Amandine Petit

Petit was born in Caen and raised in nearby Bourguébus, a small town in the Calvados department in Normandy. Her parents are Jean-Luc Petit, who works as a civil servant in the prison system, and Nathalie Petit, who works at the tourism office of Caen. Petit also has an older sister named Pauline. Her grandmother and great-grandmother on her maternal side had both formerly been beauty pageant titleholders in the town of Creully. Petit attended school in the Caen area, attending primary school in Bourguébus, collège in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, and lycée at Lycée Augustin-Fresnel in Caen.

Petit received a brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS) degree in negotiation and customer service, and later took exams to become a nurse before receiving a Licence 3 degree. Prior to becoming Miss France, Petit was a student at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises campus in Caen within the University of Caen Normandy, where she was studying for a master's degree in the management of gerontological establishments and structures. Her career goal was to become the director of an établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes (EHPAD) or retirement home.