The 19-year-old young woman, a bachelor’s degree student in marketing, was preferred to the seventeen other contenders for the title.
While many French people were preparing for the start of the school year, several young women had their heads not in schoolbags and notebooks but in glitter. Sunday evening, in Bordeaux, they were 18 candidates to claim the title of Miss Aquitaine 2023. At the end of the evening, it was Lola Turpin (1.73 m) who won the coveted crown and the famous scarf.
A consecration for the Périgordine. “Ever since I was little, I have been immersed in it. I attended several regional elections in the Centre-Val de Loire. The delegate was already telling me that I had to show up at all costs.she told South West. It must be said that his mother has a lot to do with it. Indeed, this one, Virginie Leglaive, represented Berry in the Miss France 2002 election, won by Sylvie Tellier. “It’s a personal dream in an intergenerational extension. I always said to myself: “What would I like to be like them”. Every year, I expected only that, I planned a notepad to write down the names of the finalists and popcorn in front of the TV”she added.
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On December 16, at the Zénith de Dijon, she will defend the colors of her region in the election miss France 2024. She will take advantage of this spotlight to highlight causes that are dear to her, such as child abuse and the psychological and physical violence committed against children. At 19, Lola Turpin does not forget her studies. Her BTS in aesthetics and commerce just in her pocket, she is registered for an international marketing license in Bordeaux.