20 Facts About Sylvie Tellier

Sylvie Tellier was born on 28 May 1978 and is a French television personality, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2002.

Previously, Tellier had been crowned Miss Lyon 2001, becoming the seventh woman from Rhone-Alpes to be crowned Miss France.

From 2007 to 2022, Sylvie Tellier served as national director of the Miss France Committee.

Sylvie Tellier was raised in Les Sables-d'Olonne, and grew up in a family of modest means.

Sylvie Tellier ultimately graduated from the school with a master's degree in private law, specializing in business law and tax law.

Sylvie Tellier first began competing in pageantry in 1997, after being encouraged by the mother of her boyfriend at the time to compete in Miss Vendee 1997.

Sylvie Tellier went on to win the title, which qualified her to compete in Miss Pays de la Loire 1997, a qualifying pageant for Miss France.

Sylvie Tellier went on to place as the first runner-up, behind winner Caroll Parfait.

Four years after winning Miss Vendee, Sylvie Tellier opted to return to pageantry.

Now residing in Lyon, Sylvie Tellier competed in Miss Lyon 2001, where she won the title.

Sylvie Tellier later represented Lyon at the Miss France 2002 competition in Alsace, where she was crowned the winner.

Sylvie Tellier later represented the country at Miss Universe 2002, where she was unplaced.

Sylvie Tellier completed her reign the following year, after crowning Corrine Coman of Guadeloupe as Miss France 2003.

Sylvie Tellier joined the Miss France Committee in 2005, hired as the head of external relations.

Two years later, after reorganization within Endemol France, Sylvie Tellier was appointed national director of the Miss France Committee and head of the Miss Europe Organization, by Endemol France director Virginie Calmels.

Sylvie Tellier remained with the organization in a ceremonial and advisory role until the conclusion of Miss France 2023.

Sylvie Tellier married her first husband, Camille Le Maux, in June 2007 in Gordes.

Sylvie Tellier gave birth to her second child, a daughter, in 2014.

Sylvie Tellier's third child, a son, was born in 2018.

In June 2023, Sylvie Tellier was made a knight of the Ordre national du Merite, in honor of her philanthropic work and the managing of Miss France.