The new Miss France 2025, Angélique Angarni-Filopon, finds herself at the heart of a controversy after refusing to comment on Charlie Hebdo during a radio interview. Miss France 2024, Ève Gilles, steps up to defend her. She recalls in passing the requirement of neutrality imposed on Miss France.
A clumsiness that causes controversy for Miss France 2025
On January 8 on Sud Radio, the question seemed simple: “Are you Charlie?”. However, Angélique Angarni-Filopon's response, “I don't comment”sparked a media storm. For Ève Gilles, this situation is explained above all by the context: “The first month is very media-filled, everything goes very quickly. She didn’t necessarily manage to find the right words at the time”she confides to Le Parisien. “Even if there is some awkwardness, we should not blame her, because she is in her first media month. In this period, it is sometimes difficult to find the words, we do not know what we are saying. must say and not say.”
The requirement for Miss France neutrality at the heart of the debate
Miss France 2024 recalls a fundamental rule of the function: “The exercise is each time finding the words to not hurt anyone and remain neutral, because that is what is asked of us.” She emphasizes that the Misses are not “professionals in the world of politics or other specific subjects” and that it is necessary “remain within the legitimacy of what we are, without influencing anyone.”
-Support in the face of cyberharassment for Angélique Angarni-Filopon
Beyond the controversy, Ève Gilles, who will participate in DALS on TF1, supports her successor, a victim of cyberharassment since her election. “When we receive this wave of hatred and harassment, no matter what we are told, we all react differently. We have to give it time to digest things,” she advises. Having herself experienced similar situations during her reign, she is particularly understanding: “Sometimes we don't need to hear what others have to say to us, but rather to be listened to. I'm here to listen to her, so she can tell me what she feels and how she feels.”
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