Geneviève de Fontenay
Geneviève Suzanne Marie Thérèse Mulmann, known as Geneviève de Fontenay (August 30, 1932 – August 1, 2023), was a French businesswoman and public personality.
Biography
Daughter of Marie-Thérèse Martin and André Mulmann, she was the eldest of ten siblings in a well-off family. Fontenay studied at a hospitality school in Strasbourg.
She served as vice-president of the Miss France organization and was president of the Miss France Committee from 1981 to 2009.
Crowned "Miss Elegance" in 1957, Geneviève de Fontenay also worked as a model for the luxury fashion brand Balenciaga.[1]
She was also famously known as "The Lady with the Hat" (Dame au chapeau).[2]
She married Louis Pierre Joseph Poirot and was the mother of two sons, Ludovic and Xavier Poirot.
Geneviève de Fontenay passed away on August 1, 2023, at the age of 90, at her home in Saint-Cloud.[3][4]
Filmography
- 2003 – Les clefs de bagnole
- 2012 – La Minute Vieille
- 1986 – Élection de Miss France
References
- ↑ https://archive.today/20230830003744/https://fashionunited.es/noticias/gente/muere-genevieve-de-fontenay-que-dirigio-durante-decadas-el-concurso-miss-francia/2023080341317
- ↑ https://archive.today/20230830003824/https://www.elespanol.com/mujer/actualidad/20230802/genevieve-fontenay-figura-emblematica-miss-france-fallecido-anos/783671727_0.html
- ↑ https://archive.today/20230830003902/https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230802-former-head-of-miss-france-beauty-pageant-genevi%C3%A8ve-de-fontenay-dies-aged-90
- ↑ https://archive.today/20230830003929/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/02/genevieve-de-fontenay-former-head-of-the-miss-france-committee-dies-aged-90