December 4th, 2009 | 
Author: Glamorous women from across France will flock to Nice this weekend to compete for the throne of ‘Miss France’. And among them will be one young woman from the Dordogne.
21 year old Aurelie Zengelin, from the town of Douzillac, in Dordogne was chosen as Miss Aquitaine earlier this year. This weekend the statuesque brunette will compete with 11 other young women from across the country for the position of France’s mostglamorous girl.
Since winning her title, life for the salon assistant and trilingual student has changed daramtically. Not only does she travel throughout the country meeting judges and promoting her bid for Miss France, she also practices for the competition every single day.
From 9am until noon, she and the other competitors practice their choreography. After that it’s on to yoga, exercise and singing practice, before meeting judges and fans until late in the evening. According to SudOuest.com, it’s only at about 10pm that Aurelie gets a chance to ring her family in Douzillac.
Today the whole Zengelin family has packed themselves into vehicles and has started the journey to Nice, where they will watch their girl compete for Aquitaine, Dordogne and Douzillac at the cermony. Her mother, Isabelle Aquitaine, told Sudouest.com that this was “the final straight” and she looked forward to seeing her daughter after nearly a month of separation.
Miss Aquitaine is already a strong candidate for coronation; she has secured 1748 votes already and according to Sud-ouest.com, a huge amount of support and encouragement from fans both local and remote.
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