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10-25-2021, 12:35 PM
Sabrina Johnson for Metro.co.uk
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Three former Miss France candidates are suing the beauty pageant for alleged discrimination by selecting contestants based on their appearance.
The women, who remain anonymous, have joined forces with the leading French feminist group ‘Osez le feminisme’ (Dare to be feminist) to file a complaint.
Osez le feminism has long protested against Miss France, calling it a ‘vehicle for sexist values’.
Together with the former contestants, the group is targeting the Miss France company and Endemol Production, which makes the annual TV show.
They argue the companies are breaking French labour law by having discriminatory selection criteria, obliging aspiring beauty queens to be more than 5ft 5in (1.65m) tall, single and ‘representative of beauty’.
Contestants are also not allowed to gain weight, change their hair, have any tattoos or piercings other than their ears.
The rules say contestants must not have had children and have never married.
Previous aspiring beauty queens have been kicked out of the competition for acting ‘contrary to good morals, to public order or in the spirit of the contest, which is based on the values of elegance.’
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French labour code forbids companies from discriminating on the basis of ‘morals, age, family status or physical appearance,’ Violaine De Filippis-Abate, a lawyer for Osez le feminisme, told AFP.
The case, filed at a Paris court, will hinge on whether magistrates recognise Miss France contestants as de facto employees of the pageant organisers and TV company.
Contestants do not sign an employment contract, but the plaintiffs point to a supportive judgement in 2013 when a former contestant on Mister France also sued for similar reasons.
Miss France, which turned 100 this year, has been subject to decades of complaints that it is sexist and a leftover from a bygone era.
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Despite this, the old-school beauty pageant, which sees women parade in swimsuits and ballgowns while answering questions about their personality, is still a popular feature on French TV, with the annual show regularly drawing in millions of viewers.
Miss France declined to comment on the lawsuit when contacted by AFP but the 2002 winner Sylvie Tellier – who runs the organisation – insisted to the Daily Telegraph that the contest promotes women’s rights.
‘You can parade in a swimsuit and be a feminist. We are no longer in the days of “look beautiful and shut up”,’ she said.
The next Miss France will take place in Caen, northern France, on December 11.
https://i.imgur.com/DCIGWPz.jpg
Three former Miss France candidates are suing the beauty pageant for alleged discrimination by selecting contestants based on their appearance.
The women, who remain anonymous, have joined forces with the leading French feminist group ‘Osez le feminisme’ (Dare to be feminist) to file a complaint.
Osez le feminism has long protested against Miss France, calling it a ‘vehicle for sexist values’.
Together with the former contestants, the group is targeting the Miss France company and Endemol Production, which makes the annual TV show.
They argue the companies are breaking French labour law by having discriminatory selection criteria, obliging aspiring beauty queens to be more than 5ft 5in (1.65m) tall, single and ‘representative of beauty’.
Contestants are also not allowed to gain weight, change their hair, have any tattoos or piercings other than their ears.
The rules say contestants must not have had children and have never married.
Previous aspiring beauty queens have been kicked out of the competition for acting ‘contrary to good morals, to public order or in the spirit of the contest, which is based on the values of elegance.’
https://i.imgur.com/TLzWKDb.png
French labour code forbids companies from discriminating on the basis of ‘morals, age, family status or physical appearance,’ Violaine De Filippis-Abate, a lawyer for Osez le feminisme, told AFP.
The case, filed at a Paris court, will hinge on whether magistrates recognise Miss France contestants as de facto employees of the pageant organisers and TV company.
Contestants do not sign an employment contract, but the plaintiffs point to a supportive judgement in 2013 when a former contestant on Mister France also sued for similar reasons.
Miss France, which turned 100 this year, has been subject to decades of complaints that it is sexist and a leftover from a bygone era.
https://i.imgur.com/c2MNXXg.png
Despite this, the old-school beauty pageant, which sees women parade in swimsuits and ballgowns while answering questions about their personality, is still a popular feature on French TV, with the annual show regularly drawing in millions of viewers.
Miss France declined to comment on the lawsuit when contacted by AFP but the 2002 winner Sylvie Tellier – who runs the organisation – insisted to the Daily Telegraph that the contest promotes women’s rights.
‘You can parade in a swimsuit and be a feminist. We are no longer in the days of “look beautiful and shut up”,’ she said.
The next Miss France will take place in Caen, northern France, on December 11.