Miss New Caledonia
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|type = Beauty pageant
|headquarters = New Caledonia, France
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|membership = Miss France
|language = French
|leader_title = Regional director
|leader_name = Stella Le Van Hao
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|website = {{url|https://missnouvellecaledonie.com/}}
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Miss New Caledonia ({{langx|fr|Miss Nouvelle-Calédonie}}) is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the sui generis overseas collectivity of New Caledonia. The first Miss New Caledonia was crowned in 1952, although the pageant was not held regularly until 1980. Until 2007, the competition was known as Miss Caledonia ({{langx|fr|Miss Calédonie}}).
The current Miss New Caledonia is Emma Grousset, who was crowned Miss New Caledonia 2023 on 15 September 2023. One woman from New Caledonia has been crowned Miss France:
- Pascale Taurua, who was crowned Miss France 1978, although she later resigned the title
Results summary
- Miss France: Pascale Taurua (1977)
- 1st Runner-Up: Vahinerii Requillart (2007)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Nadine Guillerme (1980)
- 3rd Runner-Up: Gisèle Maui (1985)
- 6th Runner-Up: Emmanuelle Darman (2005); Mondy Laigle (2014)
Titleholders
=Miss Caledonia=
Until 2007, the pageant was known by the name Miss Caledonia ({{langx|fr|Miss Calédonie}}).
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! Year ! Name ! Age{{efn|name=Age|Ages at the time of Miss France}} ! Height ! Hometown ! Miss France placement ! width=450|Notes |
| rowspan=2|2006
|Nathanaëlle Techer | | | |{{n/a|Did not compete}} |rowspan=2|Techer was disqualified from competing at Miss France by the Miss France Committee, and was replaced by her first runner-up, Lambert-Gimey, as Miss Caledonia. |
| Alexandra Lambert-Gimey
|23 |{{height|m=1.72}} |
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|2005 |Emmanuelle Darman |18 |{{height|m=1.72}} |Top 12 (6th Runner-Up) | |
| 2004
|Audrey Audineau |20 |{{height|m=1.85}} | | |
| 2003
|Mélody Gaspard | | | | |
| 2002
|Cyrielle Pindon | | |Voh | | |
| 2001
|Stéphanie Chalumeau | | | | | |
| 2000
|Virginie Lamontagne | | | | | |
| 1999
|Audrey Brahim | | | | | |
| 1997
|Cindy Baronnet |18 |{{height|m=1.73}} | | | |
| 1996
|Carole Roudeillac | | | | | Roudeillac is the mother of Mathilda Lelong, the initially crowned Miss New Caledonia 2023. |
| 1992
|Sylvie Marcuzzo | | | |rowspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}} | |
| 1991
|Valérie-Anne Delrieu | | | | |
| 1990
|Maguy Viera Da Silva | | | | | |
| 1988
|Caroll Blanc | | | | | |
| 1987
|Helyette Voisin | | | | | |
| 1986
|Amanda Aissa Benhamer | | | | | |
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|1985 |Gisèle Maui | | | |3rd Runner-Up | |
| 1984
|Nathalie Jones | | | | | |
| 1983
|Georgia Roussel | | | | | |
| 1982
|Laurence Varney |16 | | | | |
| 1981
|Maryse Salaun | | | | | |
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|1980 |Nadine Guillerme | | | |2nd Runner-Up | |
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|1977 |Pascale Taurua |17 | | |Miss France 1978 |Taurua resigned several months after winning Miss France, as she wished to return to New Caledonia instead of remain in Paris, where the titleholder resides to fulfill her duties. |
| 1954
|Juanita Châtelain |17 | | | | |
| 1952
|Danièle Gastaldi | | | | | |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Instagram|miss_nouvelle_caledonie}}
{{Miss France regions}}
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Category:Miss France regional pageants