau | 16 | 2nd Runner-Up | |||
| 1984 | Rachel Pardonnet | |||||
| 1983 | Isabelle Huttges | Cravanche | ||||
| 1982 | Laurence Dore | |||||
| 1981 | Martine Phillips | Audincourt | 1st Runner-Up | |||
| 1980 | Rolande Maroc | 5th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1979 | Catherine Guilleux | |||||
| 1978 | Andrée Ringenbach | |||||
| 1977 | Françoise Baysang | |||||
| 1976 | Jocelyne Mercier | Saint-Claude | ||||
| 1975 | Isabelle Crouvoissier | |||||
| 1974 | Annick Recroix | |||||
| 1970 | Danielle Lapouge | |||||
| 1969 | Brigitte Vuillemin | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1961 | Marina Crouet | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
Miss Besançon
In 1970, the city of Besançon competed separately under the title Miss Besançon. The same title has later been used by the city for a separate beauty pageant, not affiliated with Miss France, up until 2015.[18]
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Françoise Maître | |||||
Miss Jura
In 1926, 1969, 1991, and several years in the 1970s, the department of Jura competed separately under the title Miss Jura.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Isabelle Barbier | |||||
| 1979 | Patricia Barzyk | 16 | Arbouans | 1st Runner-Up (later Miss France 1980) | Barzyk was originally the first runner-up, but took over as Miss France 1980 after the original winner resigned the title three days after winning, for personal reasons. Barzyk is the mother of Sarah Barzyk, crowned Miss Paris 2008. | |
| 1977 | Maryline Carvacho | |||||
| 1976 | Claude Prabel | |||||
| 1970 | Ghislaine Bochard | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1969 | Dominique Pasquier | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1926 | Roberte Cusey | Le Deschaux | Miss France 1927 | |||
Miss Territoire de Belfort
For several years in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the department of Territoire de Belfort competed separately under the title Miss Territoire de Belfort.
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Delphine Mougenot | |||||
| 1989 | Nancy Malcuit | |||||
| 1988 | Delphine Stutz | |||||
| 1986 | Virginie Simon | |||||
| 1985 | Evelyne Ringenbach | |||||
| 1977 | Claudine Garnier | |||||
| 1970 | Françoise Carnovali | |||||
Notes
- Ages at the time of Miss France