the candidates for the meeting with Futuroscope visitors

Visitors to the Futuroscope park had to deal with the fog, Saturday November 30, 2024. But they were entitled to another surprise, less gloomy and more unexpected, in the middle of the afternoon: the presence of thirty regional candidates for the election of Miss France 2025. The participants in the most famous beauty contest were accompanied by Ève Gilles, alias Miss France 2024, for their very first public outing since their arrival in Vienne, he four days ago. And the only one before the ceremony, Saturday December 14 at the Arena Futuroscope.

“It’s nice to meet the Misses in real life”

The delegation posed for the official photo from the stands of the nighttime show, with Kinemax in the background, before going back up the stands to meet the public. Each representative, from Miss Alsace to Miss Tahiti including the much-acclaimed Miss Poitou-Charentes, then distributed a gift to around thirty children selected by the park teams. Among them, little Léo, shy, who received his present from the hands of Miss France 2024. “It’s a good moment for him. He watches the election on TV every year with his grandmother”confide Annabelle and Nicolas, her parents.

Phone in hand, spectators then took selfies and videos with the day's attractions. Like Candice and Hermine. “We just found out they were here. We are super happy to see them, they are magnificent. We would like to be beautiful like them”marvel the two Angevines. There is also no shortage of superlatives for Perle, Romy, Lila and Gladys: “They are so beautiful. It's nice to meet them in real life. » The four cousins, who live between Poitiers and Bordeaux, were already discussing their favorite, two weeks before the election.

The Misses also had fans among the elected officials present on the occasion. Alain Pichon in the lead. “We are very happy to welcome you. It's a bit of a dream. You are the muses of France. Thank you for being there »exclaims the president of the Department of Vienna. At his side, Rodolphe Bouin, chairman of the board of directors of Futuroscope, indicated that the park “reconnected with its original history”hosting the competition for the third time after 1996 and 2006.

The two men closed this communication operation with the launch of the Christmas lights, in the company of Ève Gilles. The one who will return her tiara in two weeks was in any case enjoying her fourth visit to Futuroscope: “It’s a moment that takes us back to the magic of the holidays. We forget it a little bit, because we are in a bubble. But we are delighted to do all these activities. »