The Miss France family is in mourning. Crowned in 1974, the first Miss Polynesian to win the coveted title, Edna Tepava died in France of cancer, at the age of 69, this Sunday, October 6, 2024.
The beauty queen is gone “after a long and heroic fight against illness”, informed his family on social networks. She had been undergoing chemotherapy for two years.
A courageous fight against illness
On its Instagram account, the Miss Tahiti committee expressed its “deep sadness” after the disappearance of the one who was Miss Tahiti in 1973.
“His journey, his beauty and his spontaneity have marked the history of our fenua, making French Polynesia shine throughout the world. She died in France at the age of 69, after a courageous fight against illness.we can read.
It was only at the age of 19 that Edna Tepava obtained the tricolor sash and the crown. An extraordinary experience that she told to the newspaper Tahiti-Infos, evoking “a wonderful year », alongside Geneviève de Fontenay, the emblematic former president of Miss France who died in August 2023.
His ashes repatriated to Tahiti
“For me, it was the opportunity to visit France, we drove by car, taking the roads of metropolitan towns and villages. I made so many discoveries! »
She leaves behind two children and four grandchildren. “His ashes will be repatriated to Tahiti, in accordance with his last wishes, and a mass will be celebrated in Papeete in his honor”announces the Miss Tahiti committee.
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