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Miss New Caledonia () is a French
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New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. The first Miss New Caledonia was crowned in 1952, although the pageant was not held regularly until 1980. Until 2007, the competition was known as Miss Caledonia (). The current Miss New Caledonia is Emma Grousset, who was crowned Miss New Caledonia 2023 on 15 September 2023. One woman from New Caledonia has been crowned Miss France: *Pascale Taurua, who was crowned Miss France 1978, although she later resigned the title


Results summary

*Miss France: Pascale Taurua (1977) *1st Runner-Up: Vahinerii Requillart (2007) *2nd Runner-Up: Nadine Guillerme (1980) *3rd Runner-Up: Gisèle Maui (1985) *6th Runner-Up: Emmanuelle Darman (2005); Mondy Laigle (2014)


Titleholders


Miss Caledonia

Until 2007, the pageant was known by the name Miss Caledonia ().


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Caledonia, Miss Miss France regional pageants Beauty pageants in France Women in New Caledonia