Delphine Wespiser (born 3 January 1992) is a French model, television presenter and politician. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was elected Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, Miss Alsace 2011 and

Miss France Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as " Doctor" or " Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, ...

2012.

Biography

Delphine Wespiser is from Magstatt-le-Bas, located in the department of

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

. She is the daughter of an

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father and a

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mother and has an older brother. She spent her entire childhood and did her schooling in the region of

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it ha ...

. In 2010, she passed her high school final exams in economics and social studies. She then studied International Business Management joining the IUT of

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), ...

. She was elected Miss Alsace 2011 in

Kingersheim Kingersheim (; or ; Alsatian: Kingersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est (formerly Alsace), northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhou ...

, Haut-Rhin on 2 October 2011. Two months later, she was elected

2012 in

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. Delphine is the spokesperson of many charitable organizations like "Caravane de la vie" for

blood donation A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole blood components). Donation may be of whole blo ...

. She also defends

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with the

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, and is a

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. Because of these beliefs, she also had interest in becoming a veterinarian. In addition to French, she is fluent in English and German. She also speaks Alsatian and promotes the use of regional languages.

Miss France 2012

Election

Delphine Wespiser was crowned Miss France 2012 on 3 December 2011 in

, succeeding Miss France 2011 Laury Thilleman, obtaining 32.3% from the votes of the audience. Her runner-ups are : * 1st runner-up : Miss Pays de Loire, Mathilde Couly ; * 2nd runner-up : Miss Réunion, Marie Payet ; Miss Universe France 2012 ; * 3rd runner-up : Miss Provence, Solène Froment ; * 4th runner-up : Miss Côte d'Azur, Charlotte Murray ; * 5th runner-up : Miss Martinique, Charlène Civault ; * 6th runner-up : Miss Languedoc, Alison Cossenet.

Miss World

On 18 August 2012, Delphine Wespiser represented France during the

Miss World 2012 Miss World 2012, the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 August 2012 at Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. 116 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Ivian Sarcos of Venez ...

election in

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in the region of

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in China, where she failed to reach the semi-final. Her second runner-up Marie Payet participated at the

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title on 19 December 2012 in

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Miss France year

On 28 January 2012, she gave an award at the thirteenth ceremony of the

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, broadcast live on

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at the

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. During that year, Delphine Wespiser met

Miss Switzerland Miss Switzerland or Miss Universe Switzerland (german: link=no, Miss Schweiz; french: link=no, Miss Suisse; it, link=no, Miss Svizzera) is a national Beauty pageant in Switzerland. The pageant was founded in 1951, where the winners were sen ...

2011 Alina Buchschacher,

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2012, and Oleysia Stefanko, first runner-up of

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, as well as other personalities. She then participated at a special Miss France episode of the game show '' Fort Boyard'', filmed at night and broadcast for

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2012 with former Miss France

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, Lætitia Bléger, Laury Thilleman and journalist

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for the

. She also participated at the program ''Un dîner presque parfait'' (French version of '' Come Dine with Me'') on M6 on the week from Monday 19 to Friday 23 November 2012 in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...

. The program was broadcast again in December 2016 on W9.

Career after Miss France

Television

After participating as a candidate in '' Fort Boyard'' on 31 October 2012 on

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during her Miss France year, she became one of the characters of the game show since summer 2013. She has been playing the role of the judge Blanche and since June 2015, she also plays her twin sister Rouge. She participated at the game show ''

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'' on France 2 in January 2013. She played with

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and another anonymous contestant for the association Emmaüs Solidarité, and later in January 2015 with

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. She also played several times at the game show ''Mot de passe'' (French version of ''

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'') on France 2. From Monday 10 to Friday 14 April 2017, she participated again in ''Un Dîner presque parfait'' in Strasbourg and broadcast on W9. Television presenter

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is part of the contestants.

Politics

In 2014, she was candidate at the

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in Magstatt-le-Bas on the list of the

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outgoing Mayor. She was elected at the first round on 23 March 2014, when the list garnered 51.55% of the votes. She is part of a team of eleven advisors of her town.

Beauty pageants

* Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, elected on 26 March 2011 in

Lutterbach Lutterbach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Lutterbach is served by the ...

. * Miss Alsace 2011, elected on 2 October 2011 in

. *

2012, elected on 3 December 2011 in

. * Unranked at

, on 18 August 2012 in

, China.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wespiser, Delphine 1992 births Living people Politicians from Mulhouse Miss France winners Miss World 2012 delegates Alsatian people Beauty queen-politicians Mass media people from Mulhouse French anti-vaccination activists