Between Olympic pools and TV sets, the names of the Manaudou family come up everywhere. We know the duo of champions formed by Laure and Florent, who are very popular with the public. However, behind these medals and these shows, a family detail remained completely unknown to the general public. Another celebrity, far removed from swimming, would actually share their ancestors.
This personality is Hinaupoko Devèze, elected Miss France 2026, who confirmed on television that she is a distant cousin of Laure Manaudou and Florent Manaudou. Guest of the show on France 5, she told how she discovered this link with siblings of swimmers and with rugby player Sébastien Chabal, thanks to research carried out around her paternal family.
The TV revelation between Manaudou and Miss France 2026
Faced with Marie Portolano, who questions her about her blended family history, the beauty queen saw an unexpected question arise. The host then says to her: A wording that amuses Hinaupoko Devèze, but which she immediately validates by simply adding: , she confided during this show, according to Purepeople.
She then details this surprising cousinship, remaining very natural. , specifies Miss France 2026, before summarizing her state of mind with a smile: .
Hinaupoko Devèze, a Miss with multiple roots
Before this sequence, the public mainly discovered his journey. Born in French Polynesia, aged 23, Hinaupoko Devèze grew up between the south of France, where her paternal family lives, and the Marquesas Islands, on her mother’s side, before being crowned Miss Tahiti 2025 then Miss France 2026 at the Zénith d’Amiens.
According to the research of inheritance genealogist Adrien Gil, carried out on his paternal line, he told Le Parisien. These ancient ramifications would also explain the cousins with Sébastien Chabal and the Manaudou siblings.
An unexpected connection between sport and beauty
This cousinship remains very distant. Through different alliances between old Ardèche and Provencal families, including the Fourchades family, certain branches of the Devèze cross those of the ancestors of Laure Manaudou and Florent Manaudou. When we talk about “distant cousins”, we are talking about degrees of kinship dating back several centuries, which have become mostly fodder for anecdotes.
On the other hand, these discoveries give the young woman an even more unique story, between royal roots and Olympic champion cousins. Hinaupoko Devèze takes it on with humor and distance, while remaining focused on her year as Miss France 2026, while she should give up Miss Universe after the controversies surrounding Fátima Bosch Fernández, Miss Mexico 2025.
What is the link between the Manaudou and Hinaupoko Devèze?
This is a distant cousin, established via Hinaupoko’s paternal branch.
Who is Hinaupoko Devèze, Miss France 2026?
She is Miss France 2026, born in Polynesia, with French and Polynesian roots.
Will Hinaupoko Devèze participate in Miss Universe?
She should give up Miss Universe, due to recent controversies.
