Miss New Caledonia

Miss New Caledonia (French: 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 (French: Miss Calédonie).

Miss New Caledonia

Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	New Caledonia, France
Membership	Miss France
Official language	French
Regional director	Stella Le Van Hao
Website	missnouvellecaledonie.com

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

Year	Name	Age[a]	Height	Hometown	Miss France placement	Notes
2023	Mathilda Lelong[1]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Nouméa	Did not compete	Grousset was originally the second runner-up, while Lelong was crowned the winner. Three days following the Miss New Caledonia pageant, the media reported that a counting error had occurred while tabulating the results, and that Grousset was the actual winner while Lelong was the third runner-up. Two days later, Grousset became the new Miss New Caledonia 2023, while Lelong later resigned her title as third runner-up.[1][2][3] Grousset is the sister of French swimmer Maxime Grousset, and Lelong is the daughter of Carole Roudeillac, Miss Caledonia 1996.[1][4][5]
	Emma Grousset[2]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Nouméa
2022	Océane Le Goff[6]	26	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Nouméa
2021	Emmy Chenin[7]	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	La Foa
2020	Louisa Salvan[8]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Le Mont-Dore
2019	Anaïs Toven[9]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Nouméa
2018	Amandine Chabrier[10]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Le Mont-Dore
2017	Lévina Napoléon[11]	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Pouembout
2016	Andréa Lux[12]	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bourail
2015	Gyna Moereo[13]	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Houaïlou
2014	Mondy Laigle[14]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Boulouparis	Top 12 (6th Runner-Up)
2013	Agnès Latchimy[15]	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Nouméa
2012	Sandra Bergès	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Nouméa
2011	Tokahi Mathieu	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)		Did not compete	Mathieu was initially crowned the winner, but resigned for personal reasons. She was replaced by Bichot, her first runner-up, as the titleholder.
	Océane Bichot	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Nouméa
2010	Ornella Zinni	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Bourail
2008	Aurelia Morell	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Nouméa
2007	Vahinerii Requillart	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Nouméa	1st Runner-Up

Miss Caledonia

Until 2007, the pageant was known by the name Miss Caledonia (French: Miss Calédonie).

Year	Name	Age[a]	Height	Hometown	Miss France placement	Notes
2006	Nathanaëlle Techer				Did not compete	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	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Nouméa
2005	Emmanuelle Darman	18	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Nouméa	Top 12 (6th Runner-Up)
2004	Audrey Audineau	20	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Nouméa
2003	Mélody Gaspard			Nouméa
2002	Cyrielle Pindon			Voh
2001	Stéphanie Chalumeau
2000	Virginie Lamontagne
1999	Audrey Brahim
1997	Cindy Baronnet	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
1996	Carole Roudeillac					Roudeillac is the mother of Mathilda Lelong, the initially crowned Miss New Caledonia 2023.[1][4]
1992	Sylvie Marcuzzo				Did not compete
1991	Valérie-Anne Delrieu
1990	Maguy Viera Da Silva
1988	Caroll Blanc
1987	Helyette Voisin
1986	Amanda Aissa Benhamer
1985	Gisèle Maui				3rd Runner-Up
1984	Nathalie Jones
1983	Georgia Roussel
1982	Laurence Varney	16
1981	Maryse Salaun
1980	Nadine Guillerme				2nd Runner-Up
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

1. Ages at the time of Miss France