Eva Colas

[1] Colas attended Lycée Jeanne d'Arc in Bastia, graduating with her baccalauréat with honors in 2014.

[1] Colas began her pageantry career in 2017, later being selected as a contestant for the Miss Corsica 2017 pageant.

[5][6] In the run-up to the competition, Colas also scored the highest on the General Culture Exam, a formal examination administered to the contestants covering topics such as history, politics, current events, and pop culture, having received a score of 18/20.

[8] Miss Universe was held on 17 December 2018 in Bangkok, but Colas ultimately was not selected for the Top 20.

[9][10][11] In January 2023, a clip of Colas introducing herself onstage at the preliminary competition for Miss Universe went viral on social media platforms such as TikTok and Twitter, with social media users comparing Cola's shout of "France!"