Elodie Gossuin

Élodie Gossuin

Beauty pageant titleholder
Birthdate	December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15) (age 29)
Birthplace	Reims, Marne, France
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Blonde
Title(s)	Miss Europe 2001 Miss France 2001,

Élodie Gossuin (born December 15, 1980 in Reims, Marne, France) is a former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician.

Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about seven miles east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, Gossuin won several local beauty contests. While training to be a nurse, she won the "Miss Picardie" beauty contest in November of 2000, which qualified her to compete for the Miss France 2001 title. She won that contest and as a result received considerable press coverage.

At the 2001 Miss Universe pageant, Gossuin was a top 10 semi-finalist.

In late 2001, in Beirut, Lebanon, she won the Miss Europe contest then began working as a model and doing publicity appearances. In 2004, Élodie Gossuin embarked on a political career. As a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party, she was elected to the Conseil Régional de Picardie (regional council) in her native Picardie region on March 28. Shortly after her election victory, she appeared in the French reality TV show, La Ferme Célébrités.

External links

• BBC News story
• Élodie Gossuin's website

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