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the Miss Society is stepping up to the plate in the face of cyberharassment suffered by Angélique Angarni-Filopon

Angélique Angarni-Filopon at the Miss 2025 election.
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Since her victory, the 34-year-old Martinican has been the target of hateful, insulting and racist messages on social networks. Frédéric Gilbert, president of the beauty contest, published a press release for “strongly condemn these remarks”.

A week ago, Angélique Angarni-Filopon was elected Miss France 2025. The flight attendant made the history of the beauty contest by becoming the first winner from but also by being the first thirty-year-old to be crowned. But since then, the young woman has been the target of hateful and racist comments on social networks.

Two days after her victory, Angélique Angarni-Filopon went to Fun Radio to participate in the morning show presented by Bruno Guillon. Shortly after the show, the latter published a post on his Instagram account to share his “dismay” and its “penalty” by discovering certain messages. “At a time when we are trying to protect children from cyberbullying, I cannot stand the offensive or even racist comments on this page! This in no way corresponds to the values ​​that we defend with my entire team”wrote the host promising to make reports to the competent authorities. “Because cyber harassment is today punishable by law”he recalled.

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Despite this warning, the messages likely continued to flow. So much so that the Miss France Society itself has also stepped up to the plate. “Since her election, she has suffered a wave of harassment and hateful comments on social networks. The Miss France Society strongly condemns these comments. These offensive comments have no place in our competition, nor in our company, and will all be reported to the appropriate authorities. Harassment and cyber harassment are punishable by law.is written in a post published on Instagram and signed Frédéric Gilbert, president of the Miss France Society. The main person concerned obviously did not hesitate to republish this message.

A few days ago, a controversy linked to the cyber harassment of which Angélique Angarni-Filopon is a victim arose on social networks. Indeed, some TikTok users noticed that the little sister of Sabah Aïb, Miss -Pas-de- and first runner-up to Miss France 2025, “liked” and relayed publications targeting the Martinican, one of which compared her to a man.

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Faced with the surge, Sabah Aïb chose to react. “ My little sister made the mistake of reposting a TikTok mocking our Miss France, which she deeply regrets. She was disappointed and emotional, and although this in no way justified her action, she quickly realized her mistake and removed it. Unfortunately, these TikToks have been perceived as racist by some people, which we strongly condemn”the young woman would have written before continuing: “We were raised with values ​​of respect and tolerance and I would like to make it clear that I do not in any way tolerate racism, having recently been a victim myself. So I publicly ask you to apologize for these republications which have been misinterpreted and to stop this harassment against him. » A message which has since been deleted from Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais’ account.

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