“I screamed”, Indira Ampiot narrowly avoided falling because of her national costume (VIDEO)

They are 130 to enter the arena! 130 contenders will compete to win the crown of Miss Universe 2024 and thus succeed the Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios, elected last year in San Salvador in El Salvador. For this 73rd editionthis is the Mexico which is organizing the ceremony for the fifth time in its history and the first in 17 years. In August, it was specified that the festivities would take place at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico from Thursday, November 14 with regard to the preliminaries, before the final scheduled two days later, namely on Saturday November 16. This year, France is represented by Indira Ampiotelected Miss France 2023. Will she be able to do better than Diane Leyre who failed to reach the Top 20 last year?

The 20-year-old young woman from Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) intends to stand out to become the new Miss Universe by appearing completely serene and demonstrating that she was above all in the running to enjoy a moment of sharing . She can obviously rely on her appearance as well as her hairstyle, of which she has already revealed all the secrets. As for the costume, she presented it earlier this week in a video filmed at the Opéra-comique. “I wanted to bring together the symbols of France. The flag, the cockade, the rooster, the beret, all in a sparkling universe”she explained in the caption of these images published on Instagram. It was the Manzel house that we trusted for its creation, from a bustier in the colors of the national flag, decorated with rhinestones and a tricolor skirt, also open to reveal a glimpse of her legs. The ensemble is completed by a headgear with a beret decorated with a cockade and feathers.

More fear than harm for Indira Ampiot

Indira Ampiot highlighted this famous national costume last night, after a catwalk in a swimsuit and a parade in a more classic white dress. It was during this final stage of the preliminaries that the incident took place: Indira Ampiot narrowly avoided a fall. As soon as she arrived on the podium, the young woman stuck her heel in her long skirt, which threw her off balance when she resumed her race. Fortunately, she did not fall and was able to continue in complete peace, raising her right arm to the sky in victory, and always with a smile on her lips.

As soon as her performance was over, Indira Ampiot wanted to explain what had happened to her in a story posted on Instagram. “I really liked this evening, it was super nice. It’s true that there was a little problem with my national costume but I was always getting tripped up in it so I knew this was going to happen“she reported, before continuing with a certain pride: “But hey, it doesn’t matter. At least I laughed, I screamed, I had fun. I think that’s the main thing”she insisted. It remains to be seen how the jury interpreted it…

Two French women already elected Miss Universe

The aim of the preliminaries was to select the 12 finalists for the Miss Universe 2024 electionbefore the next stage scheduled for Saturday. The TV channel Paris Premiere will broadcast the ceremony live, from 2:30 a.m. taking into account the time difference with France. The last time a French candidate won during the Competition was no later than 2016, thanks to Iris Mittenaere which is currently being talked about a lot for more personal and unfortunate reasons. Before her, it is Christiane Martel who was crowned with the coveted title in 1953.

A month later, Indira Ampiot will perhaps be present on the stage of the Arena Futuroscope where the election of Miss France 2025. Cindy Fabre, as director of the Committee, will necessarily be there, as willEve Gilles who will put her title back on the line. We know the identity of the 30 candidates and, in fact, it is a Guadeloupean who is the big favorite when reading the comments of enthusiasts on social networks…

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