Amandine Petit

Amandine Petit (born 30 September 1997) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2021. She had previously been crowned Miss Normandy 2020, and is the seventh woman from Normandy to win Miss France. She will now represent France at either Miss World 2021 or Miss Universe 2021.

Amandine Petit
Born	30 September 1997 Caen, France
Education	University of Caen Normandy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Title	Miss Normandy 2020 Miss France 2021
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Blue
Major competition(s)	Miss France 2021 (Winner)

Early life and education

Petit was born in Caen and raised in nearby Bourguébus, a village within Calvados in Normandy.[1][2] She received a brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS) degree in negotiation and customer service, and later took exams to become a nurse before receiving a Licence 3 degree.[3] Prior to becoming Miss France, Petit was a student at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises campus in Caen within the University of Caen Normandy, where she was studying for a master's degree in management and gerontological structures.[4] Her career goal was to become the director of a nursing home or retirement home.[3]

Pageantry

Miss Normandy

Petit was inspired to pursue pageantry at age 17, after meeting Malika Ménard, also from Normandy, whom had been crowned Miss France 2010. Ménard encouraged Petit to pursue pageantry and compete in Miss Normandy.[5] She later was the first runner-up of Miss Lower Normandy 2015, which qualified her to compete in Miss Normandy 2015, where she placed as the second runner-up.[3]

Petit returned to pageantry five years later, after she was selected as a candidate at Miss Normandy 2020. She went on to win the title, earning the right to represent Normandy at Miss France 2021.[6]

Miss France

Miss France was held on 19 December 2020 at Puy du Fou, after being postponed one week from its original date due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[7][8][9] She competed in the finals, where she advanced to the top fifteen and later the top five. After reaching the top five, Petit was declared the winner, being crowned by outgoing titleholder Clémence Botino of Guadeloupe, becoming the seventh woman from Normandy to win the title.

As Miss France, Petit is expected to represent France at either Miss World 2021 or Miss Universe 2021.[10][11][12][13]

References

1. "Biographie de Amandine Petit" (in French). Voici. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
2. "Miss France 2021 : à Bourguébus, tous les habitants souhaitent le sacre d'Amandine Petit, "l'enfant du village"" (in French). France3. 19 December 2020.
3. "Qui est Amandine Petit, élue Miss Normandie 2020 ?". Ouest France (in French). 27 September 2020.
4. "Miss France 2021. Amandine Petit, Miss Normandie originaire de Caen, est couronnée !". Liberté (in French). 19 December 2020.
5. "Miss France 2021. Malika Ménard : « Miss Normandie est ma favorite ! »". Liberté (in French). 18 December 2020.
6. "Amandine Petit est sacrée Miss Normandie 2020". Ouest France (in French). 27 September 2020.
7. "Miss France 2021 : l'élection aura lieu dans un célèbre parc d'attraction". Paris Match (in French). 2 September 2020.
8. ""Miss France 2021": Sylvie Tellier reveals the (very astonishing) place of the election: Current Woman The MAG". Explica. 2 September 2020.
9. "Miss France 2021 : l'élection reportée au 19 décembre". Le Parisien (in French). 9 November 2020.
10. "Amandine Petit, Miss Normandie, sacrée Miss France 2021". Ouest-France (in French). 19 December 2020.
11. "Miss France 2021 : qui est Amandine Petit, Miss Normandie 2020 et gagnante du concours ?". Yahoo! (in French). 19 December 2020.
12. "Miss France 2021 est Amandine Petit, Miss Normandie". La Depeche (in French). 20 December 2020.
13. "Miss Normandie élue Miss France 2021". 7sur7 (in French). 19 December 2020.

External links

• Amandine Petit on Instagram

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