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Christiane Martel
French actress and beauty queen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani; 18 January 1932) is a French actress and beauty queen. Miss Châtellerault in 1952, she became the second woman to win Miss Universe in 1953.[1] She was the only Frenchwoman holding the Miss Universe title until Iris Mittenaere in 2016.
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