At 25 years old, Angevine Mélissa Atta Bessiom is the new Miss Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire. She beat Lola Winter, Maëlys Pineau, Clara Chevalot and Loane Montauban at the end of the competition which took place this Saturday, September 28, 2024 in Château-Gontier (Mayenne) in the presence of the current Miss France Eve Gilles.
The young woman, who wore a premonitory number 1, shone on stage to the rhythm of several anthems from the 1980s, during a meticulous show where a succession of scenes paying tribute sometimes to Dalida, sometimes to the pop group- Rock Queen.
Born in London to a Cameroonian father and an Angevin mother, Mélissa Atta Bessiom completed her preparatory class for major business schools at the Bellay high school, in Angers, before a master’s degree at the Institut Mînes Télécom, in Evry, then another master’s degree in Taiwan. For almost two years, she has been project manager in artificial intelligence for Vuitton in Paris.
A Miss France from the Loire region on December 14?
Mélissa Atta Bessiom was elected Miss Maine-et-Loire on March 1 in Longuenée-en-Anjou ahead of Marion Joufflineau, 21, from Saint-Sylvain-d’Anjou, and Méline Morille, 19, from Saint-Macaire. en-Mauges.
Passionate about sport, the former captain of an Angers volleyball team practices both boxing and Pilates. Mélissa Atta Bessiom is also a great traveler. As evidenced by her Instagram account bringing together a community of more than 3,000 followers where she shows herself in the four corners of the world, in Costa Rica, Thailand and Portugal this year.
Tall (1.81 m) with big feet (size 43), the Angevine has long been self-conscious about her body before deciding to turn it into a strength. She will certainly be among the young women to follow on December 14 at Futuroscope (Vienna) where the Miss France 2025 ceremony will be held. The last time a Ligerian won the national competition was in 1993 with Valérie Claisse. More than 30 years ago!
