On Instagram, a simple sentence was enough to panic Iris Mittenaere’s fans: , she wrote in the story, reports Purepeople. At 33, the former Miss Universe 2016, long presented as the statuesque French brunette, suggested that she had just dared to radically change her look.
The timing is not insignificant: spring and its desire for renewal are in full swing, both in terms of dressing and beauty. This Sunday, April 26, the young woman finally lifted the veil in a before/after video shared with more than 3.5 million subscribers: goodbye to her signature brown hair, make way for a luminous blonde which is already causing a lot of talk.
Iris Mittenaere, from Miss Universe to hair icon who dares to do anything
Crowned Miss France then Miss Universe in 2016, Iris Mittenaere won the 65th title of Miss Universe, becoming only the second French woman crowned after Christiane Martel in 1953. Since then, her public image has remained very codified, with the signature long brown hair which accompanied all her years of reign and her first steps in the media.
In the world of beauty queens, we immediately think of the blue eyes of Amandine Petit, the short hair of Eve Gilles or the red color of Delphine Wespiser. Iris Mittenaere, for her part, has gradually acquired a taste for transformations: in 2023, by revealing her transition to red hair, she confided, according to Femme Actuelle.
A hot blonde before/after for Iris Mittenaere
His latest metamorphosis goes even further. No more brown hair with copper highlights: hairstylist Lucas Di Oslo has worked on a very luminous blonde balayage, which preserves its natural roots while gradually lightening the lengths. On Instagram, the beauty queen has fun in the caption: , before adding with humor.
In the video, we first see her with her usual brown hair, before accompanying her to the hairdresser and discovering, a few hours later, the final result. The blonde obtained is part of the bronde trend, this subtly balanced in-between brown and blonde popularized by Jessica Alba, with a light gradient, lots of movement and long curtain bangs for XXL volume.
A blonde who is unanimous and gives ideas
The transformation does not leave its colleagues indifferent. Under the publication, Flora Coquerel writes, while Malika Ménard simply says she is a fan of this new look. Angélique Angarni-Filopon is even more enthusiastic in a comment: .
The compliments quickly extend beyond the circle of Miss France. On TikTok, Nabilla describes the former beauty queen as , when countless Internet users salute a before/after deemed canon. With this luminous bronde blonde, its preserved roots and its curtain bangs, Iris Mittenaere confirms its status as a hair icon and offers a coloring idea that is easy to adapt according to each person’s desire for light.
What is Iris Mittenaere’s new color?
She now sports a luminous bronde-type blonde, obtained by sweeping her lengths.
Who made this coloring?
It was hairdresser Lucas Di Oslo who created this spectacular color change.
On which network did she reveal her before/after?
Iris Mittenaere showed her transformation in a story and a video published on Instagram.
