You who fought to find a place for yourself in humor, what do you think of this 100% female jury established two years ago?
“I don't know if it's a good or bad idea but it had to be done. If on the other hand they allow themselves to only put guys in, I don't know how people will react (smile) ! I think everyone can have an opinion. Everyone has sensitivities. I would not have restricted women from judging women. We are going through such a hard time at the moment, with such complicated revelations, that I see it above all as a sign of benevolence. We need to frame certain things. There was a letting go. And as there was a lot of excess on one side, there is a reaction on the other side which matches what happened. It is clear that there was a need to awaken and make people aware. But, over time, I think we will find a balance.”
Does this type of competition still have its reason for existing today?
“As a little girl, with my naive childish outlook, I never saw a negative side… Because it was a little girl's dream. We all dressed up as Miss, we all wore a scarf and falls. If you take away this Miss competition, you have to be consistent in everything you do next. The criteria for advertisements, muses, etc. must not change. beauty otherwise, that. makes no sense Miss France is also evolving (.with a 34-year-old candidate this year, Editor’s note). And, paradoxically, the more we advance in time, the more we become more superficial with social networks.
“Even the guys are wearing filters today!”
Do you also pay attention to your image?
“Before, it was only girls who wore filters. Now, even guys wear filters (smile) ! It's gone crazy. No one assumes their natural self anymore. And I can understand. I, who am exposed, read reviews that can hurt me a lot like 'Oula, Madani took a beating!'. I remain sensitive to that. We all want to be pleasant in the morning (smile) !”
So there is something positive about watching this beauty contest.
“I don't know if removing this Miss competition, in the name of women's rights and their image, will change anything. We really need to globalize the discourse instead of focusing on the Misses. They are above all young girls, full of hope, who want to represent their region Me, stupidly, I come from Belgium and I learned about the regions of France and their mix thanks to Miss France and all these Misses who highlighted their customs, costumes,. etc. France brings together everything that. I learned the history of the French colonies – Antilles, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, etc. – because I thought they were limited to Algeria where I came from. that France could offer. And often, moreover, it was mixed-race, dark-skinned women who won. This competition therefore brings much more than we can imagine Because these are programs that come into the home. of the French and French-speaking countries Without forgetting that almost all of them have had careers behind them: TV presenters, presenters or journalists. They too had to prove that they had things to defend and that it was not just beauty that set them apart. They are often women who study, it’s a package.”
Mister France also exists but we talk about it less. For what ?
“Maybe because we women focus less on the beauty of men. And then the worst, it's not necessarily the guys who watch Miss France… but the women! It's me and my mother who put on this show. Afterwards, we need to be much more kind to each other and there, we should talk more about sorority. We should be much more indulgent, gentler towards us. We often talk about the machismo that is present and. that it is necessary defend at all costs. But there is also sisterhood which can be hard to live with because it is true that we can be hard on each other, women.
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Have you never signed up for this type of competition?
“No, but we all dreamed of it! We all dreamed of meeting Jean-Pierre Foucault. It's crazy, he's been here for 30 years. I always tell myself that I always knew old Jean -Pierre Foucault. Even when I was little, he was old And maybe that's the secret to not getting old: All these presenters, like him or Drucker. they have all been with their wives since years. And we like Jean-Pierre Foucault because he never had a file. He doesn't have this unhealthy side but a caring side that we really like. and he never had a word, a gesture or an inappropriate look And that's why he lasts Because you have to do it, a whole evening, with little girls in bikinis of 20 years old parading around. next to you. any other guy, he has the live bar (laugh) !”
Miss Belgium? “We don’t have the means to do the same.”
The Miss Belgium competition often suffers from comparison with Miss France. “It's normal, assures Nawell Madani who is one of these Belgians who went to Paris. We don't have the means in Belgium. It's always the same thing. We have talents, we have beauties. We would never leave Belgium if we had everything there. That's the problem. We are at home. But the country is already divided in two. If we were united, we would have more strength. Here, we lack strike force. A divided country is a country that is weakened. While yes, we are a small country, but which has enormous resources. Whether in music, humor or cinema, we have nothing left to prove.”
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