By Roxane Fomberteau
– Published on 01 Dec 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Interviewed on RTL, Élodie Gossuin spoke about the humiliations she suffered during the Miss Universe competition in 2001.
Élodie Gossuin has not stopped looking back on the year which marked a turning point in her life: that of the election of Miss France. Some time ago, she confided in her tense relations with Geneviève de Fontenay. This Saturday, she returned to the Miss Universe competition in which she participated in 2001 in Puerto Rico. One year after receiving the crown of Miss France. This year, moreover, the Miss France elected in 2023 Indira Ampiot rose to the top 30 of the competition. The victory was given to the Danish Victoria Kjær Theilvig.
The former Miss France victim of rumors
Indeed, if today Élodie Gossuin has nothing to be ashamed of her career on television and radio, it has not always been easy. Freshly elected, the former Miss France is the victim of rumors according to which she is transsexual. In Puerto Rico, the organizers asked the young woman to do a gynecological examination in front of the cameras, in order to prove her gender! On the radio, the mother of 4 children looks back on this extremely humiliating moment that she experienced.
«I was very young and very naive », confides Élodie Gossuin
At the microphone of RTL Élodie Gossuin says: “ People accuse me by saying “You were not born a woman and that is a sine qua non condition – and in fact it has changed today regarding the election of Miss France – to represent France at Miss Universe so you are disqualified. Unless you agree to undergo a gynecological examination on camera. “. Fortunately, she didn't give up. She explains: “ Even though I was very young and very naive, the land of care bears still had its limits and I had the lucidity to refuse. »
« Geneviève de Fontenay arrived as a superhero », says Élodie Gossuin
Confined in her room and traumatized, Élodie Gossuin was able to receive help from Geneviève de Fontenay. “ But it was terrible, they locked me in the room. There were no cell phones at the time and the landline had been cut off. Geneviève de Fontenay arrived as a superhero with the Seven to Eight and Paris Match teams and I ran away to do the report with them “, she confides.
Élodie Gossuin congratulated by Donald Trump
A bad buzz which will not have left the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, indifferent. As we know, the President of the United States likes any buzz as long as people are talking about him. Élodie Gossuin adds: “ At the end of the election, I made it into the top 10 and Donald Trump came to me to congratulate me and said: Super-buzz.
That’s the media! Bravo, we talked a lot about the election, congratulations, miss. »
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