Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Shes fluent in 6 languages: French, English, Spanish, German ,Italian and Creole of course.

She’s also the daughter of Jean Fouchard an anthropologist, writer and former ambassador to Cuba.

Ms. Fouchard is the first Haitian to compete in Miss World 1960.

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Ms. Fouchard left Haiti to study in France and eventually at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.

Article on Ms. Fouchard >

  Ebony – Jul 1960 – Page 111 – Google Books Result

They also had a few stamps made in her honor.

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Ebony – Jul 1960 – Page 111 – Google Books Result <

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Claudinette Fouchard et son pere a une activite touristique

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Jean Claude Duvalier et Claudinette Fouchard.

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Miss Haiti: Claudinette Fouchard married an German Industrialist on her parents backyard’s Villa in Petionville, Haiti.

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