Laury Thilleman is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2011

Miss France 2011

Miss France 2011, the 64th Miss France pageant was held in Caen, Lower Normandy, on December 4, 2010 where Miss France 2010, Malika Ménard of Normandy crowned her successor Laury Thilleman of Brittany. She will represent France at Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World 2011...

 on December 4, 2010. She made the top 10 at Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...

 and will also represent her country in Miss World 2011

Miss World 2011

Miss World 2011, the 61st edition of the Miss World pageant took place at the Earls Court Two on November 6, 2011 in London. As part of the events, the contestants also traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland between October 23 and October 27.. Alexandria Mills of the United States crowned her successor...

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Miss France

Thilleman, who stands tall, competed as Miss Bretagne in her country

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

's national beauty pageant, Miss France 2011

Miss France 2011

Miss France 2011, the 64th Miss France pageant was held in Caen, Lower Normandy, on December 4, 2010 where Miss France 2010, Malika Ménard of Normandy crowned her successor Laury Thilleman of Brittany. She will represent France at Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World 2011...

, held in Caen

Caen

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

, where she would become the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 in the 2011 Miss Universe

Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...

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Miss Universe

Thilleman was France’s contestant in Miss Universe 2011 pageant held in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and ranked in top 10 (5rst runner up), her 2nd runner-up in Miss France pageant, Clémence Olesky (Miss Auvergne) will represent France into the Miss World pageant, which will be held in London. In a phone interview with the newspapers Première, she had been asked what she thought about the pageant winner (Leila Lopes, Miss Angola), she replied, “She was the only girl I didn’t know very well. We didn’t see her much; she was very discreet. She was often in jeans and not wearing makeup. We were all surprised by her win. Many girls made efforts that were not rewarded. I don’t know, something is missing in her temperament. The fact that the competition was held in Brazil surely played a role.” Because of this declaration, the Washington Post made an article considering her words as scandalous, “offering some nasty, sore loser, sour grapes, culturally imperious comments about Miss Angola”..

External links

• Official Laury Thilleman website