It’s an event that many French people wouldn’t miss for anything in the world. Every end of the year, more or less eight million of them sit in front of their television sets to watch this beauty contest broadcast on TF1.
On the occasion of the election of Miss France 2025, which will take place on December 14 at the Arena Futuroscope in Poitiers, in Vienne, The New Republic has decided to take you behind the scenes of this extraordinary competition.
A media product
In the first episode, you will discover how Miss Francewhich has existed since the 1920s, has become a major media and television product. The show, broadcast just before Christmas, constitutes a significant financial issue for its broadcaster.
The second episode will be an opportunity to answer a question that you may have asked yourself: why does it end so late? For twenty years, the duration of the competition has lengthened, to the point that we now know the name of the winner shortly before 1 a.m.
A competition from another time?
The third episode will be dedicated to the controversies targeting the competition: is the election of Miss France still in keeping with our times? A researcher will help us see things more clearly. The Miss France Society defends a modernized election.
Being Miss France in the 90s
Our fourth part is dedicated to a former Miss France, Valérie Claisse. Elected in 1993, the beauty queen tells us about a time when the competition, headed by Geneviève de Fontenay, was still very family-oriented and far from professional.
Finally, we will wonder what happened to several former Miss France. Several of them have started careers in television or cinema.
Episodes of the series
Episode 1: “A big, fairly discreet machine”: Miss France, a profitable competition for TF1
Episode 2: why has the competition become endless?
Episode 3: Miss France, retrograde competition? “It’s above all entertainment”
Episode 4: Valérie Claisse, Miss France 1994: “I was a rebellious miss”
Episode 5: What happened to the former Miss France?
