Miss Seychelles

Miss Seychelles

Motto	Beauty with A Purpose
Formation	1969
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Victoria
Location	Seychelles
Membership	Miss World Miss Universe
Official language	French
Organization	Seychelles Tourism Board
Website	Official website

Miss Seychelles is the annual national beauty pageant of Seychelles responsible for selecting representatives to Miss World and Miss Universe but for Miss Universe just held in 1995.

History

The Miss Seychelles Beauty Pageant was relaunched in 2012 after 4 year’s absence from the Seychelles’ events calendar, the Seychelles Tourism Board will be hosting on the 4th edition of the Miss Seychelles another world Beauty Pageant on Saturday 30 May 2015. The aim is to highlight the high standards of feminine beauty and elegance found among our islands.

Mission

The Miss Seychelles another world Beauty Pageant continues to propose a new era of involvement for the winner of the competition, opening the door of opportunity in the form of travelling abroad to represent Seychelles, not only in the Miss World pageant, but also at trade fairs and other international events as an ambassadress and spokesperson for our islands - their culture, spectacular natural beauty and national identity.

National franchise

The National Contest is conducted in agreement with Miss World Limited, the owners and organizers of the Miss World Contest, to elect "Miss World" and it is also an official preliminary contest to select a representative to participate in the Miss World Contest.

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Miss Seychelles	Hometown	Placement	Special Awards
1969	Sylvia Labonte	Victoria	Unplaced
1970	Nicole Barallon	Victoria	Unplaced
1971	Nadia Morel du Boil	Victoria	Unplaced
1972	Jane Edna Straevens	Victoria	Top 15
1973	June Gouthier	Victoria	Top 15	Miss Personality
1975	Amelie Lydia Michel	Victoria	Unplaced
1992	Myrna Chantal Hoareau	La Digue	Unplaced
1994	Marquise David	Victoria	Unplaced
1995	Shirley Low-Meng	Victoria	Unplaced
1996	Christina Pillay	Victoria	Unplaced
1997	Michelle Lane	Victoria	Unplaced
1998	Alvina Antoinette	Victoria	Unplaced
1999	Anne-Mary Jorre	Victoria	Unplaced
2008	Elena Angione	Mahé	Unplaced
2012	Sherlyn Ferneau	Victoria	Unplaced
2013	Agnes Gerry	Victoria	Unplaced
2014	Camilla Estico	Victoria	Unplaced
2015	Linne Freminot	Mahé	Unplaced	Miss World Sport (1st Runner-up)
2016	Christine Barbier	Victoria	TBA

Representatives at Miss Universe

Below are Miss Seychelles Universe winner at the Miss Universe. The Seychelles has only competed in 1995. The winner of Miss Universe Seychelles 1995 was selected by runner-up of Miss Seychelles in that year.

Year	Miss Seychelles	Hometown	Placement	Special Awards
1995	Maria Payet	Victoria	Unplaced

External links

• Miss Seychelles Another World Site