Miss France 2010

Miss France 2010 was the 63rd Miss France pageant, held at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, on 5 December 2009. Malika Ménard of Normandy was crowned by Chloé Mortaud of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées at the end of the event.

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.

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

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

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.

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: Flag of Normandie.svg Normandy - Malika Ménard (Top 15)
 * (Las Vegas, 🇺🇸 United States)
 * 🇫🇷 France's representative


 * Miss World
 * 2010: Flag of Rhône-Alpes.svg Rhône Alpes - Virginie Dechenaud (Top 25)
 * (Sanya, 🇨🇳 China)
 * 🇫🇷 France's representative


 * Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus
 * 2010: Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana - Tineffa Naïsso (Winner)
 * (St Martin, 🇫🇷 France)
 * 🇬🇫 French Guiana's representative