Miss France 2026

Location In March 2025, the French newspaper Le Populaire du Centre reported that Limoges, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department in Limousin, would apply to host the 2026 edition of the pageant at the Zénith Limoges Métropole. Sarah Gentil, the deputy mayor of Limoges for event planning, confirmed that Limoges had been unsuccessfully bidding to host the competition for several years, and that a final decision on the host city would be made in June 2025. On 2 October 2025, it was announced that the pageant would be held on 6 December 2025 at the Zénith d'Amiens in Amiens, Hauts-de-France. Amiens is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Picardy, and it would be the first time that the city hosts the Miss France competition. On 24 October, it was announced that the overseas trip would be held in Martinique. The contestants visited Martinique for a variety of events, before traveling to Amiens to begin rehearsals. Selection of contestants The 2026 contestants were selected through regional pageants, held between June and October 2025. The 2026 edition saw the return of New Caledonia, which withdrew from Miss France 2025 due to the 2024 New Caledonia unrest. Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, which competes on a biennial basis, withdrew from the competition in line with their typical schedule of only competing every other year. ==Results==

Special awards Scoring Preliminaries A jury composed of partners (internal and external) of the Miss France Company selected 12 contestants to advance to the semi-finals during an interview that took place on 3 December. The jury included the following individuals, in addition to an executive from TF1, two additional representatives of the Miss France Company, and a representative of Amiens. • Frédéric Gilbert – president of the Miss France Company • Eve Gilles – Miss France 2024 from Nord-Pas-de-Calais • Stéphane Jarny – Miss France artistic director • Marine Lorphelin – Miss France 2013 from Burgundy • Fabien Provost – Miss France hairdresser Top 12 In the top 12, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public selected five contestants to advance to the top five. Each contestant was awarded an overall score of 1 to 12 from the jury and public, and the five contestants with the highest combined scores advanced to the top five. The contestants with the sixth and seventh highest combined scores were afterwards designated as the fifth and sixth runners-up, respectively, despite not advancing in the competition. In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed. Top five In the top five, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public determined which contestant was declared Miss France. Each contestant was ranked from first to fifth by the jury and public, and the two scores were combined to create a total score. In the case of a tie, the public vote prevailed. ==Pageant==

In July 2025, Frédéric Gilbert of the Miss France Company announced that the 2026 edition would see the return of 12 contestants being selected to advance to the semi-finals; since Miss France 2020, 15 contestants had been selected. On 7 November, it was announced that the theme for the competition would be le voyage des Miss (), with competition rounds being inspired by voyages to various points in time and the world. The competition opened with an introduction performance, featuring guest appearances from Sylvie Tellier, Élodie Gossuin, Laury Thilleman, and Angélique Angarni-Filopon. The 30 contestants were then separated into three groups, each consisting of ten contestants, with each group taking part in an initial presentation round. The three presentation rounds were themed after Asia, the future, and classical antiquity, respectively. Afterwards, the 30 contestants presented their regional costumes, created by local designers from their home regions, in a round featuring the Republican Guard. The 30 contestants subsequently participated in the one-piece swimsuit round, inspired by flight attendants and featuring another guest appearance from Angarni-Filopon. After that, the top 12 was announced by Mareva Galanter, Diane Leyre, Gossuin, Thilleman, Mareva Georges, and . The top 12 subsequently competed in an evening gown round, inspired by the 1940s, and a two-piece swimsuit round, inspired by several different decades of swimwear. Afterwards, the top five was announced, followed by Angarni-Filopon's final walk and interview. The top five then appeared in their ball gowns, in a round inspired by a voyage to a dreamworld, after which they answered their final questions posed to them by Georges, Malika Ménard, Amandine Petit, Indira Ampiot, and Maëva Coucke. After the final question round, the final results were revealed. Judges On 7 November, Camille Cerf was announced as the first member of the jury and as the official godmother of the winner of the Miss France 2026 competition, with the rest of the jury announced on 24 November. • Michèle Bernier (President of the Jury) – actress and comedian • Bruce Toussaint – journalist and presenter • Camille Cerf – Miss France 2015 from Nord-Pas-de-Calais • Philippe Caverivière – author and comedian • Axelle Saint-Cirel – opera singer • Tom Villa – actor and comedian • Sally – influencer and journalist ==Contestants==

The following 30 contestants competed: ==Leaked Snapchat video controversy==

The day after the competition, a leaked video was posted by French gossip blogger Aqababe featuring Miss Aquitaine 2025, Aïnhoa Lahitete. The video, which had been posted on Lahitete's private Snapchat story, received significant media attention in France and widespread condemnation for unsportsmanlike conduct towards Lahitete and Zitouni's fellow contestants. Both Lahitete and Zitouni posted apologies for the video onto their social media accounts, while their regional pageant organizations both posted statements denouncing their comments. Both in her statement and during an interview with La Provence, Zitouni claimed that her comment had been intended as a joke to cheer up Lahitete and the other contestants who were not selected for the top 12, and that she herself had told the Miss France Company not to include her in the top 12 as she realized she did not want to become Miss France. Pageant winner Hinaupoko Devèze was asked about her response to the controversy, to which she denounced the online harassment towards Lahitete and Zitouni in the aftermath of the video's publication, and claimed she had nothing else to say following the publicized apologies of both contestants. Journalist Clément Garin later reported that an anonymous source stated that the comments made by Lahitete and Zitouni were in response to two contestants accused of fatphobia being included in the top 12. On 9 December, both the Miss Aquitaine Committee and Miss Provence Committee announced in a joint statement that Lahitete and Zitouni had been stripped of their regional pageant titles due to the comments made in the video. The following day, it was reported that Lahitete had filed a lawsuit against Aqababe and the individuals who leaked the video, citing invasion of privacy and non-consensual dissemination of private content. During an appearance on the France 2 talk show Quelle époque ! with Devèze, Miss France Company president Frédéric Gilbert stated that Lahitete and Zitouni had received over 30,000 insulting messages on social media in the aftermath of the controversy, and condemned the online harassment both had been subjected to. ==Notes==