Audience: First Lady Dominique Ouattara Receives Miss Fatima Koné

The First Lady, Mrs. Dominique Ouattara, held an audience on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at her offices in Cocody with Miss Fatima Koné, Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025 and contestant for Miss World 2026, accompanied by her runners-up and Mr. Victor Yapobi, President of the Miss Côte d’Ivoire Committee (COMICI).

This meeting provided an opportunity for the First Lady, patron of the Miss Côte d’Ivoire Committee, to extend her warm congratulations to the young ambassador for her remarkable performance at the Miss World 2026 pageant, held in Vietnam. She praised Fatima Koné’s achievements, noting that she represented Côte d’Ivoire with elegance, pride, and dignity on the international stage.

Mrs. Dominique Ouattara also reaffirmed her support and encouragement for Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025 as she continues on her journey, while extending her best wishes for success to Fatima Koné and her runners-up.

For the COMICI president, this meeting is part of the First Lady’s ongoing commitment to the national beauty pageant. “Listen, first of all, I’d like to thank her sincerely. As you well know, the First Lady is the patron of Miss Côte d’Ivoire, and in that capacity, she was kind enough to meet with us, as she does every year, to encourage her protégées and offer them advice. I really want to say a big thank you to her,” said Victor Yapobi.

Deeply moved by the meeting, Fatima Koné, for her part, expressed her profound gratitude to the First Lady for her support. “Today, I’m giving this interview with a heart full of gratitude, because I didn’t expect this. Being received and supported by the First Lady means the world to me,” she confided.

The young woman also made a point of thanking everyone who has stood by her since her election. “I’ve always had the support of COMICI, my loved ones, my friends, and my parents. And today, knowing that the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire holds me in her heart brings immense joy to my heart as well,” she added.

Fatima Koné finally expressed her gratitude to the First Lady, Côte d’Ivoire, and COMICI, which she considers key players in her journey. “I want to say thank you to her. Thank you to the First Lady, thank you to Côte d’Ivoire, and above all, thank you to COMICI for the opportunity they gave me, because without them, I wouldn’t be here today,” she said.