Clémence Botino
Clémence Botino (born 22 January 1997) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2020.[1] She will now represent France at Miss Universe 2020.[2]
Clémence Botino | |
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 Botino in 2020 | |
| Born | 22 January 1997 Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France |
| Education | Sorbonne University (DNM) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Title | Miss Guadeloupe 2019 Miss France 2020 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss France 2020 (Winner) Miss Universe 2020 (TBD) |
Early life and education
Passionate about fashion, she became interested in music during her adolescence and became a pianist then dancer, especially in salsa.[3]
She obtained a scientific baccalauréat with mention "very good" in 2014. At the age of 17, she lived for a year in the United States and studied costume in an international school located in Miami, to perfect her English.[4]
After two years of preparatory literary courses at the Lycée Gerville-Réache, she moved to Paris in 2018 to study in the third year of a license and then in the first year of a master's degree in art history at the Sorbonne University; she specializes in the study of fashion history with the ambition, at the time of her election of Miss France, to become a heritage curator.[5]
Pageantry
Miss Guadeloupe 2019
On 3 August 2019, she was elected Miss Guadeloupe, succeeding Ophély Mézino.
Miss France 2020
On 14 December 2019, at the Dôme de Marseille, Clémence Botino was crowned Miss France 2020 with 31.95% of the public vote, narrowly winning ahead of Lou Ruat (Miss Provence) with 30.66%. She succeeds Vaimalama Chaves, Miss France 2019, and becomes the third Miss Guadeloupe elected Miss France after Véronique de la Cruz in 1993 and Corinne Coman in 2003. Before her election, it was revealed in early December that Clémence Botino arrived first in the test of general culture of the Miss France competition, with a mark of 17.5 out of 20.[6]
She ended her reign as Miss France on 19 December 2020 after crowing Amandine Petit as her successor during Miss France 2021, held at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses.[7]
References
- "Miss France: Clémence Botino est Miss France 2020". Guadeloupe la 1ère (in French).
- à 00h35, Par Le ParisienLe 15 décembre 2019; À 01h02, Modifié Le 15 Décembre 2019 (14 December 2019). "Miss France : Clémence Botino, Miss Guadeloupe, est couronnée". leparisien.fr. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- "Clémence Botino - La biographie de Clémence Botino avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- "Tout savoir sur Clémence Botino, Miss Guadeloupe, élue Miss France 2020". CNEWS (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- "Qui est Clémence Botino, Miss France 2020 ?". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- "Miss France 2020 : Miss Guadeloupe obtient la meilleure note au test de culture". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- Presse (AFP), Agence France (20 December 2020). "Miss Normandie, Amandine Petit, élue Miss France 2021". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Vaimalama Chaves |
Miss France 2020 |
Succeeded by Amandine Petit |
| Preceded by Ophély Mézino |
Miss Guadeloupe 2019 |
Succeeded by Kenza Andreze-Louison |