Sylvie Tellier leaves Miss France, Cindy Fabre replaces her

MISS FRANCE – The end of an era at Miss France. Sylvie Tellier has left her position as director of the national competition which she had held for 15 years, revealed the Parisian Tuesday August 30. However, she will keep an honorary title, that of Honorary President of the Miss France society, specifies the daily.

“I left my position as general manager of Miss France on the evening of August 30, confirmed Sylvie Tellier in an interview with Figaro. It’s a major life change for me after seventeen years of involvement in the competition. But it’s not my company, and I wanted to give a new direction to my career. »

Miss France 2022, who replaced Geneviève de Fontenay in 2007, reveals her desire “to undertake”. “I love my country, and we have tremendous assets to promote. I would therefore like to put my energy at the service of promoting France and its know-how »she explains.

In a video shared on his Instagram account this Wednesday, August 31 in the morning and to see at the top of this articleSylvie Tellier does not hide her emotion at the idea of ​​doing “ the big jump “. And to thank all the Misses for this ” family », but also Jean-Pierre Foucault, his « tv dad which already presented the competition in 2002, the evening of its election.

Sylvie Tellier will present Miss France one last time

The Miss France company is now in a transition phase, in which Sylvie Tellier participates since she keeps until December a “advisory role” with Alexia Laroche-Joubert, the company’s new CEO. The latter chose the former miss Cindy Fabre (elected in 2005) to support her and lead the competition.

“To represent the Miss France brand, I naturally thought of Cindy Fabre (…) She has all the professional and human qualities necessary to succeed in her new role and best support young women in their role as embodying Miss France values ​​»assures Alexia Laroche-Joubert in a press release.

The Miss France 2023 election evening will be the last that Sylvie Tellier will present alongside Jean-Pierre Foucault. She also ensures that her departure is not linked to the arrival of Alexia Laroche-Joubert at the head of the company, despite disagreements in particular on the opening of the beauty contest to women who are mothers. “I feel like I achieved my goals”she assures to justify her decision.

According the Parisianthe ex-Miss France Camille Cerf (2017), Iris Mittenaere (2016) and Marine Lorphelin (2013) had been approached to replace her. It was finally Cindy Fabre, Miss France 2005 and model converted into events, who was chosen.

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