Miss New Caledonia
French beauty pageant
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Miss New Caledonia (French: Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the sui generis overseas collectivity of New Caledonia. The first Miss New Caledonia was crowned in 1952, although the pageant was not held regularly until 1980. Until 2007, the competition was known as Miss Caledonia (French: Miss Calédonie).
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
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| Headquarters | New Caledonia, France |
| Members | Miss France |
Official language | French |
Regional director | Stella Le Van Hao |
| Website | missnouvellecaledonie |
The current Miss New Caledonia is Juliette Collet, who was crowned Miss New Caledonia 2025 on 6 September 2025. One woman from New Caledonia has been crowned Miss France:
- Pascale Taurua, who was crowned Miss France 1978, although she later resigned the title
Results summary
- Miss France: Pascale Taurua (1977)
- 1st Runner-Up: Vahinerii Requillart (2007); Juliette Collet (2025)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Nadine Guillerme (1980)
- 3rd Runner-Up: Gisèle Maui (1985)
- 6th Runner-Up: Emmanuelle Darman (2005); Mondy Laigle (2014)
Titleholders
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Juliette Collet[1][2] | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Touho | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2023 | Mathilda Lelong[3] | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Nouméa | Did not compete | Grousset was originally the second runner-up, while Lelong was crowned the winner. Three days following the Miss New Caledonia pageant, the media reported that a counting error had occurred while tabulating the results, and that Grousset was the actual winner while Lelong was the third runner-up. Two days later, Grousset became the new Miss New Caledonia 2023, while Lelong later resigned her title as third runner-up.[3][4][5] Grousset is the sister of French swimmer Maxime Grousset.[6] Lelong is the daughter of Carole Roudeillac, Miss Caledonia 1996.[3][7] |
| Emma Grousset[4] | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Nouméa | |||
| 2022 | Océane Le Goff[8] | 26 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Nouméa | ||
| 2021 | Emmy Chenin[9] | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | La Foa | ||
| 2020 | Louisa Salvan[10] | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Le Mont-Dore | ||
| 2019 | Anaïs Toven[11] | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Nouméa | ||
| 2018 | Amandine Chabrier[12] | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Le Mont-Dore | ||
| 2017 | Lévina Napoléon[13] | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Pouembout | ||
| 2016 | Andréa Lux[14] | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bourail | ||
| 2015 | Gyna Moereo[15] | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Houaïlou | ||
| 2014 | Mondy Laigle[16] | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Boulouparis | Top 12 (6th Runner-Up) | |
| 2013 | Agnès Latchimy[17] | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Nouméa | ||
| 2012 | Sandra Bergès | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Nouméa | ||
| 2011 | Tokahi Mathieu | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Did not compete | Mathieu was initially crowned the winner, but resigned for personal reasons. She was replaced by Bichot, her first runner-up, as the titleholder. | |
| Océane Bichot | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Nouméa | |||
| 2010 | Ornella Zinni | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bourail | ||
| 2008 | Aurelia Morell | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Nouméa | ||
| 2007 | Vahinerii Requillart | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Nouméa | 1st Runner-Up | |
Miss Caledonia
Until 2007, the pageant was known by the name Miss Caledonia (French: Miss Calédonie).
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Height | Hometown | Miss France placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Nathanaëlle Techer | Did not compete | Techer was disqualified from competing at Miss France by the Miss France Committee, and was replaced by her first runner-up, Lambert-Gimey, as Miss Caledonia. | |||
| Alexandra Lambert-Gimey | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Nouméa | |||
| 2005 | Emmanuelle Darman | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Nouméa | Top 12 (6th Runner-Up) | |
| 2004 | Audrey Audineau | 20 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Nouméa | ||
| 2003 | Mélody Gaspard | Nouméa | ||||
| 2002 | Cyrielle Pindon | Voh | ||||
| 2001 | Stéphanie Chalumeau | |||||
| 2000 | Virginie Lamontagne | |||||
| 1999 | Audrey Brahim | |||||
| 1997 | Cindy Baronnet | 18 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||
| 1996 | Carole Roudeillac | Roudeillac is the mother of Mathilda Lelong, the initially crowned Miss New Caledonia 2023.[3][7] | ||||
| 1992 | Sylvie Marcuzzo | Did not compete | ||||
| 1991 | Valérie-Anne Delrieu | |||||
| 1990 | Maguy Viera Da Silva | |||||
| 1988 | Caroll Blanc | |||||
| 1987 | Helyette Voisin | |||||
| 1986 | Amanda Aissa Benhamer | |||||
| 1985 | Gisèle Maui | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1984 | Nathalie Jones | |||||
| 1983 | Georgia Roussel | |||||
| 1982 | Laurence Varney | 16 | ||||
| 1981 | Maryse Salaun | |||||
| 1980 | Nadine Guillerme | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1977 | Pascale Taurua | 17 | Miss France 1978 | Taurua resigned several months after winning Miss France, as she wished to return to New Caledonia instead of remain in Paris, where the titleholder resides to fulfill her duties. | ||
| 1954 | Juanita Châtelain | 17 | ||||
| 1952 | Danièle Gastaldi | |||||
Notes
- Ages at the time of Miss France