Amandine Petit (born 30 September 1997) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2021. She had previously been crowned Miss Normandy 2020, and is the seventh woman from Normandy to win Miss France. She represented France at Miss Universe 2020, where she placed in the Top 21.

Early life and education

Petit was born in Caen and raised in nearby Bourguébus, a village within Calvados in Normandy. She received a brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS) degree in negotiation and customer service, and later took exams to become a nurse before receiving a Licence 3 degree. Prior to becoming Miss France, Petit was a student at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises campus in Caen within the University of Caen Normandy, where she was studying for a master's degree in management and gerontological structures. Her career goal was to become the director of a nursing home or retirement home.

Pageantry

Miss Normandy

Petit was inspired to pursue pageantry at age 17, after meeting Malika Ménard, also from Normandy, whom had been crowned Miss France 2010. Ménard encouraged Petit to pursue pageantry and compete in Miss Normandy. She later was the first runner-up of Miss Lower Normandy 2015, which qualified her to compete in Miss Normandy 2015, where she placed as the second runner-up.

Petit returned to pageantry five years later, after she was selected as a candidate at Miss Normandy 2020. She went on to win the title, earning the right to represent Normandy at Miss France 2021.

Miss France

Miss France was held on 19 December 2020 at Puy du Fou, after being postponed one week from its original date due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. She competed in the finals, where she advanced to the top fifteen and later the top five. After reaching the top five, Petit was declared the winner, being crowned by outgoing titleholder Clémence Botino of Guadeloupe, becoming the seventh woman from Normandy to win the title.

Miss Universe 2020

As Miss France, Petit represented France at Miss Universe 2020, where she placed in the Top 21. She was originally set to represent France at either Miss Universe 2021 or Miss World 2021, but due to potential date conflicts between those pageants and Miss France 2022, she was instead switched to Miss Universe 2020.