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Genevieve de Fontenay sits with the contestants for the 1988 Miss France competition. Genevieve de Fontenay, widow of Louis Poirot and longstanding member of the Miss France Committee, has organized the Miss France pageant since her husband's death. (Photo by © Patrick Robert/Sygma/CORBIS/Sygma via Getty Images)

Genevieve de Fontenay sits with the contestants for the 1988 Miss France competition. Genevieve de Fontenay, widow of Louis Poirot and longstanding member of the Miss France Committee, has organized the Miss France pageant since her husband's death. (Photo by © Patrick Robert/Sygma/CORBIS/Sygma via Getty Images)