Élodie Gossuin
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Birthdate | December 15, 1980 |
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| 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 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.
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| Preceded by Sonia Rolland |
Miss France 2001 |
Succeeded by Sylvie Tellier |
| Preceded by Yelena Rogozhina |
Miss Europe 2001 |
Succeeded by Svetlana Korolyeva |
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