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Chloé Mortaud (September 19, 1989, born in Lisieux, Calvados) is a French beauty pageant contestant who won Miss France 2009. She represented the Albigeois-Midi-Pyrénées, a southwest region of France,and became the first winner of the Miss France beauty pageant to have dual citizenship, French and American. Mortaud received US citizenship through her mother, an African American who emigrated from Mississippi to France, and has a grandmother who lives in Los Angeles. Her father is French.
Mortaud represented France at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant and finished in 6th place overall barely missing the top 5 by few points, where Venezuelan Stefanía Fernández was crowned.
Mortaud became a finalist at Miss World 2009 (3rd runner-up) finals on December 12, 2009. She also placed 3rd runner up at the Miss World Beach Beauty competition and placed among the top 12 in the Miss World Top Model competition. Out of seven countries who competed at the Miss Universe 2009 and Miss World 2009 only Chloe and Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar made the finals in both pageants.
That new face who had us scratching our heads at yesterday’s Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture show? She could pass for Sessilee Lopez’s twin—the Philly-born catwalker does have one, though her sister is only 5′ 6″—but the mystery model is actually Chloé Mortaud, Miss France 2009. Gaultier reportedly became enchanted by the beauty queen while serving as a judge for the 2010 pageant and asked the Calvados native to walk. Will we be seeing more of the Miss World runner-up at next month’s shows? Stay tuned.