# Miss Seychelles

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Miss Seychelles Organization Formation 1969; 57 years ago (1969) Type Beauty pageant Headquarters Victoria Location Seychelles Members Miss World Miss International Official language English French Seychellois Creole Chairperson Stephanie Duval Parent organization Beauty Empowerment Seychelles (BES)

**Miss Seychelles** is the national [beauty pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant) of the [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles) responsible for selecting an [ambassador](/source/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[1] 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](/source/Chairperson) and Margaret Raguin and Kevin Perine[2][3] 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](/source/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

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This is a list of the pageant's titleholders over time.[4]

Year Miss Seychelles District Notes 1969 Sylvia Labonte Victoria 1970 Nicole Barallon Victoria 1971 Nadia Morel du Boil Victoria 1972 Jane Edna Straevens Victoria 1973 June Gouthier Victoria 1975 Amelie Lydia Michel Victoria 1992 Myrna Chantal Hoareau La Digue 1994 Marquise David Victoria 1995 Shirley Low-Meng Victoria 1996 Christina Pillay Victoria 1997 Michelle Lane Victoria 1998 Alvina Antoinette Grandcourt Victoria 1999 Anna-Mary Jorre de St. Jorre Victoria 2008 Elena Angione Mahé 2012 Sherlyn Ferneau Victoria 2013 Agnes Gerry Victoria 2014 Camila Estico Victoria 2015 Linne Freminot Mahé 2016 Christine Barbier Mahé 2017 Hilary Joubert[5] Victoria 2020 Kelly-Mary Annette Mahé

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ernesta, Sharon (13 September 2018). ["Citing high costs, government to stop organising Miss Seychelles beauty pageant"](http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/9728/Citing+high+costs%2C+government+to+stop+organising+Miss+Seychelles+beauty+pageant). Seychelles News Agency. Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Seychelles National Pageant on Instagram: "Casting Call for contestants Miss Seychelles the National Pageant 2020""](https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B6LfyzvlqZ4). *Instagram*. Archived from [the original](https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LfyzvlqZ4/) on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Another era for Miss Seychelles"](http://www.nation.sc/articles/3078/another-era-for-miss-seychelles). *www.nation.sc*. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Miss Seychelles Islands 2006-Congratulations! -Archive -Seychelles Nation"](https://www.nation.sc/archive/214089/miss-seychelles-islands-2006-congratulations). *www.nation.sc*. Retrieved 9 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [https://www.facebook.com/LeSeychellois/](https://www.facebook.com/LeSeychellois/) [*[user-generated source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources#User-generated_content)*]

[https://sbc.sc/news/miss-seychelles-pageant-to-be-held-dec-7-after-covid-postponement/](https://sbc.sc/news/miss-seychelles-pageant-to-be-held-dec-7-after-covid-postponement/)

## External links

- [Miss Seychelles Another World Site](https://web.archive.org/web/20141121131057/http://www.seychelles.travel/en/miss-seychelles/home)

- [Stephanie Olivia Duval](https://www.nation.sc/archive/255626/up-close-?-with-international-beauty-pageant-coach-and-fashion-stylist-stephanie-duval)

v t e Miss World participant countries and territories Active (1951–present) Africa Angola Botswana Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Venezuela Asia Armenia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine Wales Oceania Australia New Zealand Inactive since 2025 Africa Algeria (2002) Cape Verde (2017) Chad (2014) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016) Egypt (2018) Eswatini (2009) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Guinea-Bissau (2023) Lesotho (2023) Liberia (2023) Malawi (2012) Morocco (2023) Rwanda (2021) São Tomé and Príncipe (2014) Seychelles (2017) Tanzania (2023) Americas Antigua and Barbuda (2019) Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2021) Barbados (2019) Bermuda (2015) Bonaire (2012) British Virgin Islands (2019) Costa Rica (2023) Cuba (1975) Dominica (2013) Grenada (2007) Montserrat (1964) Saint Barthélémy (2011) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015) Saint Lucia (2021) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994) Sint Maarten (2021) Turks and Caicos Islands (2004) United States Virgin Islands (2019) Uruguay (2023) Asia Hong Kong (2019) Israel (2017) Iraq (2023) Jordan (1981) Laos (2019) Macau (2023) Syria (1966) Taiwan (2013) Uzbekistan (2013) Europe Andorra (2003) Austria (2018) Belarus (2019) Cyprus (2018) Georgia (2019) Greenland (1992) Iceland (2021) Kosovo (2014) Lithuania (2014) Luxembourg (2021) Norway (2023) Monaco (1955) Russia (2019) Slovakia (2023) Switzerland (2014) Oceania Cook Islands (2019) Fiji (2017) French Polynesia (2010) Guam (2018) Northern Mariana Islands (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) Samoa (2015) Tonga (1986) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories and others Czechoslovakia (1992) Guernsey (1975) Hawaii (2001) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1965) Serbia and Montenegro (2005) South Africa (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976) Soviet Union (1990) United Kingdom (1999)

v t e Miss International participant countries and territories Active (1960–present) Africa Angola Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Réunion Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Turks and Caicos Islands United States United States Virgin Islands Venezuela Asia Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Thailand Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Oceania Australia Hawaii New Zealand Inactive since 2024 Africa Burkina Faso (2019) Cameroon (2019) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1987) Egypt (2018) Equatorial Guinea (2019) Gabon (2014) Lesotho (2023) Liberia (2019) Madagascar (2018) Morocco (2019) Republic of the Congo (2008) Senegal (2004) Seychelles (1995) Sudan (2009) Togo (2022) Uganda (2023) Zambia (2019) Americas Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2010) Belize (2019) Bermuda (1971) Curaçao (2018) Guadeloupe (2019) Guyana (2014) Haiti (2022) Martinique (2023) Suriname (2013) Trinidad and Tobago (2011) Uruguay (1999) Asia Armenia (2019) Georgia (2014) Israel (2014) Jordan (1963) Kazakhstan (2005) Lebanon (2018) Pakistan (2023) Uzbekistan (2022) Europe Austria (1994) Belarus (2022) Croatia (2003) Cyprus (2006) England (1986) Estonia (2023) Germany (2022) Gibraltar (2017) Hungary (2018) Iceland (2013) Latvia (2012) Lithuania (2023) North Macedonia (2002) San Marino (2001) Scotland (1986) Serbia (2023) Slovakia (2022) Sweden (2019) Switzerland (1993) Wales (1986) Oceania Cook Islands (2018) Fiji (1996) French Polynesia (2019) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (2006) Northern Mariana Islands (2022) Palau (2001) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories Czechoslovakia (1992) Latin (Ethnic Representative) (2003) Native American (Ethnic Representative) (2003) North Borneo (1960) Serbia and Montenegro (2006) South Pacific (1960) Soviet Union (1990) West Indies (1965)

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