Miss Universe Guadeloupe 2024 is Coraly Desplan


After 40 years, Guadeloupe is set to return to the Miss Universe pageant with newly crowned Miss Universe Guadeloupe 2024 Coraly Desplan.

The 20-year-old student from Pointe-Noire was crowned during the glittering event on Friday, August 16 at the Memorial ACTe in Pointe-à-Pitre.

She bested nine other finalists to win the competition and will now prepare to represent Guadeloupe at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico this November.

Noémie Milne was named first runner-up while Naïa Granger and Stessy Belair finished as the second and third runners-up, respectively.

Guadeloupe, a French overseas region in the southern Caribbean Sea, was last represented at Miss Universe in 1984. 

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Photos: Miss Universe Guadeloupe / Instagram

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