Ève Gilles' fairy tale turned into a nightmare after her election as Miss France 2024. The young woman was the victim of cyber-harassment because of her physique. A notable episode in his reign which was covered in a documentary broadcast this Saturday afternoon on TF1.
It was a year of reign that was not easy for Ève Gilles. As Miss France 2024 prepares to hand over her crown in a few hours, TF1 broadcast the documentary this Saturday, December 14 A year with Ève Gilles to return to the journey of this young woman elected at the age of only 20 and from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. However, in the first moments of her election, the student suffered an unprecedented wave of criticism, which turned into cyber-harassment. Anonymous people obviously did not appreciate that Ève Gilles broke away from the usual constraints with her short haircut.
Ève Gilles (Miss France 2024) looks back on the wave of hatred she received on social networks “one minute after the coronation”
A traumatic episode on which the documentary returned notably through Frédéric Gilbert, the president of the Miss France company. “The flood of negative comments arrived a minute after the coronation“, he remembered. And to quote a hateful message which said: “You are more Gilles than Eve“. “It's incredibly violent“, the manager could only deplore. Ève Gilles was not immediately aware of the wave that was rising on social networks. And for good reason. “I didn't get my phone right away because I was out of battery and the day (the next day, editor’s note) went by so fast that I couldn't see it all“, she rewinds in the TF1 documentary. “At first I didn't realize how big it was. When it lasts a few months, that's when it's harder“, she continued.
Ève Gilles (Miss France 2024) in tears while talking about the criticism: “I didn't realize how big it was“
So much so that this cyber-harassment was discussed in all the interviews that Miss France 2024 gave in the early days after her coronation. By reliving this painful episode in the documentary, the latter was overcome by emotion, interrupting herself to cry in silence. After coming to her senses, she explained her trauma in these terms: “People talked to me about it all the time in interviews, but they also talked to me about it all the time in my daily life. It’s every moment, every second. It's a little bit everywhere. Me, to move forward, I need to forget them“. To support it, the Miss du Nord was able to count on the support of former Miss France, whom she met around a meal at the beginning of 2024. Diane Leyre, Miss France 2022, for example printed no less than 3000 positive messages published on social networks.That way, when things aren't going well, you'll have all the messages from people telling you they love you“, underlined the beauty queen, very supportive of her comrade, just like Maëva Coucke, Miss France 2018.
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