Denise Perrier

There is something irresistibly cinematic about Perrier's story. A girl from the small town of Ambérieu-en-Bugey who won Miss World in 1953 and remains, to this day, the only Frenchwoman ever to take the title. Seven decades on, that record still stands, which tells you just how singular the achievement was. She went on to model and act, but it is the unbroken nature of that crown that stays with me. Now in her nineties and known as Denise Perrier Lanfranchi, she is a living piece of French cultural history, and I can only offer my respect to a record that has outlasted generations.

Name (English)

Denise Perrier

Name (Japanese)

デニス・ペリエ

Reading

でにす・ぺりえ

Born

February 13, 1935 (age 91)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain, France

Occupation

model / beauty pageant contestant / film actor / fashion model / actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8

Tags

• Ain
• model
• beauty pageant contestant
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.