Elodie Gossuin
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Élodie Gossuin at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
15 December 1980 Reims, Marne, France |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss France 2001 Miss Europe 2001 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss France 2001 (Winner) Miss Universe 2001 (Top 10) Miss Europe 2001 (Winner) |
| Spouse | Bertrand Lacherie (m. 2006) |
| Children | 4 |
Élodie Gossuin (born 15 December 1980) is a French beauty pageant titleholder, model, radio and television presenter, columnist and regional politician. She was elected Miss Picardy 2000, Miss France 2001 (she is the 72nd Miss France), and Miss Europe 2001.
Élodie Gossuin was born in Reims in the department of Marne. She was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the region of Picardy, a village about 10 kilometers east of the city of Compiègne in the department of Oise. In her teens, she won several local beauty contests.
While training to be a nurse, she obtained her final high school exam in the science field with the biology option. She then studied at the Faculté de Médecine of Amiens and then studied in a nursing school.
She won the Miss Picardy beauty contest in November 2000, which qualified her to compete for the Miss France 2001 title in Monaco on 9 December 2000, broadcast directly on TF1 with an audience of 14 million viewers. She won that contest and as a result received considerable press coverage.
Her Miss France runners-up were:
For one year, Gossuin travelled in France with Geneviève de Fontenay, president of the Miss France committee. She was ranked in the Top 10 at the Miss Universe 2001 contest in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She then won the Miss Europe 2001 contest in Beirut, Lebanon, and then began working as a model and making publicity appearances.
Her Miss Europe runners-up were:
In 2003, she became the spokesmodel for the brand Lucie Saint-Clair, an international hairdresser. That same year, her fan club and her official website were created.
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