13 things about Miss Universe France 2025 Eve Gilles

Eve Gilles won the 94th edition of Miss France. She represented France in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Gilles is a French equestrian, model and beauty queen. She was born in Dunkirk, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France to Bruno Gilles and Edith Calapin-Latchoumy Gilles.

On July 9, 2025, Eve turned 22. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Her father is a land surveyor and her mother, who is from Sainte-Marie, Reunion, France, is of Tamil Indian descent.
2. As a young girl, she was into dancing, athletics and equitation.
3. She grew up in Quaëdypre, Nord.
4. She attended Lycée Jean-Bart in Dunkirk.
5. She has two older sisters namely Lisa Gilles and Lucie Gilles and one younger brother.
6. In 2017, she was diagnosed with the neurological condition paroxysmal dyskinesia.
7. In 2021, she entered the University of Lille in Lille, Hauts-de-France to pursue a bachelor’s degree in mathematics while working in an egg factory near her parents’ house.
8. She won Miss Hersin-Coupigny 2023.
9. She won Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2023.
10. She won Miss France 2024.
11. In 2025, she competed in “Danse Avec Les Stars” Season 14 and visited Thailand.
12. She is Miss Universe France 2025.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2025 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Eve is 5’7¹⁄₂” tall. In 2023, she made history as the first woman with short hair to win Miss France and the fourth beauty queen from Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais to win the national beauty pageant.

2023

• On April 22, 2023, she competed against 11 other Miss Hersin-Coupigny 2023 candidates at the Complexe Socio-Sportif Futura in Hersin-Coupigny, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France and won the title.
• In August 2023, she was featured as a model in a Jean-Marie et Stessie Contreras campaign.
• On October 14, 2023, she competed against 15 other Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2023 candidates at the Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais.
• On December 16, 2023, she represented Nord-Pas-de-Calais at Miss France 2024 and competed against 29 other candidates at the Zénith de Dijon in Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. She won the title.

2024

• On February 1, 2024, she attended the premiere of the “Bob Marley: One Love” film at the Grand Rex Cinema in Paris, France. 
• On October 19, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2024 Sabah Aib at the Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin.
• On December 14, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss France 2025 Angélique Angarni-Filopon at the Futuroscope Arena in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

2025

• She and Nino Mosa competed against 11 other pairs and finished eighth in “Danse Avec Les Stars” Season 14, which aired on TF1 from February 7, 2025 to April 25, 2025.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented France at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She finished in the Top 30.
• On December 3, 2025, she served as a judge in the Miss France 2026 preliminary competition.