Miss Franche-Comté is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Franche-Comté. Women representing the region under various different titles have competed at Miss France since 1926, although the Miss Franche-Comté title was not used regularly until 1974.
The current Miss Franche-Comté is Manon Le Maou, who was crowned Miss Franche-Comté 2024 on 21 September 2024. Two women from Franche-Comté have been crowned Miss France:
Roberte Cusey, who was crowned Miss France 1927, competing as Miss Jura
Patricia Barzyk, who was crowned Miss France 1980, competing as Miss Jura, following the resignation of the original winner
Results summary
Miss France: Roberte Cusey (1926; Miss Jura)
1st Runner-Up: Marina Crouet (1961); Dominique Pasquier (1969; Miss Jura); Patricia Barzyk (1979; Miss Jura; later Miss France); Martine Phillips (1981)
Salvi was required by pageant organisers to renounce the title two days after winning it, after it emerged that she had participated in a suggestive photoshoot in the past. She was replaced by Gandelin, her first runner-up.[7][8]
In 1970, the city of Besançon competed separately under the title Miss Besançon. The same title has later been used by the city for a separate beauty pageant, not affiliated with Miss France, up until 2015.[16]
Barzyk was originally the first runner-up, but took over as Miss France 1980 after the original winner resigned the title three days after winning, for personal reasons. Barzyk is the mother of Sarah Barzyk, crowned Miss Paris 2008.
For several years in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the department of Territoire de Belfort competed separately under the title Miss Territoire de Belfort.
