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Chloe Mortaud

Creator of Mademoiselle Provence

My Entrepreneurial Journey From Miss France To The American Dream
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My Entrepreneurial Journey From Miss France To The American Dream

Growing up in Benac, a small village in the South of France, my parents instilled the importance of natural and healthy living in me from a young age. My father is a white French man and my mother is an African-American, so as the only mixed family in the village, I always felt... different. I was an average, tall, skinny, curly-haired girl, who watched the Miss France competition every year, dreaming of the gorgeous gowns, the pretty girls and the luxurious destiny that awaited them.