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Woman who won “best homemaker” in 1963 went on to become missionary sister

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Cécile Séveirac - published on 11/12/22
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Even with all her skills, the young woman from France ended up with a most unexpected husband.

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This face is surely unknown to you, but in 1963, at the age of 17, she appeared on French television screens. Looking at a frame from the broadcast, we can guess that her cheeks were a little rosy despite the black and white of television of the time, and we may be caught off guard by the traditional regional headdress she wears proudly as she proclaims loud and clear to an interviewer that she is from Normandy.

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