“She’s expensive”: already harassed, since her election, for her physique and her age (34 years), Angélique Angarni-Filopon, Miss France 2025, has also been mired in a controversy since her appearance on Sud Radio on January 8.
That day she was questioned about Charlie Hebdoin the context of the commemorations of the attack which struck the satirical newspaper 10 years ago. And to the question: “Are you Charlie?” “, she simply replied: “I have no opinion. » The journalist then insisted: “Do you think that in France we have the right to blasphemy? » “I do not prefer to comment,” repeated Miss France. It didn’t take much to spark a controversy.
“I am Miss France”: Charlie Hebdo reacts
The silence of the Martinican beauty queen on the subject has since been strongly criticized. Even the satirical weekly published a June cartoon entitled Miss France is not Charlie. It depicts three Islamist leaders brandishing “I am Miss France” signs.
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Duty of neutrality
Feeling the controversy swell, Angélique Angarni-Filopon justified her reaction in a message posted on January 10 on Instagram: she recognized that “it may have been awkward”, but recalled that as Miss France, she must remain neutral on certain subjects, “to avoid any misunderstandings and arouse any controversies”. Missed…
Miss France 2025 does not forget to emphasize that “obviously, it would be an aberration to think that I could condone such barbaric acts” and ends her message by “firmly condemning these terrorist acts”.
A controversy of “incredible violence”
The president of the Miss France company, Frédéric Gilbert, also came out of silence to support her. He reacted on Sunday to the Parisiandeeming this controversy “incredibly violent” and even confiding that he was “worried for the safety” of Angélique. “It went into automatic mode as we asked it to,” he explains, before regretting: “It has been getting expensive since December 14. Hitting so hard hurts. »
