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Miss France 2026: Why Miss Tahiti Was Crowned Despite Perfect Equality with Miss New Caledonia

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In the second round, the public and the jury had awarded the same score to the two candidates, but the rules favoured the public vote. ...

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In the second round, the public and the jury had awarded the same score to the two candidates, but the rules favoured the public vote. ...

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The election of Miss France 2026, held on December 6th at the Zenith of Amiens, held millions of viewers on hold. After an evening of competitions mixing choreographies, parades and exchanges with the jury, it was the representative of French Polynesia, Hinaupoko Devèze, who was sacred, succeeding Angélique Angarni-Filopon. At the age of 23, this young woman with an inspiring career and strong commitments — especially in favour of mental health …

Her crown of Miss France 2026, the Tahitian Hinaupoko Devèze celebrated her with family on Saturday night. Her father, mother and several of her brothers and sisters travelled to Amiens to support her.

On Saturday, December 6, 2025, Miss France 2026 was elected and it was Miss Tahiti, Hinaupoko Devèze, who won the crown. Just after her election, she granted an interview to Télé-Loisirs where she said, "I am very honoured to have been chosen to be the French representative for a year. I take this victory as a collective victory, because I have been surrounded throughout this beautiful adventure. If I am here, it is thanks to all those people wh…

It is a historic evening that took place between the walls of the Zenith of Amiens on Saturday, December 6, 2025. After a year of reign, Angélique Angarni-Filippon gave up his crown under the cheers of the public. And throughout the evening presented by the iconic Jean-Pierre Foucault, thirty queens of regional beauty succeeded each other on stage. Their goal? To become the next Miss France to mark the history of the country. Worn by the energy …

She was one of the great favourites of the contest. On Saturday, February 6, Hinaupoko Devèze was crowned Miss France 2026 at the Zenith of Amiens, in the Somme. This 23-year-old law student becomes the sixth Miss Tahiti to win in the history of the Miss France contest, and the first since Vamalama Chaves, in 2019. But she could also have represented the Languedoc region! As our colleagues from Midi Libre reveal, Hinaupoko did not spend all his …

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