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Angélique Angarni-Filopon
French beauty pageant titleholder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Angélique Cindy Marie Denise Angarni-Filopon[1] (born 9 October 1990) is a French beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2025. She had previously been crowned Miss Martinique 2024 and is the first woman from Martinique to win Miss France. At age 34, Angarni-Filopon was also the oldest woman to ever become Miss France.
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Early life
Angarni-Filopon was born on 9 October 1990 in the town of Sartrouville in the Yvelines department to Martinican parents Jean-Pierre Angarni and Viviane Filopon.[2] Her father is a former police sergeant and local politician, while her mother worked as a nursing assistant.[3][4][5] Angarni-Filopon's parents separated when she was 12 years old, and she was later raised in the town of Vauréal in the Val-d'Oise department with her brother and sister.[6][7][8] After being raised in the Paris region, Angarni-Filopon relocated permanently to Martinique in 2023.[8]
Angarni-Filopon began her career working as a sales advisor for Air France, and later trained to become a flight attendant.[9] She began working as an Air Caraïbes flight attendant in 2017, and later worked as a bilingual assistant for the airline from 2020 to 2023.[10][11] Prior to becoming Miss France, Angarni-Filopon was a cabin crew member for Corsair International.[10]
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Angarni-Filopon began her career in pageantry in 2011, after becoming a contestant for the Miss Martinique 2011 pageant. She ultimately went on to place as the first runner-up in the competition, behind eventual winner Charlène Civault.[12]
After the relaxation of eligibility rules, including the abolishment of the 18–24 age limit at Miss France, Angarni-Filopon returned to pageantry as a contestant for the Miss Martinique 2024 pageant, aged 33.[13][14] She went on to win the title, becoming the oldest woman to ever serve as a regional titleholder and to compete at Miss France.[15][16][17][18][19] The Miss France 2025 competition was held on 14 December 2024 at the Futuroscope Arena.[20][21] Angarni-Filopon went on to advance into the top 15, and later the top five as well, before being crowned the winner of the competition. Angarni-Filopon's win was seen as a surprise, as she was not considered one of the frontrunners to win the competition.[22] Having turned 34 years old in the months prior to the competition, Angarni-Filopon became the oldest woman to ever win Miss France, in addition to the first woman representing Martinique.[23][24]
Angarni-Filopon's reign as Miss France ended on 6 December 2025, after she crowned Hinaupoko Devèze as her successor at Miss France 2026.[25][26][27][28]
Cyberbullying and Charlie Hebdo controversy
Angarni-Filopon's victory at Miss France was considered controversial. Immediately after the competition, Angarni-Filopon was subjected to a wave of racism and criticism on social media due to her age and physical appearance.[29][30] In response to the comments, Angarni-Filopon received the support of former Miss France titleholders including Diane Leyre, Alexandra Rosenfeld, and Flora Coquerel, and the Miss France Company stated that they would file a criminal complaint against the perpetrators.[31]
The controversy was later intensified in January 2025, during an interview on Sud Radio. During the interview, Angarni-Filopon was asked about the right to blasphemy and whether she would say the "Je suis Charlie" slogan in honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. Angarni-Filopon declined to repeat the slogan or comment on her opinions on blasphemy, igniting widespread criticism on social media, including from Charlie Hebdo.[32][33] Her decision to not respond to the questions was defended by several former Miss France titleholders, citing the responsibility of a Miss France titleholder to remain neutral during political debates.[34][35] She had earlier refused to comment on the Pelicot rape case for the same reason, which also resulted in criticism and controversy.[36] The controversy led to the decision to not renew national director Cindy Fabre's contract with the Miss France Company that month, and additionally led to the cancelation of the bulk of Angarni-Filopon's media appearances for several months.[37][38][39][36] In November 2025, Miss France Company president Frédéric Gilbert revealed that Angarni-Filopon had considered resigning the Miss France title as a result of the Charlie Hebdo controversy, but ultimately decided not to.[40][41] By the end of her reign in December 2025, the French media had remarked that Angarni-Filopon's reign as Miss France was marked by "low media presence".[42][36]
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Post-pageantry
In December 2025, it was announced that Angarni-Filopon would appear as a celebrity contestant in the fifteenth season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars, set to premiere in 2026.[42]
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