1. Vaimalama Chaves was born on 3 December 1994 and is a French singer, beauty pageant titleholder, and model who was crowned Miss France 2019.
16 Facts About Vaimalama Chaves
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Vaimalama Chaves was born on 3 December 1994 in Papeete on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, and raised in the suburb of Mahina.
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Vaimalama Chaves's father works in telecommunications at the Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia, while her mother is a nurse.
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Vaimalama Chaves is the second of five children, and is the cousin of Mareva Georges, who had been crowned Miss France 1991.
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Vaimalama Chaves was educated at the Lycee-college La Mennais, where she received her baccalaureat in communications.
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Vaimalama Chaves later received a BTS in negotiation and customer relations from Lycee Aorai in Pirae, a bachelor's degree in managerial economics, and a master's degree in management from the University of French Polynesia in 2017.
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Vaimalama Chaves began her pageantry career competing in Miss Tahiti 2018.
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Vaimalama Chaves went on to win the competition on 22 June 2018 in Papeete and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Turouru Temorere.
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Preparations for Miss France began in November 2018, with Vaimalama Chaves traveling to Paris for pre-pageant activities, Mauritius for the pageant's overseas trip, and then to Lille to begin rehearsals.
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Vaimalama Chaves went on to be crowned Miss France 2019 by outgoing titleholder Maeva Coucke, with her first runner-up being Ophely Mezino of Guadeloupe.
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Vaimalama Chaves was the first Tahitian representative to be crowned Miss France in twenty years, after Mareva Galanter was crowned Miss France 1999, and only the fourth Tahitian crowned ever.
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On 25 June 2019, Vaimalama Chaves announced that she would not represent France at Miss World 2019 or Miss Universe 2019, as she would rather accompany the contestants of Miss France 2020 during their trip to Tahiti, which would have conflicted with preparation for the international pageants.
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Vaimalama Chaves completed her reign on 14 December 2019, after crowning Clemence Botino as her successor during Miss France 2020.
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In November 2019, Chaves began a music career, performing under the mononym Vaimalama.
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Vaimalama Chaves released a cover of the song "Jardin d'hiver", written by Benjamin Biolay and Keren Ann and originally performed by Henri Salvador.
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In September 2021, Vaimalama Chaves was confirmed as a celebrity contestant in season 11 of Danse avec les stars, the French version of Dancing with the Stars.