This Saturday March 9,
Clémence Botino
will try to become the second French woman in history to win the title of
Miss World
.
Faced with her 111 competitors, she will give the best of herself to succeed Denise Perrier, elected in 1953, just 70 years ago.
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When the latter won the Miss World crown, the English beauty contest had just been created since it was born in 1951. The event did not have the same scale as that of today and the The winner's life was not completely turned upside down.
The day after her coronation, Denise Perrier returned to France.
However, she took fashion photos and participated in fashion shows.
She was also an extra in the James Bond film
Diamonds Are Forever
and was part of the Miss World jury several times.
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Charity trips around the world
70 years later, things have changed a lot.
The young women elected Miss World become muses of the competition and are responsible for representing the values of the latter during their year of reign.
They travel all around the planet, like the winner of Miss Universe.
The Miss World competition is very attached to charitable commitment.
Each candidate who stands for election must also defend a project and present it to the jury.
Quite logically, the lucky lady is thus led to support numerous associations and charitable operations on five continents.
Karolina Bielawska, the current Miss World, was elected on March 16, 2022. She therefore wore the crown for almost two years due to the postponement of the election.
During her very long reign, she increased the number of protocol visits, charity days and charity dinners in India, South Africa, Malaysia, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Brazil, the United States and even the Coast. of ivory.
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No mandatory move
Iris Mittenaere, winner of Miss Universe 2016, had completely changed her life during her year of reign.
She thus moved into an apartment in the heart of New York.
The winners of Miss World have at their disposal a pied-à-terre in London, the city where the headquarters of the beauty contest is located, but they are, a priori, not required to live in the capital of the United Kingdom throughout. throughout the year.
If Clémence Botino wins the crown this Saturday March 9 in Bombay, she would not have to move.
“
Obviously, the winner does not need to be available full-time for the Miss World organization
,” she explained to us.
In the event of victory, I understood that I could live in France.
It’s a nice in-between that allows us to continue to develop other projects at the same time.
If I became Miss World, there would be a lot of things to do in France and perhaps in Africa.
Paris Première is the official broadcaster of Miss World in France.
The competition can be followed this Saturday March 9 from 3 p.m. on the M6 group's pay channel.