Iris Mittenaere

- Miss Universe 2016
She competed in Miss Universe 2016 where she succeeded Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines. Mittenaere became only the second woman from her country to win the crown after Christiane Martel won in Miss Universe 1953 breaking France's 63 year title drought. This is only the third time a French woman was among the Top 5 delegates of the Miss Universe competition, after Flora Coquerel in 2015 and Christiane Martel in 1953. When she won the Miss Universe final, she became the first European winner since 2002, although the titleholder that year, Russia's Oxana Fedorova was later dethroned. The last European titleholder to complete her year as Miss Universe was Mona Grudt of Norway in 1990.