Miss France 2010, the 63rd Miss France pageant, was held in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on December 5, 2009. Malika Ménard of Normandy was crowned Miss France 2010 by the outgoing titleholder Chloé Mortaud of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées, who was 5th runner-up at Miss Universe 2009 and 3rd runner-up at Miss World 2009.
For the first time since 1987, Miss France was chosen by viewer voting, after the five finalists had been announced during the live broadcast. Only the judges had selected the five finalists out of the top twelve.
The 37 contestants traveled to Martinique for fashion shoots, videos and interviews, from 13 to 21 November.
Results
Places
Order of announcements
Top 12
1. Rhône Alpes
2. Champagne Ardenne
3. Orléanais
4. Brittany
5. Quercy Rouergue
6. Normandy
7. Mayotte
8. Provence
9. French Guiana
10. Côte d'Azur
11. Limousin
12. Pays de Savoie
Top 5
1. Normandy
2. Provence
3. Quercy Rouergue
4. Rhône Alpes
5. Brittany
Preliminary events
Martinique
The delegates of Miss France 2010 visited the island of the Martinique for their preparation trip. They visited the island but they also did photo shoots and other activities.
Judges
Arielle Dombasle - Actress
Jean-Luc Reichmann - Television Personality
Mareva Galanter - Miss France 1999
Jean-Paul Gaultier - Designer
Farida Khelfa- Actress
Jimmy Jean-Louis - Actor on NBC's Heroes
Xavier Deluc - Actor
Contestants
Historical significance
Normandy won the Miss France crown after five years drought. Brittany scored its highest placement since Monique Lemaire won in 1962. Regions made into the Top 12 previous year were: Brittany, Limousin, Mayotte, Normandy and Rhône-Alpes. French Guiana last placed in 2008. Champagne-Ardenne last placed in 1991. Pays de Loire was unplaced after four consecutive years of finalists. Réunion was unplaced after five consecutive years of finalists. Normandy won its sixth crown, now the second most successful region to compete in the pageant, tied with Paris. Jean-Pierre Foucault hosted the pageant for the fifteenth time.
Regional pageant notes
Region changes
Languedoc-Roussillon, split into Languedoc and Roussilllon
Returning region
Bearn-Gascogne
Withdrawals
New Caledonia
Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:
Miss Universe
2010: Normandy - Malika Ménard (Top 15) (Las Vegas, ) 's representative
Miss World
2010: Rhône Alpes - Virginie Dechenaud (Top 25) (Sanya, ) 's representative
Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus
2010: French Guiana - Tineffa Naïsso (Winner) (St Martin, ) 's representative