Cécile Marie Anne Moharic better known as Cécile de Ménibus (born 16 September 1970), is a French television presenter.

Biography and career

Cécile de Ménibus left high school in 1987 and started working as a switchboardist in a modeling production agency and then became a

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and

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for sport magazines such as ''Auto Plus''. She then got interested in automotive sports and became a photographer for the

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races, where she met

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. She then started a career on Belgian radio hosting from 1990 to 1994 the traffic and the weather on

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in Brussels. She also played in a few sitcoms such as ''Cas de divorce'' in 1991, and created a radio for women titled ''Fréquence Elle''. She continued a career in automotive racing and in 1996, hosted the Belgian Championship of tourism cars while driving a

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. In 1997, she worked in the public relations at the Département Promotion & Partenariats of the

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for

and RFM in 2000. Since 2001, she co-hosts with

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a morning program on Europe 2, and then the television program ''La Méthode Cauet'' on

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from 2003 to 2008. Between September 2009 to July 2012, she is part of the team of the program ''Morandini !'' hosted by

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from Monday to Friday on

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. In 2010, she presents her own program on the same channel titled ''100% immersion'', in which there are all kinds of enquiries like a document on the

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. In 2010, she became the assistant producer of

for his program ''Ça va s'Cauet''. During Summer 2012, she co-hosts every morning

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the radio program ''Stéphane Plaza vous Z'' with

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. She made a replacement on Belgian radio

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in 2013, and hosted in September of that year the radio program ''2 h de Ménibus'' retitled ''Le Ménibus des stars''. The program ended four months later due to logistic problems.

Personal life

Cécile de Ménibus married the rugby player

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on 29 June 2007. The couple divorced in 2011.

Television programs

* ''La Méthode Cauet'' on

(2003–08), co-host * ''Cauetivi'' on Fun Radio and

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(2003–08), co-host * ''On nous dit'' on TF1 (2008), presenter and editor * ''Blockbuster'' on Syfy (2008), presenter * ''Morandini !'' on

(2009–12), co-host with

* ''L'incroyable casting'' on TF6 (2009–12), co-host * ''100% immersion'' on Direct 8 (2010–12), presenter * ''Les Maîtres du rire'' on Direct 8 (2010–12), presenter * ''Intervilles International'' on

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(2014), co-host

References

External links

*
Profile of Cécile de Ménibus on the site of Direct 8
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menibus, Cecile de 1970 births French television presenters French women television presenters People from Rambouillet Living people