From our special correspondent in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. D-Day. This Thursday, November 21, from 7 p.m. local time, the 30 candidates for Miss France 2025 will take the famous general knowledge test. A necessary and dreaded part of the preparation trip for the regional Misses, which has existed for almost 20 years. From Abidjan in Ivory Coast where their stay is taking place this year, each took advantage of the rare downtime to revise between two trips. The pressure is there because everyone still has in mind what they read last year about the difficulty of the test taken by their predecessors. “It was particularly difficult“, agrees the president of the Miss France company, Frédéric Gilbert. The candidates obtained an average of 30 points out of 60.
Miss France 2025: who writes the questions for the general knowledge test? What will the quiz look like this year?
To avoid leaks on the questions asked, a very limited number of people are taken into confidence: only five! “These are the permanent members of the Miss France company, including Miss France 2024 and me“, explains Frédéric Gilbert. The questions are the result of reflection.”collegiate“. On this year's program: 60 questions and the return of the famous dictationa novelty driven by Cindy Fabre, the director of the Miss France company, in 2023. While last year, it was only a question of open questions, which had destabilized the Misses, this year will be that of the return of the multiple choice questions for part of the questionnaire. There will also be a big novelty about which the organizers are keeping the greatest secret for the moment…
Why the worst grades in the Miss France 2025 general knowledge test are never announced
It is Cindy Fabre who, at the end, will correct the copies. “There is a grid of points that we apply. Then we bring the scores back to 20 and we make the ranking“, explains Frédéric Gilbert. Only the top 3 best scores will then be announced. We remember that for the edition of Miss France 2024, it was Miss Alsace who won the palme d'or with 42.5 points out of a total of 60. The worst scores are never revealed, “to avoid stigmatizing certain Misses“. “We give their grades to the Misses who ask us“, adds our interlocutor.
Maëva Coucke reassures the 30 candidates for Miss France 2025 before the general knowledge test: “The test is done so that everyone has the average”
When correcting the copies, the candidates' pearls will nevertheless be compiled, but always without giving the names of their authors. Finally, if the candidates put pressure on themselves, the president of the Miss France company would like to remind us: “This test is important, but it is not the only one. We don't stake our election on the general knowledge test“. This Thursday morning, on the sidelines of a catwalk masterclass hosted by Maëva Coucke, Miss France 2018 also wanted to reassure the ten Misses facing them: “The test is done so that everyone has the average. If you've been keeping up to date with the news, you should be fine!“, she spoke from experience. The organizers will nevertheless be attentive to the responses of the 30 regional Misses. “Miss France has a representational role. You must have a minimum of culture“, underlines Frédéric Gilbert.
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