the president of Miss France worried about the safety of Angélique Angarni-Filopon

Since his coronation at Miss France , Angélique Angarni-Filopon is not spared. In addition to the hateful, insulting and racist messages received on social networks, the 34-year-old from Martinique has been, since Thursday January 9, at the heart of a heated controversy. At the microphone of Sud Radio, the young woman refused to call herself “Charlie”. “I’m not saying anything” she replied to Valérie Expert and Gilles Ganzmann. Taken aback, the two journalists insisted. “Are you for freedom of speech?”relaunched Valérie Expert. “That is to say, do you think that in France we have the right to blasphemy?”supported Gilles Ganzmann. Visibly embarrassed, the beauty queen repeated: “I don’t prefer to say anything”.

Faced with controversy, Angélique Angarni-Filopon admitted her awkwardness in a message posted on her Instagram account. “In my role as Miss France, I owe myself neutrality on certain subjects to avoid any misunderstanding and avoid causing any controversy.she recalled. But I understand that my non-reaction on such a sensitive subject could have sparked so many comments”she nevertheless conceded, adding: “Obviously it would be an aberration to think that I could condone such barbaric acts which leave families in mourning. Charlie Hebdo touches on profound issues and of course, freedom of expression is essential in France”.

And to conclude: “I strongly condemn these terrorist acts which are an attack on the fundamental values ​​of our society, in particular freedom, tolerance and respect.”

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For his part, Charlie Hebdo did not hesitate to react. In the edition of Friday January 10, the cartoonist Juin caricatured the controversy with three Mullahs holding signs on which is written: “I am Miss France”, in reference to the slogan launched a few hours after the attack at the newspaper's headquarters satirical.

This Sunday, in the columns of Parisian Frédéric Gilbert, president of the Miss France Society, did not hide his concern. “This controversy is incredibly violent. She goes a little farhe lamented. There are people who may come across this drawing and not all of them have a sense of humor. I am worried for the safety of Miss France. This is a real question that I ask myself today. Everything is passionate”he added, affirming that no matter what Angélique Angarni-Filopon would have answered, “there would have been a controversy, many would have fallen on him”. “It takes a lot, it takes a lot since December 14. “Tapping so much hurts”he stressed.

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Like Cindy Fabre, during a report on “Sept à Eight”, Frédéric Gilbert made a point of recalling the neutrality of Miss France. “She was completely taken by surprise by this question and she went into automatic mode as she was asked: not to express herself as Miss France on political and religious subjects. She also did not want to react to the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen. This is a request from us. […] She kicked into touch, and then it cascaded, there was a little awkwardness but which, once again, came from what was being asked of her. And for several years, Miss France have been systematically attacked on social networks. It's not because they are comfortable, like Angélique, that they have to give an opinion on everything. There is a duty of reserve”he concluded.