Geneviève de Fontenay
Former chair of "Miss France"
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| Intro | Former chair of "Miss France" | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Cosmetologist | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 30 August 1932, Longwy, France | |
| Age | 92 years | |
| Star sign | Virgo |
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Geneviève Suzanne Marie-Thérèse Mulmann (born 30 August 1932), also known as Geneviève de Fontenay ([ʒənvjɛv də fɔ̃tnɛ]), is a former chairman of the boards of Miss France and Miss Europe. Fontenay and her son Xavier Poirot sold the "Miss France" name to the group Endemol.
In 2010, Fontenay created a rival beauty pageant contest, Miss Nationale, in partnership with the Swiss entrepreneur Eric Cormier.
The name of "Fontenay", which Mulmann uses in her work, is simply a made-up pseudonym, but it is also used by her son Xavier Poirot.
She was born in Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and lives in Saint-Cloud.