{{Short description|Beauty pageant}} {{Multiple issues| {{tone|date=July 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2020}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss Seychelles Organization |formation = {{start date and age|1969}} |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] |location = [[Seychelles]] |membership = {{Hlist|[[Miss World]]|[[Miss International]]|}} |language = {{Hlist|[[English language|English]]|[[French language|French]]|[[Seychellois Creole]]}} |leader_title = Chairperson |leader_name = Stephanie Duval |parent_organization = Beauty Empowerment Seychelles (BES) |num_staff = |budget = |website = }}
'''Miss Seychelles''' is the national [[beauty pageant]] of the [[Seychelles]] responsible for selecting an [[ambassador]] of the country.
==History== After a four-year absence from the Seychelles' events calendar, the Miss Seychelles Beauty Pageant was reintroduced in 2012. This was the last pageant financed by the government<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ernesta |first1=Sharon |date=13 September 2018 |title=Citing high costs, government to stop organising Miss Seychelles beauty pageant |publisher=Seychelles News Agency |agency=Seychelles News Agency |url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/9728/Citing+high+costs%2C+government+to+stop+organising+Miss+Seychelles+beauty+pageant |access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> in 2017. Miss Seychelles will return in 2020 under the new moniker "Miss Seychelles the National Pageant," and it will be conducted by the newly founded organization, Beauty Empowerment Seychelles (BES), with Stephanie Duval as [[chairperson]] and Margaret Raguin and Kevin Perine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seychelles National Pageant on Instagram: "Casting Call for contestants Miss Seychelles the National Pageant 2020" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LfyzvlqZ4/ |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B6LfyzvlqZ4 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=2020-05-01 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Another era for Miss Seychelles |url=http://www.nation.sc/articles/3078/another-era-for-miss-seychelles |access-date=2020-05-01 |website=www.nation.sc |language=en}}</ref> assisting her.
===Mission=== The pageant's mission is to continue to: :"P''ropose 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== {{unreferenced section|date=November 2022}}This is a list of the pageant's titleholders over time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Seychelles Islands 2006-Congratulations! -Archive -Seychelles Nation |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/214089/miss-seychelles-islands-2006-congratulations |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=www.nation.sc}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- !width="60"|Year||width="250"|Miss Seychelles||width="250"|District||width="250"|Notes |- | 1969 | Sylvia Labonte | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1970 | Nicole Barallon | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1971 | Nadia Morel du Boil | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1972 | Jane Edna Straevens | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1973 | June Gouthier | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1975 | Amelie Lydia Michel | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1992 | Myrna Chantal Hoareau | [[La Digue]] | |- | 1994 | Marquise David | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1995 | Shirley Low-Meng | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1996 | Christina Pillay | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1997 | Michelle Lane | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1998 | Alvina Antoinette Grandcourt | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 1999 | Anna-Mary Jorre de St. Jorre | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 2008 | Elena Angione | [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] | |- | 2012 | Sherlyn Ferneau | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 2013 | Agnes Gerry | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 2014 | [[Camila Estico]] | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 2015 | Linne Freminot | [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] | |- | 2016 | [[Christine Barbier]] | [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] | |- | 2017 | Hilary Joubert<ref>https://www.facebook.com/LeSeychellois/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> | [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] | |- | 2020 | Kelly-Mary Annette | [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] | |- |}
==References== {{reflist}} https://sbc.sc/news/miss-seychelles-pageant-to-be-held-dec-7-after-covid-postponement/
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141121131057/http://www.seychelles.travel/en/miss-seychelles/home Miss Seychelles Another World Site] * [https://www.nation.sc/archive/255626/up-close-?-with-international-beauty-pageant-coach-and-fashion-stylist-stephanie-duval Stephanie Olivia Duval] {{Miss World countries and territories}} {{Miss International countries and territories}}
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