{"id":143000,"date":"2025-05-31T02:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T02:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/vaimalama-chaves-sdf-after-her-miss-france-reign-lifes-struggles-and-squatted-couches\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T02:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T02:23:06","slug":"vaimalama-chaves-sdf-after-her-miss-france-reign-lifes-struggles-and-squatted-couches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/vaimalama-chaves-sdf-after-her-miss-france-reign-lifes-struggles-and-squatted-couches\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaimalama Chaves SDF: After her Miss France reign, life’s struggles and “squatted couches”."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Becoming \u00a0Miss France\u00a0 does not guarantee a life of luxury, and \u00a0Vaimalama Chaves\u00a0 has recently proven this to be true. The former beauty queen, who revealed her traumatic experience as a \u00a0victim of incest at the age of five\u00a0, has now shared more disturbing details about her chaotic life post-reign.<\/p>\n

To recap, the Tahitian’s life took a dramatic turn on \u00a0December 15, 2018\u00a0, when she was crowned \u00a0Miss France\u00a0 by \u00a0Ma\u00ebva Coucke\u00a0 at the \u00a0Z\u00e9nith of Lille\u00a0. While her reign was filled with glamour and opportunities, she stated that her life after the crown has been nothing short of a challenge, as she revealed during an interview with \u00a0Thomas Isle\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Vaimalama Chaves “Sans Domicile Fixe” Apr\u00e8s Avoir Laiss\u00e9 Son Appartement \u00e0 Cl\u00e9mence Botino<\/span><\/h2>\n

On \u00a0May 30, 2025\u00a0, Vaimalama Chaves was featured on the show \u00a0“Culture M\u00e9dias”\u00a0. During this appearance, the former beauty queen discussed her year as Miss France but also promoted her new book, \u00a0“O VAI,”\u00a0 released by \u00a0First Publishing\u00a0 on \u00a0May 15, 2025\u00a0. Isle quoted an excerpt from her book in which she talks about her official residence while holding the title of Miss France, an apartment located in the \u00a017th district of Paris\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Isle remarked, “You mention that during your reign as Miss, you are provided with a temporary accommodation, but when the new Miss arrives, you are kindly asked to vacate the apartment. You end up feeling like, ‘I am homeless<\/strong>‘.”<\/em> Vaimalama responded candidly: “Once that phase ends, I have to fend for myself<\/strong>.”<\/em> Clearly, transitioning to life after the crown proved to be a significant hurdle for her.<\/p>\n

Finding stable housing turned out to be quite a struggle. She expressed, “Especially when you haven\u2019t planned ahead or built a bank account in France. To create a bank account here, you need a postal address. And to have a postal address, you need a residence, so it became a bit complicated.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Un Appartement Retrouv\u00e9 Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une Attestation d’H\u00e9bergement<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fortunately, Miss France 2019 managed to stay with a friend while searching for a place of her own. It was ultimately an \u00a0attestation d’h\u00e9bergement\u00a0 that helped her out of this predicament. This document allowed her to open a bank account in France, lifting some of the burdens she faced.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the moment she found her new apartment, she said, “My new apartment was amazing. After spending a month vagabonding and crashing on couches, when I found it, I thought, ‘Okay, this is it.’ When we shut the door after signing the lease, I lay down on the floor and curled up.”<\/em> Despite the challenges, she was determined not to return to \u00a0Tahiti\u00a0.<\/p>\n

The reason behind this resolute decision was the numerous \u00a0professional and personal opportunities\u00a0 available in France. She stated, “There are \u00a0so many dreams\u00a0 I can pursue here that aren\u2019t necessarily accessible in \u00a0Polynesia\u00a0.”<\/em> Her ambition to stay close to her dreams provided her the strength to navigate the complexities of life after the crown.<\/p>\n

As Vaimalama Chaves continues to adjust and find her place in the world, her story serves as a \u00a0reminder\u00a0 that the glamour often associated with beauty pageants does not shield contestants from the realities of life. Indeed, breaking into the outside world requires not just beauty, but also resilience and resourcefulness.<\/p>\n

She balances her challenges with newfound pursuits, aiming to inspire other women who find themselves in similar situations. \u00a0Vaimalama Chaves\u00a0 demonstrates that the road to self-sufficiency can be fraught with obstacles, yet it can also lead to personal growth and achievement.<\/p>\n

Her journey from \u00a0Miss France\u00a0 to navigating a challenging reality underscores the importance of emotional strength, community support, and the courage to dream. As she continues to share her story, it becomes evident that \u00a0empowerment\u00a0 is as essential as the title itself, and her journey is a testament to that strength.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Becoming \u00a0Miss France\u00a0 does not guarantee a life of luxury, and \u00a0Vaimalama Chaves\u00a0 has recently proven this to be true. The former beauty queen, who revealed her traumatic experience as a \u00a0victim of incest at the age of five\u00a0, has now shared more disturbing details about her chaotic life post-reign. To recap, the Tahitian’s life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mazagine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}