Elected on August 31 in Pamandzi (Petite-Terre), Zaya Toumbou is 20 years old and wears the sash of Miss Mayotte 2024. She is preparing today for the election of Miss France 2025 which will be held on December 14 at Futuroscope, in Poitiers.
Give a few words about it?
I was born in Mamoudzou on April 9, 2004. I am mixed race: my father is Mahorais and my mother is metropolitan. I spent my early childhood in Mayotte, then moved to Morocco, where I lived for six years. I then spent my adolescence in Ghana, and after my baccalaureate, I went to study in Toulouse. Since my election as Miss Mayotte, I took a break from my studies and returned to Mayotte to devote myself fully to Miss France.
What were you doing before participating in the competition?
I was a student and I had to move on to the third year of a bachelor's degree in information and communication sciences, with a minor in performing arts, theater option.
A strong family story to tell us?
My dad didn't have an easy childhood. He often tells me that, as a child, he sometimes had to walk five kilometers through the forest to go to school. He had no refrigerators, he had to draw water from the well and look for food in the fields. He was raised the hard way, with an almost military routine. And above all, he did not have the chance to finish his studies. Today, my dad has achieved everything in his life. He gave us everything, offered everything, with one request that…
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