Sonia Rolland
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| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
 Sonia Rolland in 2009 |
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| Born | February 11, 1981 Kigali, Rwanda |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Title(s) | Miss France 2000 Miss Burgundy 1999 |
Sonia Rolland (born February 11, 1981) is a French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the first African-born Miss France pageant winner.
Born in Kigali, Rwanda to a Tutsi mother and a French father, the family fled the civil unrest in Rwanda in 1990 to the neighbouring country of Burundi. With the growing unrest that led to the Burundi Civil War, they emigrated to France in 1994.
In October 1999, Sonia Rolland won the "Miss Burgundy" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 2000 title, which she won. At the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, which took place in Cyprus, Rolland was a top 10 semi-finalist, placing 9th overall.
Filmography
- Les Pygmées de Carlo (2002) dir. Radu mihaileanu (TV ARTE)
- Léa Parker (2004–2006) Series TV M6 dir. Robin Davis, Bruno Gantillon, Jean-Pierre Prevost... 50 episodes
- Le P'tit curieux (2004) dir. Jean Marbeauf
- Les Zygs (2006) serie TV FR2 (2 ep. 52 min) dir. Jacques Fansten
- C'est beau une ville la nuit (2005) dir. Richard Bohringer
- Moloch Tropical (2009) dir. Raoul Peck
- Midnight in Paris dir. Woody Allen
External links
- Sonia Rolland at the Internet Movie Database
- (French) Official website
| Preceded by Mareva Galanter |
Miss France 2000 |
Succeeded by Élodie Gossuin |
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